diff --git a/mobile/android/base/BrowserApp.java b/mobile/android/base/BrowserApp.java
index 02490f2c804b..6c941be1e843 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/BrowserApp.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/BrowserApp.java
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ public class BrowserApp extends GeckoApp
         if (mMainLayoutAnimator != null)
             mMainLayoutAnimator.stop();
 
-        boolean isSideBar = (HardwareUtils.isTablet() && getOrientation() == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);
+        boolean isSideBar = !NewTabletUI.isEnabled(this) && (HardwareUtils.isTablet() && getOrientation() == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);
         final int sidebarWidth = getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.tabs_sidebar_width);
 
         ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams lp = (ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams) mTabsPanel.getLayoutParams();
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/moz.build b/mobile/android/base/moz.build
index 1ce71e888a37..04018c9e829a 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/moz.build
+++ b/mobile/android/base/moz.build
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ gbjar.sources += [
     'tabs/RemoteTabsSetupPanel.java',
     'tabs/RemoteTabsVerificationPanel.java',
     'tabs/TabCurve.java',
+    'tabs/TabsGridLayout.java',
     'tabs/TabsLayoutAdapter.java',
     'tabs/TabsLayoutItemView.java',
     'tabs/TabsListLayout.java',
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/resources/values-v11/themes.xml b/mobile/android/base/resources/values-v11/themes.xml
index a4c9a83ee37c..e15f92162c8b 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/resources/values-v11/themes.xml
+++ b/mobile/android/base/resources/values-v11/themes.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
         <item name="menuItemActionViewStyle">@style/Widget.MenuItemActionView</item>
         <item name="menuItemDefaultStyle">@style/Widget.MenuItemDefault</item>
         <item name="menuItemSecondaryActionBarStyle">@style/Widget.MenuItemSecondaryActionBar</item>
+        <item name="tabGridLayoutViewStyle">@style/Widget.TabsGridLayout</item>
     </style>
 
 </resources>
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/resources/values/attrs.xml b/mobile/android/base/resources/values/attrs.xml
index a9f1212eadea..9783bcd7af74 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/resources/values/attrs.xml
+++ b/mobile/android/base/resources/values/attrs.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
         <!-- Style for the PanelGridView -->
         <attr name="panelGridViewStyle" format="reference" />
 
+        <!-- Style for the TabsGridLayout -->
+        <attr name="tabGridLayoutViewStyle" format="reference" />
+
         <!-- Default style for the TopSitesGridView -->
         <attr name="topSitesGridViewStyle" format="reference" />
 
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/resources/values/dimens.xml b/mobile/android/base/resources/values/dimens.xml
index b340a6de3680..50ed658e8cd0 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/resources/values/dimens.xml
+++ b/mobile/android/base/resources/values/dimens.xml
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@
     <!-- PanelGridView dimensions -->
     <dimen name="panel_grid_view_column_width">150dp</dimen>
 
+    <!-- TabsGridView dimensions -->
+    <dimen name="tabs_grid_view_column_width">200dp</dimen>
+
     <!-- PanelItemView dimensions -->
     <dimen name="panel_article_item_height">95dp</dimen>
 
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/resources/values/styles.xml b/mobile/android/base/resources/values/styles.xml
index ca3929f88457..f2ce81cd812e 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/resources/values/styles.xml
+++ b/mobile/android/base/resources/values/styles.xml
@@ -179,6 +179,18 @@
         <item name="android:drawSelectorOnTop">true</item>
     </style>
 
+    <style name="Widget.TabsGridLayout" parent="Widget.GridView">
+        <item name="android:layout_width">match_parent</item>
+        <item name="android:layout_height">match_parent</item>
+        <item name="android:paddingTop">0dp</item>
+        <item name="android:stretchMode">columnWidth</item>
+        <item name="android:numColumns">auto_fit</item>
+        <item name="android:columnWidth">@dimen/tabs_grid_view_column_width</item>
+        <item name="android:horizontalSpacing">2dp</item>
+        <item name="android:verticalSpacing">2dp</item>
+        <item name="android:drawSelectorOnTop">true</item>
+    </style>
+
     <style name="Widget.BookmarkItemView" parent="Widget.TwoLinePageRow"/>
 
     <style name="Widget.BookmarksListView" parent="Widget.HomeListView"/>
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/resources/values/themes.xml b/mobile/android/base/resources/values/themes.xml
index c5b8df8a32bb..3e5f0ecf6bdf 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/resources/values/themes.xml
+++ b/mobile/android/base/resources/values/themes.xml
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
         <item name="android:windowBackground">@android:color/white</item>
         <item name="bookmarksListViewStyle">@style/Widget.BookmarksListView</item>
         <item name="floatingHintEditTextStyle">@style/FloatingHintEditText</item>
+        <item name="tabGridLayoutViewStyle">@style/Widget.TabsGridLayout</item>
         <item name="geckoMenuListViewStyle">@style/Widget.GeckoMenuListView</item>
         <item name="homeListViewStyle">@style/Widget.HomeListView</item>
         <item name="menuItemActionBarStyle">@style/Widget.MenuItemActionBar</item>
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/tabs/TabsGridLayout.java b/mobile/android/base/tabs/TabsGridLayout.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1a6e32a09c54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/android/base/tabs/TabsGridLayout.java
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+/* -*- Mode: Java; c-basic-offset: 4; tab-width: 20; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*-
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+ * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+package org.mozilla.gecko.tabs;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+import org.mozilla.gecko.animation.ViewHelper;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoAppShell;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoEvent;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.R;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.Tab;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.tabs.TabsPanel.TabsLayout;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.Tabs;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.res.TypedArray;
+import android.util.AttributeSet;
+import android.view.View;
+import android.widget.GridView;
+import android.view.ViewGroup;
+import android.widget.Button;
+
+/**
+ * A tabs layout implementation for the tablet redesign (bug 1014156).
+ * Expected to replace TabsListLayout once complete.
+ */
+
+class TabsGridLayout extends GridView
+                     implements TabsLayout,
+                                Tabs.OnTabsChangedListener {
+    private static final String LOGTAG = "Gecko" + TabsGridLayout.class.getSimpleName();
+
+    private Context mContext;
+    private TabsPanel mTabsPanel;
+
+    final private boolean mIsPrivate;
+
+    private TabsLayoutAdapter mTabsAdapter;
+
+    public TabsGridLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
+        super(context, attrs, R.attr.tabGridLayoutViewStyle);
+        mContext = context;
+
+        TypedArray a = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, R.styleable.TabsTray);
+        mIsPrivate = (a.getInt(R.styleable.TabsTray_tabs, 0x0) == 1);
+        a.recycle();
+
+        mTabsAdapter = new TabsGridLayoutAdapter(mContext);
+        setAdapter(mTabsAdapter);
+
+        setRecyclerListener(new RecyclerListener() {
+            @Override
+            public void onMovedToScrapHeap(View view) {
+                TabsLayoutItemView item = (TabsLayoutItemView) view.getTag();
+                item.thumbnail.setImageDrawable(null);
+                item.close.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    private class TabsGridLayoutAdapter extends TabsLayoutAdapter {
+
+        final private Button.OnClickListener mCloseClickListener;
+        final private View.OnClickListener mSelectClickListener;
+
+        public TabsGridLayoutAdapter (Context context) {
+            super(context);
+
+            mCloseClickListener = new Button.OnClickListener() {
+                @Override
+                public void onClick(View v) {
+                    TabsLayoutItemView itemView = (TabsLayoutItemView) v.getTag();
+                    Tab tab = Tabs.getInstance().getTab(itemView.id);
+                    Tabs.getInstance().closeTab(tab);
+                }
+            };
+
+            mSelectClickListener = new View.OnClickListener() {
+                @Override
+                public void onClick(View v) {
+                    TabsLayoutItemView tab = (TabsLayoutItemView) v.getTag();
+                    Tabs.getInstance().selectTab(tab.id);
+                    TabsGridLayout.this.autoHidePanel();
+                }
+            };
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public View newView(int position, ViewGroup parent) {
+            View view = super.newView(position, parent);
+
+            // This is nasty and once we change TabsLayoutItemView to an actual view
+            // we can get rid of it.
+            TabsLayoutItemView item = (TabsLayoutItemView) view.getTag();
+            item.close.setOnClickListener(mCloseClickListener);
+
+            return view;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void bindView(View view, Tab tab) {
+            super.bindView(view, tab);
+
+            view.setOnClickListener(mSelectClickListener);
+
+            // If we're recycling this view, there's a chance it was transformed during
+            // the close animation. Remove any of those properties.
+            TabsGridLayout.this.resetTransforms(view);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setTabsPanel(TabsPanel panel) {
+        mTabsPanel = panel;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void show() {
+        setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
+        Tabs.getInstance().refreshThumbnails();
+        Tabs.registerOnTabsChangedListener(this);
+        refreshTabsData();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void hide() {
+        setVisibility(View.GONE);
+        Tabs.unregisterOnTabsChangedListener(this);
+        GeckoAppShell.sendEventToGecko(GeckoEvent.createBroadcastEvent("Tab:Screenshot:Cancel",""));
+        mTabsAdapter.clear();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean shouldExpand() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private void autoHidePanel() {
+        mTabsPanel.autoHidePanel();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onTabChanged(Tab tab, Tabs.TabEvents msg, Object data) {
+        switch (msg) {
+            case ADDED:
+                // Refresh the list to make sure the new tab is added in the right position.
+                refreshTabsData();
+                break;
+
+            case CLOSED:
+               if (tab.isPrivate() == mIsPrivate && mTabsAdapter.getCount() > 0) {
+                   if (mTabsAdapter.removeTab(tab)) {
+                       int selected = mTabsAdapter.getPositionForTab(Tabs.getInstance().getSelectedTab());
+                       updateSelectedStyle(selected);
+                   }
+               }
+               break;
+
+            case SELECTED:
+                // Update the selected position, then fall through...
+                updateSelectedPosition();
+            case UNSELECTED:
+                // We just need to update the style for the unselected tab...
+            case THUMBNAIL:
+            case TITLE:
+            case RECORDING_CHANGE:
+                View view = getChildAt(mTabsAdapter.getPositionForTab(tab) - getFirstVisiblePosition());
+                if (view == null)
+                    return;
+
+                TabsLayoutItemView item = (TabsLayoutItemView) view.getTag();
+                item.assignValues(tab);
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Updates the selected position in the list so that it will be scrolled to the right place.
+    private void updateSelectedPosition() {
+        int selected = mTabsAdapter.getPositionForTab(Tabs.getInstance().getSelectedTab());
+        updateSelectedStyle(selected);
+
+        if (selected != -1) {
+            setSelection(selected);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Updates the selected/unselected style for the tabs.
+     *
+     * @param selected position of the selected tab
+     */
+    private void updateSelectedStyle(int selected) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < mTabsAdapter.getCount(); i++) {
+            setItemChecked(i, (i == selected));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void refreshTabsData() {
+        // Store a different copy of the tabs, so that we don't have to worry about
+        // accidentally updating it on the wrong thread.
+        ArrayList<Tab> tabData = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        Iterable<Tab> allTabs = Tabs.getInstance().getTabsInOrder();
+        for (Tab tab : allTabs) {
+            if (tab.isPrivate() == mIsPrivate)
+                tabData.add(tab);
+        }
+
+        mTabsAdapter.setTabs(tabData);
+        updateSelectedPosition();
+    }
+
+    private void resetTransforms(View view) {
+        ViewHelper.setAlpha(view, 1);
+        ViewHelper.setTranslationX(view, 0);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void closeAll() {
+
+        autoHidePanel();
+
+        if (getChildCount() == 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        final Iterable<Tab> tabs = Tabs.getInstance().getTabsInOrder();
+        for (Tab tab : tabs) {
+            // In the normal panel we want to close all tabs (both private and normal),
+            // but in the private panel we only want to close private tabs.
+            if (!mIsPrivate || tab.isPrivate()) {
+                Tabs.getInstance().closeTab(tab, false);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}