diff --git a/darwin/slider.m b/darwin/slider.m
index 6f5c5a76..62fa2177 100644
--- a/darwin/slider.m
+++ b/darwin/slider.m
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ struct uiSlider {
 	NSSlider *slider;
 	void (*onChanged)(uiSlider *, void *);
 	void *onChangedData;
+	bool hasTooltip;
 };
 
+static void _uiSliderUpdateTooltip(uiSlider *s);
+
 @interface sliderDelegateClass : NSObject {
 	uiprivMap *sliders;
 }
@@ -58,6 +61,9 @@ struct uiSlider {
 
 	s = (uiSlider *) uiprivMapGet(self->sliders, sender);
 	(*(s->onChanged))(s, s->onChangedData);
+
+	if (s->hasTooltip)
+		_uiSliderUpdateTooltip(s);
 }
 
 - (void)registerSlider:(uiSlider *)s
@@ -88,6 +94,26 @@ static void uiSliderDestroy(uiControl *c)
 	uiFreeControl(uiControl(s));
 }
 
+static void _uiSliderUpdateTooltip(uiSlider *s)
+{
+	[s->slider setToolTip:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld", [s->slider integerValue]]];
+}
+
+int uiSliderHasTooltip(uiSlider *s)
+{
+	return s->hasTooltip;
+}
+
+void uiSliderSetHasTooltip(uiSlider *s, int hasTooltip)
+{
+	s->hasTooltip = hasTooltip;
+
+	if (hasTooltip)
+		_uiSliderUpdateTooltip(s);
+	else
+		[s->slider setToolTip:nil];
+}
+
 int uiSliderValue(uiSlider *s)
 {
 	return [s->slider integerValue];
@@ -143,5 +169,7 @@ uiSlider *uiNewSlider(int min, int max)
 	[sliderDelegate registerSlider:s];
 	uiSliderOnChanged(s, defaultOnChanged, NULL);
 
+	uiSliderSetHasTooltip(s, 1);
+
 	return s;
 }
diff --git a/test/page4.c b/test/page4.c
index ce4a6afb..7c85b9c1 100644
--- a/test/page4.c
+++ b/test/page4.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 static uiSpinbox *spinbox;
 static uiSlider *slider;
 static uiProgressBar *pbar;
+static uiCheckbox *checkbox;
 
 #define CHANGED(what) \
 	static void on ## what ## Changed(ui ## what *this, void *data) \
@@ -75,6 +76,18 @@ static void selectNone(uiButton *b, void *data)
 	uiRadioButtonsSetSelected(rb, -1);
 }
 
+static void sliderEnableTooltip(uiButton *b, void *data)
+{
+	uiSliderSetHasTooltip(uiSlider(data), 1);
+	uiCheckboxSetChecked(checkbox, uiSliderHasTooltip(uiSlider(data)));
+}
+
+static void sliderDisableTooltip(uiButton *b, void *data)
+{
+	uiSliderSetHasTooltip(uiSlider(data), 0);
+	uiCheckboxSetChecked(checkbox, uiSliderHasTooltip(uiSlider(data)));
+}
+
 uiBox *makePage4(void)
 {
 	uiBox *page4;
@@ -93,6 +106,21 @@ uiBox *makePage4(void)
 	uiSliderOnChanged(slider, onSliderChanged, NULL);
 	uiBoxAppend(page4, uiControl(slider), 0);
 
+	hbox = newHorizontalBox();
+	slider = uiNewSlider(0, 100);
+	uiBoxAppend(hbox, uiControl(slider), 1);
+	b = uiNewButton("Enable Tooltip");
+	uiButtonOnClicked(b, sliderEnableTooltip, slider);
+	uiBoxAppend(hbox, uiControl(b), 0);
+	b = uiNewButton("Disable Tooltip");
+	uiButtonOnClicked(b, sliderDisableTooltip, slider);
+	uiBoxAppend(hbox, uiControl(b), 0);
+	checkbox = uiNewCheckbox("Has Tooltip");
+	uiControlDisable(uiControl(checkbox));
+	uiCheckboxSetChecked(checkbox, uiSliderHasTooltip(slider));
+	uiBoxAppend(hbox, uiControl(checkbox), 0);
+	uiBoxAppend(page4, uiControl(hbox), 0);
+
 	pbar = uiNewProgressBar();
 	uiBoxAppend(page4, uiControl(pbar), 0);
 
diff --git a/ui.h b/ui.h
index 40aea949..d46ba8b8 100644
--- a/ui.h
+++ b/ui.h
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ typedef struct uiSlider uiSlider;
 #define uiSlider(this) ((uiSlider *) (this))
 _UI_EXTERN int uiSliderValue(uiSlider *s);
 _UI_EXTERN void uiSliderSetValue(uiSlider *s, int value);
+_UI_EXTERN int uiSliderHasTooltip(uiSlider *s);
+_UI_EXTERN void uiSliderSetHasTooltip(uiSlider *s, int hasTooltip);
 _UI_EXTERN void uiSliderOnChanged(uiSlider *s, void (*f)(uiSlider *s, void *data), void *data);
 _UI_EXTERN uiSlider *uiNewSlider(int min, int max);
 
diff --git a/unix/slider.c b/unix/slider.c
index 7f0cc24a..fd0987fe 100644
--- a/unix/slider.c
+++ b/unix/slider.c
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 // 11 june 2015
 #include "uipriv_unix.h"
 
+/* Number of digits to represent an n-bit number in decimal: log10(2^n)
+ * Simplify, truncate & add 1 for full digits, add 1 for negative numbers:
+ *   -> n log10(2) + 2   <=   n * 0.302 + 2
+ */
+#define MAX_STRLEN_FOR_NBITS_IN_DECIMAL(n) ((int)((n) * 302 / 1000) + 2)
+
 struct uiSlider {
 	uiUnixControl c;
 	GtkWidget *widget;
@@ -9,15 +15,25 @@ struct uiSlider {
 	void (*onChanged)(uiSlider *, void *);
 	void *onChangedData;
 	gulong onChangedSignal;
+	gchar tooltip[MAX_STRLEN_FOR_NBITS_IN_DECIMAL(sizeof(int) * CHAR_BIT) + 1];
 };
 
 uiUnixControlAllDefaults(uiSlider)
 
+static void _uiSliderUpdateTooltip(uiSlider *s)
+{
+	g_snprintf(s->tooltip, sizeof(s->tooltip)/sizeof(s->tooltip[0]), "%d", uiSliderValue(s));
+	gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text(s->widget, s->tooltip);
+}
+
 static void onChanged(GtkRange *range, gpointer data)
 {
 	uiSlider *s = uiSlider(data);
 
 	(*(s->onChanged))(s, s->onChangedData);
+
+	if (uiSliderHasTooltip(s))
+		_uiSliderUpdateTooltip(s);
 }
 
 static void defaultOnChanged(uiSlider *s, void *data)
@@ -38,6 +54,19 @@ void uiSliderSetValue(uiSlider *s, int value)
 	g_signal_handler_unblock(s->range, s->onChangedSignal);
 }
 
+int uiSliderHasTooltip(uiSlider *s)
+{
+	return gtk_widget_get_has_tooltip(s->widget);
+}
+
+void uiSliderSetHasTooltip(uiSlider *s, int hasTooltip)
+{
+	gtk_widget_set_has_tooltip(s->widget, hasTooltip);
+
+	if (hasTooltip)
+		_uiSliderUpdateTooltip(s);
+}
+
 void uiSliderOnChanged(uiSlider *s, void (*f)(uiSlider *, void *), void *data)
 {
 	s->onChanged = f;
@@ -61,6 +90,10 @@ uiSlider *uiNewSlider(int min, int max)
 	s->range = GTK_RANGE(s->widget);
 	s->scale = GTK_SCALE(s->widget);
 
+	// do not draw value, show tooltip instead
+	gtk_scale_set_draw_value(s->scale, 0);
+	uiSliderSetHasTooltip(s, 1);
+
 	// ensure integers, just to be safe
 	gtk_scale_set_digits(s->scale, 0);
 
diff --git a/windows/slider.cpp b/windows/slider.cpp
index 5c671dda..5654db3e 100644
--- a/windows/slider.cpp
+++ b/windows/slider.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ struct uiSlider {
 	HWND hwnd;
 	void (*onChanged)(uiSlider *, void *);
 	void *onChangedData;
+	HWND hwndTooltip;
 };
 
 static BOOL onWM_HSCROLL(uiControl *c, HWND hwnd, WORD code, LRESULT *lResult)
@@ -21,6 +22,9 @@ static void uiSliderDestroy(uiControl *c)
 {
 	uiSlider *s = uiSlider(c);
 
+	// ensure TRACKBAR_CLASSW takes care of destroying the tooltip
+	uiSliderSetHasTooltip(s, 1);
+
 	uiWindowsUnregisterWM_HSCROLLHandler(s->hwnd);
 	uiWindowsEnsureDestroyWindow(s->hwnd);
 	uiFreeControl(uiControl(s));
@@ -46,6 +50,19 @@ static void uiSliderMinimumSize(uiWindowsControl *c, int *width, int *height)
 	*height = y;
 }
 
+int uiSliderHasTooltip(uiSlider *s)
+{
+	return ((HWND) SendMessage(s->hwnd, TBM_GETTOOLTIPS, 0, 0) == s->hwndTooltip);
+}
+
+void uiSliderSetHasTooltip(uiSlider *s, int hasTooltip)
+{
+	if (hasTooltip)
+		SendMessage(s->hwnd, TBM_SETTOOLTIPS, (WPARAM) s->hwndTooltip, 0);
+	else
+		SendMessage(s->hwnd, TBM_SETTOOLTIPS, 0, 0);
+}
+
 static void defaultOnChanged(uiSlider *s, void *data)
 {
 	// do nothing
@@ -94,5 +111,7 @@ uiSlider *uiNewSlider(int min, int max)
 	SendMessageW(s->hwnd, TBM_SETRANGEMAX, (WPARAM) TRUE, (LPARAM) max);
 	SendMessageW(s->hwnd, TBM_SETPOS, (WPARAM) TRUE, (LPARAM) min);
 
+	s->hwndTooltip = (HWND) SendMessage(s->hwnd, TBM_GETTOOLTIPS, 0, 0);
+
 	return s;
 }