diff --git a/lib/rules/no-tabs.js b/lib/rules/no-tabs.js
index 0c0a220110c..3fc0b78b6e7 100644
--- a/lib/rules/no-tabs.js
+++ b/lib/rules/no-tabs.js
@@ -55,8 +55,14 @@ module.exports = {
                         context.report({
                             node,
                             loc: {
-                                line: index + 1,
-                                column: match.index
+                                start: {
+                                    line: index + 1,
+                                    column: match.index
+                                },
+                                end: {
+                                    line: index + 1,
+                                    column: match.index + match[0].length
+                                }
                             },
                             message: "Unexpected tab character."
                         });
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/no-tabs.js b/tests/lib/rules/no-tabs.js
index ac0ad9e7400..637f4905162 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/no-tabs.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/no-tabs.js
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ ruleTester.run("no-tabs", rule, {
             errors: [{
                 message: ERROR_MESSAGE,
                 line: 1,
-                column: 17
+                column: 17,
+                endLine: 1,
+                endColumn: 18
             }]
         },
         {
@@ -48,7 +50,9 @@ ruleTester.run("no-tabs", rule, {
             errors: [{
                 message: ERROR_MESSAGE,
                 line: 1,
-                column: 5
+                column: 5,
+                endLine: 1,
+                endColumn: 6
             }]
         },
         {
@@ -59,7 +63,9 @@ ruleTester.run("no-tabs", rule, {
             errors: [{
                 message: ERROR_MESSAGE,
                 line: 2,
-                column: 5
+                column: 5,
+                endLine: 2,
+                endColumn: 6
             }]
         },
         {
@@ -70,7 +76,9 @@ ruleTester.run("no-tabs", rule, {
             errors: [{
                 message: ERROR_MESSAGE,
                 line: 1,
-                column: 9
+                column: 9,
+                endLine: 1,
+                endColumn: 10
             }]
         },
         {
@@ -82,12 +90,16 @@ ruleTester.run("no-tabs", rule, {
                 {
                     message: ERROR_MESSAGE,
                     line: 2,
-                    column: 5
+                    column: 5,
+                    endLine: 2,
+                    endColumn: 6
                 },
                 {
                     message: ERROR_MESSAGE,
                     line: 3,
-                    column: 1
+                    column: 1,
+                    endLine: 3,
+                    endColumn: 2
                 }
             ]
         },
@@ -97,8 +109,50 @@ ruleTester.run("no-tabs", rule, {
             errors: [{
                 message: ERROR_MESSAGE,
                 line: 1,
-                column: 30
+                column: 30,
+                endLine: 1,
+                endColumn: 31
             }]
+        },
+        {
+            code: "\t\ta =\t\t\tb +\tc\t\t;\t\t",
+            errors: [
+                {
+                    message: ERROR_MESSAGE,
+                    line: 1,
+                    column: 1,
+                    endLine: 1,
+                    endColumn: 3
+                },
+                {
+                    message: ERROR_MESSAGE,
+                    line: 1,
+                    column: 6,
+                    endLine: 1,
+                    endColumn: 9
+                },
+                {
+                    message: ERROR_MESSAGE,
+                    line: 1,
+                    column: 12,
+                    endLine: 1,
+                    endColumn: 13
+                },
+                {
+                    message: ERROR_MESSAGE,
+                    line: 1,
+                    column: 14,
+                    endLine: 1,
+                    endColumn: 16
+                },
+                {
+                    message: ERROR_MESSAGE,
+                    line: 1,
+                    column: 17,
+                    endLine: 1,
+                    endColumn: 19
+                }
+            ]
         }
     ]
 });