diff --git a/evennia/server/portal/webclient.py b/evennia/server/portal/webclient.py
index cc11f1d1f..b74c3eb36 100644
--- a/evennia/server/portal/webclient.py
+++ b/evennia/server/portal/webclient.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class WebSocketClient(WebSocketServerProtocol, _BASE_SESSION_CLASS):
 
         """
         try:
-            # client will connect with wsurl?csessid&browserid
+            # client will connect with wsurl?csessid&page_id&browserid
             webarg = self.http_request_uri.split("?", 1)[1]
         except IndexError:
             # this may happen for custom webclients not caring for the
@@ -82,9 +82,12 @@ class WebSocketClient(WebSocketServerProtocol, _BASE_SESSION_CLASS):
             logger.log_trace(str(self))
             return None
 
-        self.csessid, *browserstr = webarg.split("&", 1)
-        if browserstr:
-            self.browserstr = str(browserstr[0])
+        self.csessid, *cargs = webarg.split("&", 2)
+        if len(cargs) == 1:
+            self.browserstr = str(cargs[0])
+        elif len(cargs) == 2:
+            self.page_id = str(cargs[0])
+            self.browserstr = str(cargs[1])
 
         if self.csessid:
             return _CLIENT_SESSIONS(session_key=self.csessid)
diff --git a/evennia/server/portal/webclient_ajax.py b/evennia/server/portal/webclient_ajax.py
index 9ec5211cd..5a6e44229 100644
--- a/evennia/server/portal/webclient_ajax.py
+++ b/evennia/server/portal/webclient_ajax.py
@@ -270,6 +270,18 @@ class AjaxWebClient(resource.Resource):
         """
         return html.escape(request.args[b"csessid"][0].decode("utf-8"))
 
+    def get_client_page_id(self, request):
+        """
+        Helper to get the client page id out of the request.
+
+        Args:
+            request (Request): Incoming request object.
+        Returns:
+            csessid (int): The client-page id.
+
+        """
+        return html.escape(request.args[b"cuid"][0].decode("utf-8"))
+
     def get_browserstr(self, request):
         """
         Get browser-string out of the request.
@@ -313,10 +325,10 @@ class AjaxWebClient(resource.Resource):
 
     def client_disconnect(self, csessid):
         """
-        Disconnect session with given csessid.
+        Disconnect session with given id.
 
         Args:
-            csessid (int): Session id.
+            csessid (int): Client page+session id.
 
         """
         if csessid in self.requests:
@@ -334,7 +346,8 @@ class AjaxWebClient(resource.Resource):
             request (Request): Incoming request.
 
         """
-        csessid = self.get_client_sessid(request)
+        session_id = self.get_client_sessid(request)
+        page_id = self.get_client_page_id(request)
         browserstr = self.get_browserstr(request)
 
         remote_addr = ip_from_request(request)
@@ -349,9 +362,9 @@ class AjaxWebClient(resource.Resource):
         sess.client = self
         sess.init_session("ajax/comet", remote_addr, self.sessionhandler)
 
-        sess.csessid = csessid
+        sess.csessid = session_id+page_id
         sess.browserstr = browserstr
-        csession = _CLIENT_SESSIONS(session_key=sess.csessid)
+        csession = _CLIENT_SESSIONS(session_key=session_id)
         uid = csession and csession.get("webclient_authenticated_uid", False)
         if uid:
             # the client session is already logged in
@@ -359,7 +372,7 @@ class AjaxWebClient(resource.Resource):
             sess.logged_in = True
 
         # watch for dead links
-        self.last_alive[csessid] = (time.time(), False)
+        self.last_alive[sess.csessid] = (time.time(), False)
         if not self.keep_alive:
             # the keepalive is not running; start it.
             self.keep_alive = LoopingCall(self._keepalive)
@@ -373,7 +386,7 @@ class AjaxWebClient(resource.Resource):
         # actually do the connection
         sess.sessionhandler.connect(sess)
 
-        return jsonify({"msg": host_string, "csessid": csessid})
+        return jsonify({"msg": host_string, "csessid": session_id})
 
     def mode_keepalive(self, request):
         """
@@ -384,7 +397,7 @@ class AjaxWebClient(resource.Resource):
             request (Request): Incoming request.
 
         """
-        csessid = self.get_client_sessid(request)
+        csessid = self.get_client_sessid(request) + self.get_client_page_id(request)
         self.last_alive[csessid] = (time.time(), False)
         return b'""'
 
@@ -397,7 +410,7 @@ class AjaxWebClient(resource.Resource):
             request (Request): Incoming request.
 
         """
-        csessid = self.get_client_sessid(request)
+        csessid = self.get_client_sessid(request) + self.get_client_page_id(request)
         self.last_alive[csessid] = (time.time(), False)
         cmdarray = json.loads(request.args.get(b"data")[0])
         for sess in self.sessionhandler.sessions_from_csessid(csessid):
@@ -415,7 +428,7 @@ class AjaxWebClient(resource.Resource):
             request (Request): Incoming request.
 
         """
-        csessid = html.escape(request.args[b"csessid"][0].decode("utf-8"))
+        csessid = self.get_client_sessid(request) + self.get_client_page_id(request)
         self.last_alive[csessid] = (time.time(), False)
 
         dataentries = self.databuffer.get(csessid)
@@ -441,7 +454,7 @@ class AjaxWebClient(resource.Resource):
             request (Request): Incoming request.
 
         """
-        csessid = self.get_client_sessid(request)
+        csessid = self.get_client_sessid(request) + self.get_client_page_id(request)
         try:
             sess = self.sessionhandler.sessions_from_csessid(csessid)[0]
             sess.sessionhandler.disconnect(sess)
diff --git a/evennia/web/static/webclient/js/evennia.js b/evennia/web/static/webclient/js/evennia.js
index 51da36c46..f3dbb5419 100644
--- a/evennia/web/static/webclient/js/evennia.js
+++ b/evennia/web/static/webclient/js/evennia.js
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ An "emitter" object must have a function
         var websocket = null;
         var wsurl = window.wsurl;
         var csessid = window.csessid;
+        var cuid = window.cuid;
 
         var connect = function() {
             if (websocket && websocket.readyState != websocket.CLOSED) {
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ An "emitter" object must have a function
                 return;
             }
             // Important - we pass csessid tacked on the url
-            websocket = new WebSocket(wsurl + '?' + csessid + '&' + browser);
+            websocket = new WebSocket(wsurl + '?' + csessid + '&' + cuid + '&' + browser);
 
             // Handle Websocket open event
             websocket.onopen = function (event) {
@@ -304,13 +305,14 @@ An "emitter" object must have a function
         var stop_polling = false;
         var is_closing = false;
         var csessid = window.csessid;
+        var cuid = window.cuid;
 
         // initialize connection, send csessid
         var init = function() {
             $.ajax({type: "POST", url: "/webclientdata",
                     async: true, cache: false, timeout: 50000,
                     datatype: "json",
-                    data: {mode: "init", csessid: csessid, browserstr: browser},
+                    data: {mode: "init", csessid: csessid, cuid: cuid, browserstr: browser},
 
                     success: function(data) {
                         open = true;
@@ -336,7 +338,7 @@ An "emitter" object must have a function
                    async: true, cache: false, timeout: 30000,
                    dataType: "json",
                    data: {mode: inmode == null ? 'input' : inmode,
-                          data: JSON.stringify(data), 'csessid': csessid},
+                          data: JSON.stringify(data), 'csessid': csessid, 'cuid': cuid},
                    success: function(req, stat, err) {
                        stop_polling = false;
                    },
@@ -356,7 +358,7 @@ An "emitter" object must have a function
             $.ajax({type: "POST", url: "/webclientdata",
                     async: true, cache: false, timeout: 60000,
                     dataType: "json",
-                    data: {mode: 'receive', 'csessid': csessid},
+                    data: {mode: 'receive', 'csessid': csessid, 'cuid': cuid},
                     success: function(data) {
                         // log("ajax data received:", data);
                         if (data[0] === "ajax_keepalive") {
@@ -411,7 +413,7 @@ An "emitter" object must have a function
                 cache: false,
                 timeout: 50000,
                 dataType: "json",
-                data: {mode: 'close', 'csessid': csessid},
+                data: {mode: 'close', 'csessid': csessid, 'cuid': cuid},
 
                 success: function(data){
                     is_closing = false;
diff --git a/evennia/web/templates/webclient/base.html b/evennia/web/templates/webclient/base.html
index ca8460c24..05038d83c 100644
--- a/evennia/web/templates/webclient/base.html
+++ b/evennia/web/templates/webclient/base.html
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ JQuery available.
       })
     </script>
 
+    <!-- Generate a low-quality UID to uniquely identify client tabs -->
+    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
+        function generateUID() {
+            return Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 15) +
+                Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 15);
+        }
+        var cuid = generateUID();
+    </script>
+
     <!-- Set up Websocket url and load the evennia.js library-->
     <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
         {% if websocket_enabled %}