diff --git a/layers/+lang/python/config.el b/layers/+lang/python/config.el
index b2000ece6..3185c079c 100644
--- a/layers/+lang/python/config.el
+++ b/layers/+lang/python/config.el
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 (defvar python-fill-column 79
   "Fill column value for python buffers")
 
+(defvar python-tab-width 4
+  "Tab width value for python buffers")
+
 (defvar python-auto-set-local-pyenv-version 'on-visit
   "Automatically set pyenv version from \".python-version\".
 
diff --git a/layers/+lang/python/packages.el b/layers/+lang/python/packages.el
index 7743ca874..e665c7f1b 100644
--- a/layers/+lang/python/packages.el
+++ b/layers/+lang/python/packages.el
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
 
       (defun python-default ()
         (setq mode-name "Python"
-              tab-width 4
+              tab-width python-tab-width
               fill-column python-fill-column)
         (when (version< emacs-version "24.5")
           ;; auto-indent on colon doesn't work well with if statement