diff --git a/examples/example1/src/example1.d b/examples/example1/src/example1.d
index 0306c44a..7d43fe4b 100644
--- a/examples/example1/src/example1.d
+++ b/examples/example1/src/example1.d
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ extern (C) int UIAppMain(string[] args) {
 		    layout3.addChild(new TextWidget(null, "Buttons in HorizontalLayout"d));
 		    WidgetGroup buttons1 = new HorizontalLayout();
 		    buttons1.addChild(new TextWidget(null, "Button widgets: "d));
-            buttons1.addChild(new Button("btn1", "Button"d));
+            buttons1.addChild((new Button("btn1", "Button"d)).tooltipText("Tooltip text for button"d));
             buttons1.addChild((new Button("btn2", "Disabled Button"d)).enabled(false));
 		    buttons1.addChild(new TextWidget(null, "ImageButton widgets: "d));
             buttons1.addChild(new ImageButton("btn3", "text-plain"));
diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/widget.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/widget.d
index 9b4da932..3e1b1855 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/widget.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/widget.d
@@ -682,12 +682,28 @@ class Widget {
         }
     }
 
+    protected UIString _tooltipText;
+    /// tooltip text - when not empty, widget will show tooltips automatically; for advanced tooltips - override hasTooltip and createTooltip
+    @property dstring tooltipText() { return _tooltipText; }
+    /// tooltip text - when not empty, widget will show tooltips automatically; for advanced tooltips - override hasTooltip and createTooltip
+    @property Widget tooltipText(dstring text) { _tooltipText = text; return this; }
+    /// tooltip text - when not empty, widget will show tooltips automatically; for advanced tooltips - override hasTooltip and createTooltip
+    @property Widget tooltipText(UIString text) { _tooltipText = text; return this; }
+
+
     /// returns true if widget has tooltip to show
     @property bool hasTooltip() {
-        return false;
+        return !_tooltipText.empty;
     }
     /// will be called from window once tooltip request timer expired; if null is returned, popup will not be shown; you can change alignment and position of popup here
     Widget createTooltip(int mouseX, int mouseY, ref uint alignment, ref int x, ref int y) {
+        // default implementation supports tooltips when tooltipText property is set
+        if (!_tooltipText.empty) {
+            import dlangui.widgets.controls;
+            Widget res = new TextWidget("tooltip", _tooltipText.value);
+            res.styleId = STYLE_TOOLTIP;
+            return res;
+        }
         return null;
     }