diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bb169b4..2584ce0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 *.pyc
 *.swp
 doc/tags
+.ropeproject/
diff --git a/pythonx/UltiSnips/text_objects/_python_code.py b/pythonx/UltiSnips/text_objects/_python_code.py
index dac036e..e2a1459 100644
--- a/pythonx/UltiSnips/text_objects/_python_code.py
+++ b/pythonx/UltiSnips/text_objects/_python_code.py
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ class _Tabs(object):
             return ''
         return ts.current_text
 
+    def __setitem__(self, no, value):
+        ts = self._to._get_tabstop(
+            self._to,
+            int(no))  # pylint:disable=protected-access
+        if ts is None:
+            return
+        ts.overwrite(value)
+
 _VisualContent = namedtuple('_VisualContent', ['mode', 'text'])
 
 
diff --git a/test/test_Interpolation.py b/test/test_Interpolation.py
index b006355..e8e8bae 100644
--- a/test/test_Interpolation.py
+++ b/test/test_Interpolation.py
@@ -429,6 +429,17 @@ class PythonCode_AccessKilledTabstop_OverwriteFirst(_VimTest):
     keys = 'test' + EX + 'aaa'
     wanted = 'aaa'
 
+class PythonCode_CanOverwriteTabstop(_VimTest):
+    snippets = (
+        'test',
+        """$1`!p if len(t[1]) > 3 and len(t[2]) == 0:
+            t[2] = t[1][2:];
+            t[1] = t[1][:2] + '-\\n\\t';
+            vim.command('call feedkeys("\<End>", "n")');
+            `$2""")
+    keys = 'test' + EX + 'blah' + ', bah'
+    wanted = "bl-\n\tah, bah"
+
 
 class PythonVisual_NoVisualSelection_Ignore(_VimTest):
     snippets = ('test', 'h`!p snip.rv = snip.v.mode + snip.v.text`b')