diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/ApiConstants.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/ApiConstants.java
index 3c1d7bb93c6..8714d50bae5 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/ApiConstants.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/ApiConstants.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public class ApiConstants {
     public static final String CERTIFICATE_CHAIN = "certchain";
     public static final String CERTIFICATE_FINGERPRINT = "fingerprint";
     public static final String CERTIFICATE_ID = "certid";
+    public static final String COPY_IMAGE_TAGS = "copyimagetags";
     public static final String CSR = "csr";
     public static final String PRIVATE_KEY = "privatekey";
     public static final String DOMAIN_SUFFIX = "domainsuffix";
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vm/DeployVMCmd.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vm/DeployVMCmd.java
index 0874b4e8a8e..3d14b8998f6 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vm/DeployVMCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/vm/DeployVMCmd.java
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ public class DeployVMCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCustomIdCmd implements SecurityG
     @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.EXTRA_CONFIG, type = CommandType.STRING, since = "4.12", description = "an optional URL encoded string that can be passed to the virtual machine upon successful deployment", length = 5120)
     private String extraConfig;
 
+    @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.COPY_IMAGE_TAGS, type = CommandType.BOOLEAN, since = "4.13", description = "if true the image tags (if any) will be copied to the VM, default value is false")
+    private Boolean copyImageTags;
+
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     /////////////////// Accessors ///////////////////////
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -489,6 +492,10 @@ public class DeployVMCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCustomIdCmd implements SecurityG
         return extraConfig;
     }
 
+    public boolean getCopyImageTags() {
+        return copyImageTags == null ? false : copyImageTags;
+    }
+
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     /////////////// API Implementation///////////////////
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
index f3731ab6ffe..e719d6f4f9f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ import com.cloud.org.Grouping;
 import com.cloud.resource.ResourceManager;
 import com.cloud.resource.ResourceState;
 import com.cloud.server.ManagementService;
+import com.cloud.server.ResourceTag;
 import com.cloud.service.ServiceOfferingVO;
 import com.cloud.service.dao.ServiceOfferingDao;
 import com.cloud.service.dao.ServiceOfferingDetailsDao;
@@ -251,6 +252,8 @@ import com.cloud.storage.dao.SnapshotDao;
 import com.cloud.storage.dao.VMTemplateDao;
 import com.cloud.storage.dao.VMTemplateZoneDao;
 import com.cloud.storage.dao.VolumeDao;
+import com.cloud.tags.ResourceTagVO;
+import com.cloud.tags.dao.ResourceTagDao;
 import com.cloud.template.TemplateApiService;
 import com.cloud.template.TemplateManager;
 import com.cloud.template.VirtualMachineTemplate;
@@ -477,6 +480,8 @@ public class UserVmManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements UserVmManager, Vir
     private ConfigurationDao _configDao;
     @Inject
     private DpdkHelper dpdkHelper;
+    @Inject
+    private ResourceTagDao resourceTagDao;
 
     private ScheduledExecutorService _executor = null;
     private ScheduledExecutorService _vmIpFetchExecutor = null;
@@ -4958,6 +4963,18 @@ public class UserVmManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements UserVmManager, Vir
             addExtraConfig(vm, caller, extraConfig);
         }
 
+        if (cmd.getCopyImageTags()) {
+            VMTemplateVO templateOrIso = _templateDao.findById(templateId);
+            if (templateOrIso != null) {
+                final ResourceTag.ResourceObjectType templateType = (templateOrIso.getFormat() == ImageFormat.ISO) ? ResourceTag.ResourceObjectType.ISO : ResourceTag.ResourceObjectType.Template;
+                final List<? extends ResourceTag> resourceTags = resourceTagDao.listBy(templateId, templateType);
+                for (ResourceTag resourceTag : resourceTags) {
+                    final ResourceTagVO copyTag = new ResourceTagVO(resourceTag.getKey(), resourceTag.getValue(), resourceTag.getAccountId(), resourceTag.getDomainId(), vm.getId(), ResourceTag.ResourceObjectType.UserVm, resourceTag.getCustomer(), vm.getUuid());
+                    resourceTagDao.persist(copyTag);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         return vm;
     }