diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Result.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Result.java
index ed8619d464c..e9ab6cd9b09 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Result.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Result.java
@@ -791,7 +791,8 @@ public class Result implements CellScannable, CellScanner {
     Cell[] replicatedKVs = res2.rawCells();
     for (int i = 0; i < res1.size(); i++) {
       if (!ourKVs[i].equals(replicatedKVs[i]) ||
-          !CellUtil.matchingValue(ourKVs[i], replicatedKVs[i])) {
+          !CellUtil.matchingValue(ourKVs[i], replicatedKVs[i]) ||
+          !CellUtil.matchingTags(ourKVs[i], replicatedKVs[i])) {
         throw new Exception("This result was different: "
             + res1.toString() + " compared to " + res2.toString());
       }
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/CellUtil.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/CellUtil.java
index c3b65e32c11..7533073edbd 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/CellUtil.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/CellUtil.java
@@ -570,6 +570,10 @@ public final class CellUtil {
         buf.length);
   }
 
+  public static boolean matchingTags(final Cell left, final Cell right) {
+    return PrivateCellUtil.matchingTags(left, right, left.getTagsLength(), right.getTagsLength());
+  }
+
   /**
    * @return True if a delete type, a {@link KeyValue.Type#Delete} or a
    *         {KeyValue.Type#DeleteFamily} or a
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/PrivateCellUtil.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/PrivateCellUtil.java
index a86ca105912..99e38e751fa 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/PrivateCellUtil.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/PrivateCellUtil.java
@@ -812,6 +812,31 @@ public final class PrivateCellUtil {
     return a.getTypeByte() == b.getTypeByte();
   }
 
+  public static boolean matchingTags(final Cell left, final Cell right, int llength,
+                                     int rlength) {
+    if (left instanceof ByteBufferExtendedCell && right instanceof ByteBufferExtendedCell) {
+      ByteBufferExtendedCell leftBBCell = (ByteBufferExtendedCell) left;
+      ByteBufferExtendedCell rightBBCell = (ByteBufferExtendedCell) right;
+      return ByteBufferUtils.equals(
+        leftBBCell.getTagsByteBuffer(), leftBBCell.getTagsPosition(), llength,
+        rightBBCell.getTagsByteBuffer(),rightBBCell.getTagsPosition(), rlength);
+    }
+    if (left instanceof ByteBufferExtendedCell) {
+      ByteBufferExtendedCell leftBBCell = (ByteBufferExtendedCell) left;
+      return ByteBufferUtils.equals(
+        leftBBCell.getTagsByteBuffer(), leftBBCell.getTagsPosition(), llength,
+        right.getTagsArray(), right.getTagsOffset(), rlength);
+    }
+    if (right instanceof ByteBufferExtendedCell) {
+      ByteBufferExtendedCell rightBBCell = (ByteBufferExtendedCell) right;
+      return ByteBufferUtils.equals(
+        rightBBCell.getTagsByteBuffer(), rightBBCell.getTagsPosition(), rlength,
+        left.getTagsArray(), left.getTagsOffset(), llength);
+    }
+    return Bytes.equals(left.getTagsArray(), left.getTagsOffset(), llength,
+      right.getTagsArray(), right.getTagsOffset(), rlength);
+  }
+
   /**
    * @return True if a delete type, a {@link KeyValue.Type#Delete} or a {KeyValue.Type#DeleteFamily}
    *         or a {@link KeyValue.Type#DeleteColumn} KeyValue type.
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestResult.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestResult.java
index e2a2333cdf1..30e9855883d 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestResult.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestResult.java
@@ -25,14 +25,18 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ArrayBackedTag;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ByteBufferKeyValue;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellScanner;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseClassTestRule;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Tag;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.ClientTests;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.SmallTests;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.ByteBufferUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
 import org.junit.ClassRule;
 import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
@@ -66,6 +70,7 @@ public class TestResult extends TestCase {
   static final byte [] row = Bytes.toBytes("row");
   static final byte [] family = Bytes.toBytes("family");
   static final byte [] value = Bytes.toBytes("value");
+  static final byte [] qual = Bytes.toBytes("qual");
 
   /**
    * Run some tests to ensure Result acts like a proper CellScanner.
@@ -250,6 +255,142 @@ public class TestResult extends TestCase {
     }
   }
 
+  public void testCompareResultsWithTags() throws Exception {
+    Tag t1 = new ArrayBackedTag((byte) 1, Bytes.toBytes("TAG1"));
+    Tag t2 = new ArrayBackedTag((byte) 2, Bytes.toBytes("TAG2"));
+    // Both BB backed tags KV are null
+    Result result1 = getByteBufferBackedTagResult(null);
+    Result result2 = getByteBufferBackedTagResult(null);
+    Result.compareResults(result1, result2);
+
+    // Test both byte buffer backed tags KeyValue
+    result1 = getByteBufferBackedTagResult(t1);
+    result2 = getByteBufferBackedTagResult(t1);
+    Result.compareResults(result1, result2);
+
+    // Both array backed tags KV are null
+    result1 = getArrayBackedTagResult(null);
+    result2 = getArrayBackedTagResult(null);
+    Result.compareResults(result1, result2);
+
+    // Test both array backed tags KeyValue
+    result1 = getArrayBackedTagResult(t1);
+    result2 = getArrayBackedTagResult(t1);
+    Result.compareResults(result1, result2);
+
+    // left instance of byte buffer and right instance of array backed
+    result1 = getByteBufferBackedTagResult(t1);
+    result2 = getArrayBackedTagResult(t1);
+    Result.compareResults(result1, result2);
+
+    // left instance of array backed and right instance of byte buffer backed.
+    result1 = getArrayBackedTagResult(t1);
+    result2 = getByteBufferBackedTagResult(t1);
+    Result.compareResults(result1, result2);
+
+    // Left BB backed null tag and right BB backed non null tag
+    result1 = getByteBufferBackedTagResult(null);
+    result2 = getByteBufferBackedTagResult(t2);
+    try {
+      Result.compareResults(result1, result2);
+      fail();
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      // Expected
+    }
+
+    // Left BB backed non null tag and right BB backed null tag
+    result1 = getByteBufferBackedTagResult(t1);
+    result2 = getByteBufferBackedTagResult(null);
+    try {
+      Result.compareResults(result1, result2);
+      fail();
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      // Expected
+    }
+
+    // Both byte buffer backed tags KV are different
+    result1 = getByteBufferBackedTagResult(t1);
+    result2 = getByteBufferBackedTagResult(t2);
+    try {
+      Result.compareResults(result1, result2);
+      fail();
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      // Expected
+    }
+
+    // Left array backed non null tag and right array backed null tag
+    result1 = getArrayBackedTagResult(t1);
+    result2 = getArrayBackedTagResult(null);
+    try {
+      Result.compareResults(result1, result2);
+      fail();
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      // Expected
+    }
+
+    // Left array backed null tag and right array backed non null tag
+    result1 = getByteBufferBackedTagResult(null);
+    result2 = getByteBufferBackedTagResult(t2);
+    try {
+      Result.compareResults(result1, result2);
+      fail();
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      // Expected
+    }
+
+    // Both array backed tags KV are different
+    result1 = getArrayBackedTagResult(t1);
+    result2 = getArrayBackedTagResult(t2);
+    try {
+      Result.compareResults(result1, result2);
+      fail();
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      // Expected
+    }
+
+    // left instance of byte buffer and right instance of array backed are different
+    result1 = getByteBufferBackedTagResult(t1);
+    result2 = getArrayBackedTagResult(t2);
+    try {
+      Result.compareResults(result1, result2);
+      fail();
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      // Expected
+    }
+
+    // left instance of array backed and right instance of byte buffer backed are different
+    result1 = getArrayBackedTagResult(t1);
+    result2 = getByteBufferBackedTagResult(t2);
+    try {
+      Result.compareResults(result1, result2);
+      fail();
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      // Expected
+    }
+  }
+
+  private Result getArrayBackedTagResult(Tag tag) {
+    List<Tag> tags = null;
+    if (tag != null) {
+      tags = Arrays.asList(tag);
+    }
+    KeyValue kvCell = new KeyValue(row, family, qual, 0L, KeyValue.Type.Put,
+      value, tags);
+    return Result.create(new Cell[] {kvCell});
+  }
+
+  private Result getByteBufferBackedTagResult(Tag tag) {
+    List<Tag> tags = null;
+    if (tag != null) {
+      tags = Arrays.asList(tag);
+    }
+    KeyValue kvCell = new KeyValue(row, family, qual, 0L, KeyValue.Type.Put,
+        value, tags);
+    ByteBuffer buf = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(kvCell.getBuffer().length);
+    ByteBufferUtils.copyFromArrayToBuffer(buf, kvCell.getBuffer(), 0, kvCell.getBuffer().length);
+    ByteBufferKeyValue bbKV = new ByteBufferKeyValue(buf, 0, buf.capacity(), 0L);
+    return Result.create(new Cell[] {bbKV});
+  }
   /**
    * Verifies that one can't modify instance of EMPTY_RESULT.
    */