diff --git a/app/models/topic_embed.rb b/app/models/topic_embed.rb
index 0e67c1593bc..07af6848537 100644
--- a/app/models/topic_embed.rb
+++ b/app/models/topic_embed.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class TopicEmbed < ActiveRecord::Base
     if embed.blank?
       Topic.transaction do
         if eh = EmbeddableHost.record_for_url(url)
-          tags = eh.tags.presence || tags
+          tags = eh.tags.presence&.map(&:name) || tags
           user = eh.user.presence || user
         end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/topic_embed_spec.rb b/spec/models/topic_embed_spec.rb
index 10d670253d1..98861813137 100644
--- a/spec/models/topic_embed_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/topic_embed_spec.rb
@@ -316,6 +316,36 @@ RSpec.describe TopicEmbed do
       end
     end
 
+    context "when the embeddable host specifies the user and tags" do
+      fab!(:tag1) { Fabricate(:tag, name: "interesting") }
+      fab!(:tag2) { Fabricate(:tag, name: "article") }
+      fab!(:embeddable_host) { Fabricate(:embeddable_host, host: "tag-eviltrout.com") }
+
+      let!(:new_user) { Fabricate(:user) }
+      let(:tags) { [tag1.name, tag2.name] }
+      let(:embed_url_with_tags) { "http://tag-eviltrout.com/abcd" }
+
+      let(:imported_post) do
+        # passing user = system and tags = nil to ensure we're getting the user and tags from the embeddable host
+        # and not from the TopicEmbed.import method in the tests
+        TopicEmbed.import(Discourse.system_user, embed_url_with_tags, title, contents, tags: nil)
+      end
+
+      before do
+        embeddable_host.user = new_user
+        embeddable_host.tags = [tag1, tag2]
+        embeddable_host.save!
+      end
+
+      it "assigns the specified user as the author" do
+        expect(imported_post.user).to eq(new_user)
+      end
+
+      it "associates the specified tags with the topic" do
+        expect(imported_post.topic.tags).to contain_exactly(tag1, tag2)
+      end
+    end
+
     context "when updating an existing post with new tags and a different user" do
       fab!(:tag1) { Fabricate(:tag, name: "interesting") }
       fab!(:tag2) { Fabricate(:tag, name: "article") }