diff --git a/builder/cloudstack/config.go b/builder/cloudstack/config.go
index f74a89502..00f79618b 100644
--- a/builder/cloudstack/config.go
+++ b/builder/cloudstack/config.go
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	TemplateScalable        bool   `mapstructure:"template_scalable"`
 	TemplateTag             string `mapstructure:"template_tag"`
 
+	Tags map[string]string `mapstructure:"tags"`
+
 	ctx interpolate.Context
 }
 
diff --git a/builder/cloudstack/step_create_instance.go b/builder/cloudstack/step_create_instance.go
index d20b19f56..73aaa2133 100644
--- a/builder/cloudstack/step_create_instance.go
+++ b/builder/cloudstack/step_create_instance.go
@@ -149,6 +149,20 @@ func (s *stepCreateInstance) Run(ctx context.Context, state multistep.StateBag)
 	// Store the instance ID so we can remove it later.
 	state.Put("instance_id", instance.Id)
 
+	// Set instance tags
+	if config.Tags != nil {
+		resourceID := []string{instance.Id}
+		tp := client.Resourcetags.NewCreateTagsParams(resourceID, "UserVm", config.Tags)
+
+		_, err = client.Resourcetags.CreateTags(tp)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			state.Put("error", err)
+			ui.Error(err.Error())
+			return multistep.ActionHalt
+		}
+	}
+
 	return multistep.ActionContinue
 }