diff --git a/recipes/README.recipes.md b/recipes/README.recipes.md
index 2360e6300..7ac453570 100644
--- a/recipes/README.recipes.md
+++ b/recipes/README.recipes.md
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ Returns:
 
 Return a git command step.
 
-— **def [bundle\_create](/recipes/recipe_modules/git/api.py#370)(self, bundle_path, rev_list_args=None, \*\*kwargs):**
+— **def [bundle\_create](/recipes/recipe_modules/git/api.py#374)(self, bundle_path, rev_list_args=None, \*\*kwargs):**
 
 Run 'git bundle create' on a Git repository.
 
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ Args:
 
 Outputs the contents of a file at a given revision.
 
-— **def [checkout](/recipes/recipe_modules/git/api.py#110)(self, url, ref=None, dir_path=None, recursive=False, submodules=True, submodule_update_force=False, keep_paths=None, step_suffix=None, curl_trace_file=None, can_fail_build=True, set_got_revision=False, remote_name=None, display_fetch_size=None, file_name=None, submodule_update_recursive=True, use_git_cache=False, progress=True):**
+— **def [checkout](/recipes/recipe_modules/git/api.py#110)(self, url, ref=None, dir_path=None, recursive=False, submodules=True, submodule_update_force=False, keep_paths=None, step_suffix=None, curl_trace_file=None, can_fail_build=True, set_got_revision=False, remote_name=None, display_fetch_size=None, file_name=None, submodule_update_recursive=True, use_git_cache=False, progress=True, tags=False):**
 
 Performs a full git checkout and returns sha1 of checked out revision.
 
@@ -449,11 +449,12 @@ Args:
          "git fetch origin" or "git push origin".
        * arbitrary refs such refs/whatever/not-fetched-by-default-to-cache
    progress (bool): wether to show progress for fetch or not
+  tags (bool): Also fetch tags.
 
 Returns: If the checkout was successful, this returns the commit hash of
   the checked-out-repo. Otherwise this returns None.
 
-— **def [config\_get](/recipes/recipe_modules/git/api.py#343)(self, prop_name, \*\*kwargs):**
+— **def [config\_get](/recipes/recipe_modules/git/api.py#347)(self, prop_name, \*\*kwargs):**
 
 Returns: (str) The Git config output, or None if no output was generated.
 
@@ -478,7 +479,7 @@ Returns:
 
 Fetches all tags from the remote.
 
-— **def [get\_remote\_url](/recipes/recipe_modules/git/api.py#360)(self, remote_name=None, \*\*kwargs):**
+— **def [get\_remote\_url](/recipes/recipe_modules/git/api.py#364)(self, remote_name=None, \*\*kwargs):**
 
 Returns: (str) The URL of the remote Git repository, or None.
 
@@ -486,11 +487,11 @@ Args:
   remote_name: (str) The name of the remote to query, defaults to 'origin'.
   kwargs: Forwarded to '__call__'.
 
-— **def [get\_timestamp](/recipes/recipe_modules/git/api.py#315)(self, commit='HEAD', test_data=None, \*\*kwargs):**
+— **def [get\_timestamp](/recipes/recipe_modules/git/api.py#319)(self, commit='HEAD', test_data=None, \*\*kwargs):**
 
 Find and return the timestamp of the given commit.
 
-— **def [new\_branch](/recipes/recipe_modules/git/api.py#383)(self, branch, name=None, upstream=None, \*\*kwargs):**
+— **def [new\_branch](/recipes/recipe_modules/git/api.py#387)(self, branch, name=None, upstream=None, \*\*kwargs):**
 
 Runs git new-branch on a Git repository, to be used before git cl upload.
 
@@ -500,7 +501,7 @@ Args:
   upstream (str): to origin/master.
   kwargs: Forwarded to '__call__'.
 
-— **def [rebase](/recipes/recipe_modules/git/api.py#324)(self, name_prefix, branch, dir_path, remote_name=None, \*\*kwargs):**
+— **def [rebase](/recipes/recipe_modules/git/api.py#328)(self, name_prefix, branch, dir_path, remote_name=None, \*\*kwargs):**
 
 Run rebase HEAD onto branch
 Args:
diff --git a/recipes/recipe_modules/git/api.py b/recipes/recipe_modules/git/api.py
index 9a9eee23d..adc250753 100644
--- a/recipes/recipe_modules/git/api.py
+++ b/recipes/recipe_modules/git/api.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class GitApi(recipe_api.RecipeApi):
                set_got_revision=False, remote_name=None,
                display_fetch_size=None, file_name=None,
                submodule_update_recursive=True,
-               use_git_cache=False, progress=True):
+               use_git_cache=False, progress=True, tags=False):
     """Performs a full git checkout and returns sha1 of checked out revision.
 
     Args:
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ class GitApi(recipe_api.RecipeApi):
              "git fetch origin" or "git push origin".
            * arbitrary refs such refs/whatever/not-fetched-by-default-to-cache
        progress (bool): wether to show progress for fetch or not
+      tags (bool): Also fetch tags.
 
     Returns: If the checkout was successful, this returns the commit hash of
       the checked-out-repo. Otherwise this returns None.
@@ -248,6 +249,9 @@ class GitApi(recipe_api.RecipeApi):
         fetch_env['GIT_CURL_VERBOSE'] = '1'
         fetch_stderr = self.m.raw_io.output(leak_to=curl_trace_file)
 
+      if tags:
+        fetch_args.append('--tags')
+
       fetch_step_name = 'git fetch%s' % step_suffix
       if display_fetch_size:
         count_objects_before_fetch = self.count_objects(
diff --git a/recipes/recipe_modules/git/examples/full.expected/basic_tags.json b/recipes/recipe_modules/git/examples/full.expected/basic_tags.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38af3da9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/recipe_modules/git/examples/full.expected/basic_tags.json
@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+[
+  {
+    "cmd": [
+      "python",
+      "-u",
+      "RECIPE_MODULE[depot_tools::git]/resources/git_setup.py",
+      "--path",
+      "[START_DIR]/src",
+      "--url",
+      "https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git"
+    ],
+    "name": "git setup"
+  },
+  {
+    "cmd": [
+      "git",
+      "retry",
+      "fetch",
+      "origin",
+      "master",
+      "--recurse-submodules",
+      "--progress",
+      "--tags"
+    ],
+    "cwd": "[START_DIR]/src",
+    "env": {
+      "PATH": "RECIPE_PACKAGE_REPO[depot_tools]:<PATH>"
+    },
+    "infra_step": true,
+    "name": "git fetch"
+  },
+  {
+    "cmd": [
+      "git",
+      "checkout",
+      "-f",
+      "FETCH_HEAD"
+    ],
+    "cwd": "[START_DIR]/src",
+    "infra_step": true,
+    "name": "git checkout"
+  },
+  {
+    "cmd": [
+      "git",
+      "rev-parse",
+      "HEAD"
+    ],
+    "cwd": "[START_DIR]/src",
+    "infra_step": true,
+    "name": "read revision",
+    "stdout": "/path/to/tmp/",
+    "~followup_annotations": [
+      "@@@STEP_TEXT@<br/>checked out 'deadbeef'<br/>@@@"
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "cmd": [
+      "git",
+      "clean",
+      "-f",
+      "-d",
+      "-x"
+    ],
+    "cwd": "[START_DIR]/src",
+    "infra_step": true,
+    "name": "git clean"
+  },
+  {
+    "cmd": [
+      "git",
+      "submodule",
+      "sync"
+    ],
+    "cwd": "[START_DIR]/src",
+    "infra_step": true,
+    "name": "submodule sync"
+  },
+  {
+    "cmd": [
+      "git",
+      "submodule",
+      "update",
+      "--init",
+      "--recursive"
+    ],
+    "cwd": "[START_DIR]/src",
+    "infra_step": true,
+    "name": "submodule update"
+  },
+  {
+    "cmd": [
+      "git",
+      "-c",
+      "foo=bar",
+      "count-objects",
+      "-v"
+    ],
+    "cwd": "[START_DIR]/src",
+    "infra_step": true,
+    "name": "count-objects",
+    "stdout": "/path/to/tmp/"
+  },
+  {
+    "cmd": [
+      "git",
+      "config",
+      "--get",
+      "remote.origin.url"
+    ],
+    "cwd": "[START_DIR]/src",
+    "infra_step": true,
+    "name": "git config remote.origin.url",
+    "stdout": "/path/to/tmp/",
+    "~followup_annotations": [
+      "@@@STEP_TEXT@foo@@@"
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "cmd": [
+      "git",
+      "show",
+      "HEAD",
+      "--format=%at",
+      "-s"
+    ],
+    "cwd": "[START_DIR]/src",
+    "infra_step": true,
+    "name": "git show",
+    "stdout": "/path/to/tmp/"
+  },
+  {
+    "cmd": [
+      "git",
+      "fetch",
+      "origin",
+      "--tags"
+    ],
+    "cwd": "[START_DIR]/src",
+    "infra_step": true,
+    "name": "git fetch tags"
+  },
+  {
+    "cmd": [
+      "git",
+      "status"
+    ],
+    "cwd": "[START_DIR]/src",
+    "infra_step": true,
+    "name": "git status"
+  },
+  {
+    "cmd": [
+      "git",
+      "status"
+    ],
+    "cwd": "[START_DIR]/src",
+    "infra_step": true,
+    "name": "git status can_fail_build"
+  },
+  {
+    "cmd": [
+      "git",
+      "status"
+    ],
+    "cwd": "[START_DIR]/src",
+    "infra_step": true,
+    "name": "git status cannot_fail_build"
+  },
+  {
+    "cmd": [
+      "git",
+      "new-branch",
+      "refactor"
+    ],
+    "cwd": "[START_DIR]/src",
+    "env": {
+      "PATH": "RECIPE_PACKAGE_REPO[depot_tools]:<PATH>"
+    },
+    "infra_step": true,
+    "name": "git new-branch refactor"
+  },
+  {
+    "cmd": [
+      "git",
+      "new-branch",
+      "feature",
+      "--upstream",
+      "refactor"
+    ],
+    "cwd": "[START_DIR]/src",
+    "env": {
+      "PATH": "RECIPE_PACKAGE_REPO[depot_tools]:<PATH>"
+    },
+    "infra_step": true,
+    "name": "git new-branch feature"
+  },
+  {
+    "cmd": [
+      "git",
+      "rebase",
+      "origin/master"
+    ],
+    "cwd": "[START_DIR]/src",
+    "infra_step": true,
+    "name": "my repo rebase"
+  },
+  {
+    "cmd": [
+      "git",
+      "bundle",
+      "create",
+      "[START_DIR]/all.bundle",
+      "--all"
+    ],
+    "cwd": "[START_DIR]/src",
+    "infra_step": true,
+    "name": "git bundle"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "$result",
+    "recipe_result": null,
+    "status_code": 0
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/recipes/recipe_modules/git/examples/full.py b/recipes/recipe_modules/git/examples/full.py
index abdc6df03..c01712751 100644
--- a/recipes/recipe_modules/git/examples/full.py
+++ b/recipes/recipe_modules/git/examples/full.py
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ def RunSteps(api):
       display_fetch_size=api.properties.get('display_fetch_size'),
       file_name=api.properties.get('checkout_file_name'),
       submodule_update_recursive=submodule_update_recursive,
-      use_git_cache=api.properties.get('use_git_cache'))
+      use_git_cache=api.properties.get('use_git_cache'),
+      tags=api.properties.get('tags'))
 
   assert retVal == "deadbeef", (
     "expected retVal to be %r but was %r" % ("deadbeef", retVal))
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ def RunSteps(api):
 
 def GenTests(api):
   yield api.test('basic')
+  yield api.test('basic_tags') + api.properties(tags=True)
   yield api.test('basic_ref') + api.properties(revision='refs/foo/bar')
   yield api.test('basic_branch') + api.properties(revision='refs/heads/testing')
   yield api.test('basic_hash') + api.properties(