diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Clone.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Clone.java
index 73530efca..de430294f 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Clone.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Clone.java
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jgit.storage.file.FileRepository;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.FetchResult;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.RefSpec;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.RemoteConfig;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.TagOpt;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.Transport;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.URIish;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Argument;
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ class Clone extends AbstractFetchCommand {
 		final Transport tn = Transport.open(db, remoteName);
 		final FetchResult r;
 		try {
+			tn.setTagOpt(TagOpt.FETCH_TAGS);
 			r = tn.fetch(new TextProgressMonitor(), null);
 		} finally {
 			tn.close();
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CloneCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CloneCommand.java
index 54457e523..0257f3264 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CloneCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CloneCommand.java
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.CredentialsProvider;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.FetchResult;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.RefSpec;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.RemoteConfig;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.TagOpt;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.URIish;
 
 /**
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@ public class CloneCommand implements Callable<Git> {
 		FetchCommand command = new FetchCommand(repo);
 		command.setRemote(remote);
 		command.setProgressMonitor(monitor);
+		command.setTagOpt(TagOpt.FETCH_TAGS);
 		if (credentialsProvider != null)
 			command.setCredentialsProvider(credentialsProvider);
 		return command.call();