diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/NameRevCommandTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/NameRevCommandTest.java
index 82839e3bc..f67d66931 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/NameRevCommandTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/NameRevCommandTest.java
@@ -88,6 +88,26 @@ public class NameRevCommandTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 				c);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void ref() throws Exception {
+		RevCommit c = tr.commit().create();
+		tr.update("refs/heads/master", c);
+		tr.update("refs/tags/tag", c);
+		assertOneResult("master",
+				git.nameRev().addRef(db.getRef("refs/heads/master")), c);
+		assertOneResult("tag",
+				git.nameRev().addRef(db.getRef("refs/tags/tag")), c);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void annotatedTags() throws Exception {
+		RevCommit c = tr.commit().create();
+		tr.update("refs/heads/master", c);
+		tr.update("refs/tags/tag1", c);
+		tr.update("refs/tags/tag2", tr.tag("tag2", c));
+		assertOneResult("tag2", git.nameRev().addAnnotatedTags(), c);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void simpleAncestor() throws Exception {
 		// 0--1--2
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/NameRevCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/NameRevCommand.java
index dfae50a72..073802db4 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/NameRevCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/NameRevCommand.java
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ public class NameRevCommand extends GitCommand<Map<ObjectId, String>> {
 
 	private final RevWalk walk;
 	private final List<String> prefixes;
+	private final List<Ref> refs;
 	private final List<ObjectId> revs;
 
 	/**
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ public class NameRevCommand extends GitCommand<Map<ObjectId, String>> {
 	protected NameRevCommand(Repository repo) {
 		super(repo);
 		prefixes = new ArrayList<String>(2);
+		refs = new ArrayList<Ref>();
 		revs = new ArrayList<ObjectId>(2);
 		walk = new RevWalk(repo) {
 			@Override
@@ -134,6 +136,8 @@ public class NameRevCommand extends GitCommand<Map<ObjectId, String>> {
 		try {
 			Map<ObjectId, String> nonCommits = new HashMap<ObjectId, String>();
 			FIFORevQueue pending = new FIFORevQueue();
+			for (Ref ref : refs)
+				addRef(ref, nonCommits, pending);
 			addPrefixes(nonCommits, pending);
 			int cutoff = minCommitTime() - COMMIT_TIME_SLOP;
 
@@ -235,10 +239,11 @@ public class NameRevCommand extends GitCommand<Map<ObjectId, String>> {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Add a ref prefix that all results must match.
+	 * Add a ref prefix to the set that results must match.
 	 * <p>
-	 * If an object matches refs under multiple prefixes equally well, the first
-	 * prefix added to this command is preferred.
+	 * If an object matches multiple refs equally well, the first matching ref
+	 * added with {@link #addRef(Ref)} is preferred, or else the first matching
+	 * prefix added by {@link #addPrefix(String)}.
 	 *
 	 * @param prefix
 	 *            prefix to add; see {@link RefDatabase#getRefs(String)}
@@ -250,35 +255,83 @@ public class NameRevCommand extends GitCommand<Map<ObjectId, String>> {
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Add all annotated tags under {@code refs/tags/} to the set that all results
+	 * must match.
+	 * <p>
+	 * Calls {@link #addRef(Ref)}; see that method for a note on matching
+	 * priority.
+	 *
+	 * @return {@code this}
+	 * @throws JGitInternalException
+	 *             a low-level exception of JGit has occurred. The original
+	 *             exception can be retrieved by calling
+	 *             {@link Exception#getCause()}.
+	 */
+	public NameRevCommand addAnnotatedTags() {
+		checkCallable();
+		try {
+			for (Ref ref : repo.getRefDatabase().getRefs(Constants.R_TAGS).values()) {
+				ObjectId id = ref.getObjectId();
+				if (id != null && (walk.parseAny(id) instanceof RevTag))
+					addRef(ref);
+			}
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			throw new JGitInternalException(e.getMessage(), e);
+		}
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Add a ref to the set that all results must match.
+	 * <p>
+	 * If an object matches multiple refs equally well, the first matching ref
+	 * added with {@link #addRef(Ref)} is preferred, or else the first matching
+	 * prefix added by {@link #addPrefix(String)}.
+	 *
+	 * @param ref
+	 *            ref to add.
+	 * @return {@code this}
+	 */
+	public NameRevCommand addRef(Ref ref) {
+		checkCallable();
+		refs.add(ref);
+		return this;
+	}
+
 	private void addPrefixes(Map<ObjectId, String> nonCommits,
 			FIFORevQueue pending) throws IOException {
 		if (!prefixes.isEmpty()) {
 			for (String prefix : prefixes)
 				addPrefix(prefix, nonCommits, pending);
-		} else
+		} else if (refs.isEmpty())
 			addPrefix(Constants.R_REFS, nonCommits, pending);
 	}
 
 	private void addPrefix(String prefix, Map<ObjectId, String> nonCommits,
 			FIFORevQueue pending) throws IOException {
-		for (Ref ref : repo.getRefDatabase().getRefs(prefix).values()) {
-			if (ref.getObjectId() == null)
-				continue;
-			RevObject o = walk.parseAny(ref.getObjectId());
-			while (o instanceof RevTag) {
-				RevTag t = (RevTag) o;
-				nonCommits.put(o, ref.getName());
-				o = t.getObject();
-				walk.parseHeaders(o);
-			}
-			if (o instanceof NameRevCommit) {
-				NameRevCommit c = (NameRevCommit) o;
-				if (c.tip == null)
-					c.tip = ref.getName();
-				pending.add(c);
-			} else if (!nonCommits.containsKey(o))
-				nonCommits.put(o, ref.getName());
+		for (Ref ref : repo.getRefDatabase().getRefs(prefix).values())
+			addRef(ref, nonCommits, pending);
+	}
+
+	private void addRef(Ref ref, Map<ObjectId, String> nonCommits,
+			FIFORevQueue pending) throws IOException {
+		if (ref.getObjectId() == null)
+			return;
+		RevObject o = walk.parseAny(ref.getObjectId());
+		while (o instanceof RevTag) {
+			RevTag t = (RevTag) o;
+			nonCommits.put(o, ref.getName());
+			o = t.getObject();
+			walk.parseHeaders(o);
 		}
+		if (o instanceof NameRevCommit) {
+			NameRevCommit c = (NameRevCommit) o;
+			if (c.tip == null)
+				c.tip = ref.getName();
+			pending.add(c);
+		} else if (!nonCommits.containsKey(o))
+			nonCommits.put(o, ref.getName());
 	}
 
 	private int minCommitTime() throws IOException {