diff --git a/modules/mod_articles_category/helper.php b/modules/mod_articles_category/helper.php
index dbae6b2ec2fee..0033c725bc874 100644
--- a/modules/mod_articles_category/helper.php
+++ b/modules/mod_articles_category/helper.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public static function getList(&$params)
 		$articles->setState('filter.published', 1);
 
 		// This module does not use tags data
-		$articles->setState('load_tags', false);
+		$articles->setState('load_tags', $params->get('filter_tag', '') !== '' ? true : false);
 
 		// Access filter
 		$access     = !JComponentHelper::getParams('com_content')->get('show_noauth');
@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ public static function getList(&$params)
 		}
 
 		// New Parameters
+		if ($params->get('filter_tag', ''))
+		{
+			$articles->setState('filter.tag', $params->get('filter_tag', ''));
+		}
 		$articles->setState('filter.featured', $params->get('show_front', 'show'));
 		$articles->setState('filter.author_id', $params->get('created_by', ''));
 		$articles->setState('filter.author_id.include', $params->get('author_filtering_type', 1));
diff --git a/modules/mod_articles_category/mod_articles_category.xml b/modules/mod_articles_category/mod_articles_category.xml
index e00420f2024af..ef955d661f03e 100644
--- a/modules/mod_articles_category/mod_articles_category.xml
+++ b/modules/mod_articles_category/mod_articles_category.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 				</field>
 
 				<field
-					name="filteringspacer1"
+					name="filteringspacer0"
 					type="spacer"
 					hr="true"
 				/>
@@ -127,6 +127,21 @@
 					default="1"
 				/>
 
+				<field
+					name="filteringspacer1"
+					type="spacer"
+					hr="true"
+				/>
+
+				<field
+					name="filter_tag"
+					type="tag"
+					label="JTAG"
+				       	description="JTAG_FIELD_SELECT_DESC"
+					>
+					<option value="">JNONE</option>
+				</field>
+
 				<field
 					name="filteringspacer2"
 					type="spacer"