diff --git a/controllers/eip_controller.go b/controllers/eip_controller.go
index e972b38..1d9204e 100644
--- a/controllers/eip_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/eip_controller.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ type EIPReconciler struct {
 	NonCachingClient client.Client
 	Log              logr.Logger
 	EC2              *ec2.EC2
+	Tags             map[string]string
 }
 
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=aws.k8s.logmein.com,resources=eips,verbs=get;list;watch;create;update;patch;delete
@@ -190,6 +191,17 @@ func (r *EIPReconciler) allocateEIP(ctx context.Context, eip *awsv1alpha1.EIP, l
 		}
 	}
 
+	tags := ec2.TagSpecification{
+		ResourceType: aws.String("elastic-ip"),
+	}
+	for k, v := range r.Tags {
+		tags.Tags = append(tags.Tags, &ec2.Tag{
+			Key:   aws.String(k),
+			Value: aws.String(v),
+		})
+	}
+	input.TagSpecifications = []*ec2.TagSpecification{&tags}
+
 	if resp, err := r.EC2.AllocateAddressWithContext(ctx, input); err != nil {
 		return err
 	} else {
diff --git a/controllers/eni_controller.go b/controllers/eni_controller.go
index ef15860..16c61bc 100644
--- a/controllers/eni_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/eni_controller.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ type ENIReconciler struct {
 	NonCachingClient client.Client
 	Log              logr.Logger
 	EC2              *ec2.EC2
+	Tags             map[string]string
 }
 
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=aws.k8s.logmein.com,resources=enis,verbs=get;list;watch;create;update;patch;delete
@@ -74,6 +75,18 @@ func (r *ENIReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctrl.R
 			if eni.Spec.SecondaryPrivateIPAddressCount > 0 {
 				input.SecondaryPrivateIpAddressCount = aws.Int64(eni.Spec.SecondaryPrivateIPAddressCount)
 			}
+
+			tags := ec2.TagSpecification{
+				ResourceType: aws.String("elastic-ip"),
+			}
+			for k, v := range r.Tags {
+				tags.Tags = append(tags.Tags, &ec2.Tag{
+					Key:   aws.String(k),
+					Value: aws.String(v),
+				})
+			}
+			input.TagSpecifications = []*ec2.TagSpecification{&tags}
+
 			resp, err := r.EC2.CreateNetworkInterface(input)
 			if err != nil {
 				return ctrl.Result{}, err
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 6f897ca..856a20f 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
@@ -45,11 +46,12 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func main() {
-	var metricsAddr, region, leaderElectionID, leaderElectionNamespace string
+	var metricsAddr, region, leaderElectionID, leaderElectionNamespace, defaultTags string
 	flag.StringVar(&metricsAddr, "metrics-addr", ":8080", "The address the metric endpoint binds to.")
 	flag.StringVar(&region, "region", "", "AWS region")
 	flag.StringVar(&leaderElectionID, "leader-election-id", "k8s-aws-operator", "the name of the configmap do use as leader election lock")
 	flag.StringVar(&leaderElectionNamespace, "leader-election-namespace", "", "the namespace in which the leader election lock will be held")
+	flag.StringVar(&defaultTags, "default-tags", "", "default tags to add to created resources, in the format key1=value1,key2=value2")
 	opts := zap.Options{
 		Development: true,
 	}
@@ -90,11 +92,18 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
+	defaultTagsMap := make(map[string]string)
+	if defaultTags != "" {
+		parseTags(&defaultTagsMap, defaultTags)
+		setupLog.Info("Default tags set", "tags", defaultTagsMap)
+	}
+
 	err = (&controllers.EIPReconciler{
 		Client:           cachingClient,
 		NonCachingClient: nonCachingClient,
 		Log:              ctrl.Log.WithName("controllers").WithName("EIP"),
 		EC2:              ec2,
+		Tags:             defaultTagsMap,
 	}).SetupWithManager(mgr)
 	if err != nil {
 		setupLog.Error(err, "unable to create controller", "controller", "EIP")
@@ -105,6 +114,7 @@ func main() {
 		NonCachingClient: nonCachingClient,
 		Log:              ctrl.Log.WithName("controllers").WithName("ENI"),
 		EC2:              ec2,
+		Tags:             defaultTagsMap,
 	}).SetupWithManager(mgr)
 	if err != nil {
 		setupLog.Error(err, "unable to create controller", "controller", "ENI")
@@ -126,3 +136,12 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
+
+func parseTags(tagMap *map[string]string, tags string) {
+	for _, tag := range strings.Split(tags, ",") {
+		kv := strings.SplitN(tag, "=", 2)
+		if len(kv) == 2 {
+			(*tagMap)[strings.TrimSpace(kv[0])] = strings.TrimSpace(kv[1])
+		}
+	}
+}