diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/config.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/config.rb
index beaea5466..98dfb73a7 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/config.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/config.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
       attr_accessor :sudo
       attr_accessor :sudo_user
       attr_accessor :verbose
+      attr_accessor :tags
 
       def initialize
         @playbook       = UNSET_VALUE
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         @sudo           = UNSET_VALUE
         @sudo_user      = UNSET_VALUE
         @verbose        = UNSET_VALUE
+        @tags           = UNSET_VALUE
       end
 
       def finalize!
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         @sudo           = nil if @sudo == UNSET_VALUE
         @sudo_user      = nil if @sudo_user == UNSET_VALUE
         @verbose        = nil if @verbose == UNSET_VALUE
+        @tags           = nil if @tags == UNSET_VALUE
       end
 
       def validate(machine)
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner.rb
index 8891f0357..d84f714dd 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner.rb
@@ -8,15 +8,8 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         options << "--extra-vars=" + config.extra_vars.map{|k,v| "#{k}=#{v}"}.join(' ') if config.extra_vars
         options << "--inventory-file=#{config.inventory_file}" if config.inventory_file
         options << "--ask-sudo-pass" if config.ask_sudo_pass
-
-        if config.limit
-          if not config.limit.kind_of?(Array)
-            config.limit = [config.limit]
-          end
-          config.limit = config.limit.join(",")
-          options << "--limit=#{config.limit}"
-        end
-
+        options << "--tags=#{as_list_argument(config.tags)}" if config.tags
+        options << "--limit=#{as_list_argument(config.limit)}" if config.limit
         options << "--sudo" if config.sudo
         options << "--sudo-user=#{config.sudo_user}" if config.sudo_user
         options << "--verbose" if config.verbose
@@ -40,6 +33,12 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           raise Vagrant::Errors::AnsiblePlaybookAppNotFound
         end
       end
+
+      private
+
+      def as_list_argument(v)
+        v.kind_of?(Array) ? v.join(',') : v
+      end
     end
   end
 end