diff --git a/examples/rwm-backups.conf b/examples/rwm-backups.conf
index 6f8d7ae7aecec77bde69cd675a66c6bc8ecc59f2..8452345e0025c14cb1edf878678eeb01e359db5d 100644
--- a/examples/rwm-backups.conf
+++ b/examples/rwm-backups.conf
@@ -18,25 +18,21 @@ backups:
       - "/var/lib/mysql/*"
       - "/var/lib/postgresql/*"
       - "/var/run/*"
-    extras: ["--one-file-system", "--tag", "simplefs"]
+    tags:
+      - "simplefs"
+    extras:
+      - "--one-file-system"
 
   mysql:
     filesdirs:
       - /var/lib/rwm/mysql.tar.gz
-    extras: ["--tag", "mysql"]
+    tags:
+      - "mysql"
     prerun:
       - "/opt/rwm/scripts/backup_mysql.py create"
     postrun:
       - "/opt/rwm/scripts/backup_mysql.py cleanup"
 
-  nas:
-    filesdirs:
-      - /mnt/nas
-    prerun:
-      - mount
-    postrun:
-      - unmount
-
 retention:
   keep-daily: "60"
   keep-within: "60d"
diff --git a/rwm.py b/rwm.py
index 94f302de56d244a8fc368006a1aedb8a699941b7..76cc9aa544d4a39e52e799f6de15d358ba58c064 100755
--- a/rwm.py
+++ b/rwm.py
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ class BackupConfig(BaseModel):
         excludes:
             List of patterns for `--exclude` options for `restic backup` commmand. Defaults to an empty list.
 
+        tags:
+            List of tags for the new backup snapshot. Defaults to an empty list.
+
         extras:
             Additional options for the `restic backup` commmand. Defaults to an empty list.
 
@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@ class BackupConfig(BaseModel):
 
     filesdirs: List[str]
     excludes: List[str] = []
+    tags: List[str] = []
     extras: List[str] = []
     prerun: List[str] = []
     postrun: List[str] = []
@@ -552,10 +556,16 @@ class RWM:
 
         logger.info(f"_restic_backup {name}")
         conf = self.config.backups[name]
+
         excludes = []
         for item in conf.excludes:
             excludes += ["--exclude", item]
-        cmd_args = ["backup"] + conf.extras + excludes + conf.filesdirs
+
+        tags = []
+        for item in conf.tags:
+            tags += ["--tag", item]
+
+        cmd_args = ["backup"] + conf.extras + tags + excludes + conf.filesdirs
 
         wrap_output(backup_proc := self.restic_cmd(cmd_args))
         return backup_proc.returncode
diff --git a/tests/test_rwm.py b/tests/test_rwm.py
index e383ee87fe47d3813bf895f4a16deaa83b0b48f8..6c22223fde51f496bfe27cab6a13d13d95cdb523 100644
--- a/tests/test_rwm.py
+++ b/tests/test_rwm.py
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ def test_backup(tmpworkdir: str, motoserver: str):  # pylint: disable=unused-arg
             "testcfg": {
                 "filesdirs": ["testdatadir/"],
                 "excludes": ["testfile_to_be_ignored"],
-                "extras": ["--tag", "dummytag"],
+                "tags": ["dummytag"],
+                "extras": ["--one-file-system"],
             }
         },
         "retention": {