diff --git a/app/models/manageiq/providers/amazon/inventory/parser/cloud_manager.rb b/app/models/manageiq/providers/amazon/inventory/parser/cloud_manager.rb
index d90855d59..e8fa70d63 100644
--- a/app/models/manageiq/providers/amazon/inventory/parser/cloud_manager.rb
+++ b/app/models/manageiq/providers/amazon/inventory/parser/cloud_manager.rb
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ def instances
 
       labels = parse_labels(instance["tags"])
       tags = map_labels_to_tags("Vm", labels)
+      vm_and_template_taggings(persister_instance, tags)
       vm_and_template_labels(persister_instance, instance["tags"] || [])
     end
   end
@@ -237,6 +238,14 @@ def parse_identifying_attributes(attributes, section, source = "amazon")
   def map_labels_to_tags(model_name, labels)
     @tag_mapper.map_labels(model_name, labels)
   end
+
+  # Conveniently, the tags map_labels emits are already in InventoryObject<Tag> form
+  def vm_and_template_taggings(parent, tags_inventory_objects)
+    tags_inventory_objects.each do |tag|
+      persister.vm_and_template_taggings.build(:taggable => parent, :tag => tag)
+    end
+  end
+
   def instance_hardware(persister_instance, instance, flavor)
     persister_hardware = persister.hardwares.find_or_build(persister_instance).assign_attributes(
       :bitness              => architecture_to_bitness(instance['architecture']),
diff --git a/app/models/manageiq/providers/amazon/inventory/persister/cloud_manager.rb b/app/models/manageiq/providers/amazon/inventory/persister/cloud_manager.rb
index fbff77988..2ba877242 100644
--- a/app/models/manageiq/providers/amazon/inventory/persister/cloud_manager.rb
+++ b/app/models/manageiq/providers/amazon/inventory/persister/cloud_manager.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ class ManageIQ::Providers::Amazon::Inventory::Persister::CloudManager < ManageIQ
   def initialize_inventory_collections
     add_inventory_collections(
       cloud,
-      %i(vms miq_templates hardwares operating_systems networks disks availability_zones vm_and_template_labels
+      %i(vms miq_templates hardwares operating_systems networks disks availability_zones
+         vm_and_template_labels vm_and_template_taggings
          flavors key_pairs orchestration_stacks orchestration_stacks_resources
          orchestration_stacks_outputs orchestration_stacks_parameters orchestration_templates)
     )
diff --git a/app/models/manageiq/providers/amazon/inventory/persister/target_collection.rb b/app/models/manageiq/providers/amazon/inventory/persister/target_collection.rb
index 8ebfdfcd6..b55a8f37e 100644
--- a/app/models/manageiq/providers/amazon/inventory/persister/target_collection.rb
+++ b/app/models/manageiq/providers/amazon/inventory/persister/target_collection.rb
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ def initialize_inventory_collections
     # Child models with references in the Parent InventoryCollections for Cloud
     add_inventory_collections(
       cloud,
-      %i(hardwares operating_systems networks disks vm_and_template_labels orchestration_stacks_resources
-         orchestration_stacks_outputs orchestration_stacks_parameters)
+      %i(hardwares operating_systems networks disks vm_and_template_labels vm_and_template_taggings
+         orchestration_stacks_resources orchestration_stacks_outputs orchestration_stacks_parameters)
     )
 
     add_inventory_collection(cloud.orchestration_templates)
diff --git a/app/models/manageiq/providers/amazon/inventory_collection_default/cloud_manager.rb b/app/models/manageiq/providers/amazon/inventory_collection_default/cloud_manager.rb
index 73c268ca9..18be7237d 100644
--- a/app/models/manageiq/providers/amazon/inventory_collection_default/cloud_manager.rb
+++ b/app/models/manageiq/providers/amazon/inventory_collection_default/cloud_manager.rb
@@ -176,6 +176,31 @@ def vm_and_template_labels(extra_attributes = {})
       attributes.merge!(extra_attributes)
     end
 
+    def vm_and_template_taggings(extra_attributes = {})
+      # TODO: make a generic Taggings IC and move it to base class?
+      attributes = {
+        :model_class                  => Tagging,
+        :association                  => :vm_and_template_taggings,
+        :manager_ref                  => [:taggable, :tag],
+        :parent_inventory_collections => [:vms, :miq_templates],
+        :inventory_object_attributes  => [
+          :taggable,
+          :tag,
+        ]
+      }
+
+      attributes[:targeted_arel] = lambda do |inventory_collection|
+        manager_uuids = inventory_collection.parent_inventory_collections.collect(&:manager_uuids).map(&:to_a).flatten
+        ems = inventory_collection.parent
+        ems.vm_and_template_taggings.where(
+          'taggable_type' => 'VmOrTemplate',
+          'taggable_id'   => ems.vms_and_templates(:ems_ref => manager_uuids)
+        )
+      end
+
+      attributes.merge!(extra_attributes)
+    end
+
     def orchestration_stacks(extra_attributes = {})
       attributes = {
         :model_class                 => ::ManageIQ::Providers::Amazon::CloudManager::OrchestrationStack,