diff --git a/pkg/util/aws/instance.go b/pkg/util/aws/instance.go
index cc1e29f390..df5678fea2 100644
--- a/pkg/util/aws/instance.go
+++ b/pkg/util/aws/instance.go
@@ -144,7 +144,12 @@ func (self *SInstance) IsEmulated() bool {
 func (self *SInstance) GetMetadata() *jsonutils.JSONDict {
 	data := jsonutils.NewDict()
 	// todo: add price_key here
-
+	tags, err := FetchTags(self.host.zone.region.ec2Client, self.InstanceId)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf(err.Error())
+	}
+	data.Update(tags)
+	
 	if len(self.ImageId) > 0 {
 		if image, err := self.host.zone.region.GetImage(self.ImageId); err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("Failed to find image %s for instance %s zone %s", self.ImageId, self.GetId(), self.ZoneId)
diff --git a/pkg/util/aws/utils.go b/pkg/util/aws/utils.go
index 143bc3b0db..045ed00547 100644
--- a/pkg/util/aws/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/util/aws/utils.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
+	"yunion.io/x/jsonutils"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ec2"
 	"yunion.io/x/log"
@@ -388,4 +389,30 @@ func NextDeviceName(curDeviceNames []string) (string, error) {
 	}
 
 	return "", fmt.Errorf("disk devicename out of index, current deivces: %s", currents)
+}
+
+// fetch tags
+func FetchTags(client *ec2.EC2, resourceId string) (*jsonutils.JSONDict, error) {
+	result := jsonutils.NewDict()
+	params := &ec2.DescribeTagsInput{}
+	filters := []*ec2.Filter{}
+	if len(resourceId) == 0 {
+		return result,fmt.Errorf("resource id should not be empty")
+	}
+	// todo: add resource type filter
+	filters = AppendSingleValueFilter(filters, "resource-id", resourceId)
+	params.SetFilters(filters)
+
+	ret, err := client.DescribeTags(params)
+	if err != nil {
+		return result, err
+	}
+
+	for _, tag := range ret.Tags {
+		if tag.Key != nil && tag.Value != nil {
+			result.Set(*tag.Key, jsonutils.NewString(*tag.Value))
+		}
+	}
+
+	return result, nil
 }
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