diff --git a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/users.py b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/users.py
index c0d8f3d0622..a402695ea28 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/users.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/users.py
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ API operations on User objects.
 import logging
 from paste.httpexceptions import HTTPBadRequest, HTTPNotImplemented
 from galaxy import util, web
-from galaxy.web.base.controller import BaseAPIController
+from galaxy.web.base.controller import BaseAPIController, UsesTagsMixin
 
 log = logging.getLogger( __name__ )
 
 
-class UserAPIController( BaseAPIController ):
+class UserAPIController( BaseAPIController, UsesTagsMixin ):
 
     @web.expose_api
     def index( self, trans, deleted='False', **kwd ):