diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 3fbbd4d..ceb3a8a 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ data "vsphere_virtual_machine" "template" {
 data "vsphere_tag_category" "category" {
   count      = var.tags != null ? length(var.tags) : 0
   name       = keys(var.tags)[count.index]
-  depends_on = [var.vm_depends_on]
+  depends_on = [var.tag_depends_on]
 }
 
 data "vsphere_tag" "tag" {
   count       = var.tags != null ? length(var.tags) : 0
   name        = var.tags[keys(var.tags)[count.index]]
   category_id = "${data.vsphere_tag_category.category[count.index].id}"
-  depends_on  = [var.vm_depends_on]
+  depends_on  = [var.tag_depends_on]
 }
 
 locals {
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "Linux" {
 
   resource_pool_id  = data.vsphere_resource_pool.pool.id
   folder            = var.vmfolder
-  tags              = data.vsphere_tag.tag[*].id
+  tags              = var.tag_ids != null ? var.tag_ids : data.vsphere_tag.tag[*].id
   custom_attributes = var.custom_attributes
   annotation        = var.annotation
   extra_config      = var.extra_config
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "Windows" {
 
   resource_pool_id  = data.vsphere_resource_pool.pool.id
   folder            = var.vmfolder
-  tags              = data.vsphere_tag.tag[*].id
+  tags              = var.tag_ids != null ? var.tag_ids : data.vsphere_tag.tag[*].id
   custom_attributes = var.custom_attributes
   annotation        = var.annotation
   extra_config      = var.extra_config
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index cd83d07..6ded10f 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -90,11 +90,17 @@ variable "vmdns" {
 
 #Global Customization Variables
 variable "tags" {
-  description = "The names of any tags to attach to this resource. They shoud already exist"
+  description = "The names of any tags to attach to this resource. They must already exist."
   type        = map
   default     = null
 }
 
+variable "tag_ids" {
+  description = "The ids of any tags to attach to this resource. They must already exist."
+  type        = list
+  default     = null
+}
+
 variable "custom_attributes" {
   description = "Map of custom attribute ids to attribute value strings to set for virtual machine."
   type        = map
@@ -352,3 +358,9 @@ variable "vm_depends_on" {
   type        = any
   default     = null
 }
+
+variable "tag_depends_on" {
+  description = "Add any external depend on module here like tag_depends_on = [vsphere_tag.foo.id]"
+  type        = any
+  default     = null
+}