diff --git a/docs/alarm_tags.md b/docs/alarm_tags.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4c4600
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/alarm_tags.md
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# Guardian Alarm Tags
+
+AWS tags can be applied to Cloudwatch alarms created by guardian. This is available as a separate guardian command [`cfn-guardian tag-alarms`] because Cloudformation doesn't support creating tags on Cloudwatch alarms.
+
+## Default Tags
+
+Guardian will add the following default tags to each alarm
+
+```
+guardian:resource:id
+guardian:resource:group
+guardian:alarm:name
+guardian:alarm:metric
+guardian:alarm:severity
+```
+
+## Adding Tags
+
+Additional tags can added through the alarms yaml configuration file. They can be applied globally to all alarms, to all alarms in a resource group or a specific alarm.
+
+### Global Tags
+
+Global tags are applied to every alarm created by guardian. Add the `GlobalTags` key at the top level of the alarms yaml config with key:value pairs. 
+
+```yml
+GlobalTags:
+  key: value
+  env: production
+```
+
+### Resource Group Tags
+
+Resource group tags are applied to every alarm in a guardian resource group using the `Templates` section to add the tags.
+
+```yaml
+Templates:
+  Ec2Instance:
+    GroupOverrides:
+      Tags:
+        key: value
+        env: production
+```
+
+### Specific Alarm Tags
+
+To add tags to a specific guardian alarm you can apply the tags in the `Templates` section of the alarms yaml config.
+
+```yaml
+Templates:
+  Ec2Instance:
+    CPUUtilizationHigh:
+      Tags:
+        key: value
+        alarm-action: restart ec2 instance
+```
+
+## Applying tags
+
+To apply the tags run the `tag-alarms` command passing the alarms yaml config.
+
+```sh
+cfn-guardian tag-alarms --config alarms.yaml
+```
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diff --git a/docs/overview.md b/docs/overview.md
index eaf736f..acc1ff1 100644
--- a/docs/overview.md
+++ b/docs/overview.md
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@
 7. [Maintenance Mode](maintenance_mode.md)
 8. [Composite Alarms](composite_alarms.md)
 9. [Alarms for Custom Metrics](custom_metrics.md)
-10. [Dimension Variables](variables.md)
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+10. [Dimension Variables](variables.md)
+11. [Alarm Tags](alarm_tags.md)
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diff --git a/lib/cfnguardian.rb b/lib/cfnguardian.rb
index edbb2be..93ad74a 100644
--- a/lib/cfnguardian.rb
+++ b/lib/cfnguardian.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 require "cfnguardian/drift"
 require "cfnguardian/codecommit"
 require "cfnguardian/codepipeline"
+require "cfnguardian/tagger"
 
 module CfnGuardian
   class Cli < Thor
@@ -117,14 +118,37 @@ def deploy
       deployer.execute_change_set(change_set.id)
       deployer.wait_for_execute(change_set_type)
     end
-        
+
+    desc "tag-alarms", "apply tags to the cloudwatch alarms deployed"
+    long_desc <<-LONG
+    Because Cloudformation desn't support tagging cloudwatch alarms this command
+    applies tags to each cloudwatch alarm created by guardian.
+    Guardian defines default tags and this can be added to through the alarms.yaml config.
+    LONG
+    method_option :config, aliases: :c, type: :string, desc: "yaml config file", required: true
+    method_option :region, aliases: :r, type: :string, desc: "set the AWS region"
+
+    def tag_alarms
+      set_log_level(options[:debug])
+      set_region(options[:region],true)
+
+      compiler = CfnGuardian::Compile.new(options[:config])
+      compiler.get_resources
+      alarms = compiler.alarms
+
+      tagger = CfnGuardian::Tagger.new()
+      alarms.each do |alarm|
+        tagger.tag_alarm(alarm, compiler.global_tags)
+      end
+    end
+
     desc "show-drift", "Cloudformation drift detection"
     long_desc <<-LONG
     Displays any cloudformation drift detection in the cloudwatch alarms from the deployed stacks
     LONG
     method_option :stack_name, aliases: :s, type: :string, default: 'guardian', desc: "set the Cloudformation stack name"
     method_option :region, aliases: :r, type: :string, desc: "set the AWS region"
-    
+
     def show_drift
       set_region(options[:region],true)
       
diff --git a/lib/cfnguardian/cloudwatch.rb b/lib/cfnguardian/cloudwatch.rb
index 10ae791..1f5367d 100644
--- a/lib/cfnguardian/cloudwatch.rb
+++ b/lib/cfnguardian/cloudwatch.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ def self.get_alarm_name(alarm)
       alarm_id = alarm.resource_name.nil? ? alarm.resource_id : alarm.resource_name
       return "guardian-#{alarm.group}-#{alarm_id}-#{alarm.name}"
     end
+
+    def self.get_alarm_arn(alarm)
+      return "arn:aws:cloudwatch:#{Aws.config[:region]}:#{aws_account_id()}:alarm:#{self.get_alarm_name(alarm)}"
+    end
         
     def self.get_alarms_by_prefix(prefix:, state: nil, action_prefix: nil)
       client = Aws::CloudWatch::Client.new()
diff --git a/lib/cfnguardian/compile.rb b/lib/cfnguardian/compile.rb
index 1ce0fb6..c35b63b 100644
--- a/lib/cfnguardian/compile.rb
+++ b/lib/cfnguardian/compile.rb
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ module CfnGuardian
   class Compile
     include Logging
     
-    attr_reader :cost, :resources, :topics
+    attr_reader :cost, :resources, :topics, :global_tags
     
     def initialize(config_file)
       config = YAML.load_file(config_file)
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ def initialize(config_file)
       @topics = config.fetch('Topics',{})
       @maintenance_groups = config.fetch('MaintenanceGroups', {})
       @event_subscriptions = config.fetch('EventSubscriptions', {})
+      @global_tags = config.fetch('GlobalTags', {})
       
       # Make sure the default topics exist if they aren't supplied in the alarms.yaml
       %w(Critical Warning Task Informational Events).each do |topic|
diff --git a/lib/cfnguardian/models/alarm.rb b/lib/cfnguardian/models/alarm.rb
index e037304..bb13fa7 100644
--- a/lib/cfnguardian/models/alarm.rb
+++ b/lib/cfnguardian/models/alarm.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ class BaseAlarm
         :evaluate_low_sample_count_percentile,
         :unit,
         :maintenance_groups,
-        :additional_notifiers
+        :additional_notifiers,
+        :tags
       
       def initialize(resource)
         @type = 'Alarm'
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ def initialize(resource)
         @treat_missing_data = nil
         @maintenance_groups = []
         @additional_notifiers = []
+        @tags = {}
       end
       
       def metric_name=(metric_name)
@@ -64,7 +66,6 @@ def metric_name=(metric_name)
       end      
     end
     
-    
     class ApiGatewayAlarm < BaseAlarm
       def initialize(resource)
         super(resource)
diff --git a/lib/cfnguardian/tagger.rb b/lib/cfnguardian/tagger.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..164410f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/cfnguardian/tagger.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+require 'aws-sdk-cloudwatch'
+require 'cfnguardian/cloudwatch'
+require 'cfnguardian/log'
+
+module CfnGuardian
+  class Tagger
+    include Logging
+
+    def initialize()
+      @client = Aws::CloudWatch::Client.new(max_attempts: 5)
+    end
+
+    def tag_alarm(alarm, global_tags={})
+      alarm_arn = CfnGuardian::CloudWatch.get_alarm_arn(alarm)
+      
+      new_tags = get_tags(alarm, global_tags)
+      current_tags = get_alarm_tags(alarm_arn)
+      tags_to_delete = get_tags_to_delete(current_tags, new_tags)
+
+      if tags_to_delete.any?
+        logger.debug "Removing tags #{tags_to_delete} from alarm #{alarm_arn}"
+        @client.untag_resource({
+          resource_arn: alarm_arn,
+          tag_keys: tags_to_delete
+        })
+      end
+
+      if tags_changed?(current_tags, new_tags)
+        logger.debug "Updating tags on alarm #{alarm_arn}"
+        @client.tag_resource({
+          resource_arn: alarm_arn,
+          tags: new_tags.map {|key,value| {key: key, value: value}}
+        })
+      end
+    end
+
+    def get_tags(alarm, global_tags)
+      defaults = {
+        'guardian:resource:id' => alarm.resource_id,
+        'guardian:resource:group' => alarm.group,
+        'guardian:alarm:name' => alarm.name,
+        'guardian:alarm:metric' => alarm.metric_name,
+        'guardian:alarm:severity' => alarm.alarm_action
+      }
+      tags = global_tags.merge(defaults)
+      return alarm.tags.merge(tags)
+    end
+
+    def get_alarm_tags(alarm_arn)
+      resp = @client.list_tags_for_resource({
+        resource_arn: alarm_arn
+      })
+      return resp.tags
+    end
+
+    def get_tags_to_delete(current_tags, new_tags)
+      return current_tags.select {|tag| !new_tags.has_key?(tag.key)}.map {|tag| tag.key}
+    end
+
+    def tags_changed?(current_tags, new_tags)
+      return tags_to_hash(current_tags) != new_tags
+    end
+
+    def tags_to_hash(tags)
+      return tags.map {|tag| {tag.key => tag.value} }.reduce(Hash.new, :merge)
+    end
+
+  end
+end
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