diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-create-pointer-dialog/gr-create-pointer-dialog.html b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-create-pointer-dialog/gr-create-pointer-dialog.html
index 465ecb77f3..dcc23e1b59 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-create-pointer-dialog/gr-create-pointer-dialog.html
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-create-pointer-dialog/gr-create-pointer-dialog.html
@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ limitations under the License.
       input {
         width: 20em;
       }
+      .hideItem {
+        display: none;
+      }
     </style>
-
     <div class="gr-form-styles">
       <div id="form">
         <section>
@@ -55,6 +57,14 @@ limitations under the License.
               placeholder="Revision (Branch or SHA-1)"
               bind-value="{{_itemRevision}}">
         </section>
+        <section class$="[[_computeHideItemClass(itemDetail)]]">
+          <span class="title">Annotation</span>
+          <input
+              is="iron-input"
+              id="itemAnnotationInput"
+              placeholder="Annotation (Optional)"
+              bind-value="{{_itemAnnotation}}">
+        </section>
       </div>
     </div>
     <gr-rest-api-interface id="restAPI"></gr-rest-api-interface>
diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-create-pointer-dialog/gr-create-pointer-dialog.js b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-create-pointer-dialog/gr-create-pointer-dialog.js
index de1d0f854a..4d552f472b 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-create-pointer-dialog/gr-create-pointer-dialog.js
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-create-pointer-dialog/gr-create-pointer-dialog.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
       itemDetail: String,
       _itemName: String,
       _itemRevision: String,
+      _itemAnnotation: String,
     },
 
     behaviors: [
@@ -70,7 +71,8 @@
             });
       } else if (this.itemDetail === DETAIL_TYPES.tags) {
         return this.$.restAPI.createProjectTag(this.projectName,
-            this._itemName, {revision: USE_HEAD})
+            this._itemName,
+            {revision: USE_HEAD, message: this._itemAnnotation || null})
             .then(itemRegistered => {
               if (itemRegistered.status === 201) {
                 page.show(this._computeItemUrl(this.itemDetail));
@@ -78,5 +80,9 @@
             });
       }
     },
+
+    _computeHideItemClass(type) {
+      return type === DETAIL_TYPES.branches ? 'hideItem' : '';
+    },
   });
 })();
diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-create-pointer-dialog/gr-create-pointer-dialog_test.html b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-create-pointer-dialog/gr-create-pointer-dialog_test.html
index 1ce6d8ab00..dd7457400e 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-create-pointer-dialog/gr-create-pointer-dialog_test.html
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-create-pointer-dialog/gr-create-pointer-dialog_test.html
@@ -87,5 +87,37 @@ limitations under the License.
 
       assert.equal(element._itemRevision, 'HEAD');
     });
+
+    test('tag created with annotations', () => {
+      sandbox.stub(element.$.restAPI, 'createProjectTag', () => {
+        return Promise.resolve({});
+      });
+
+      assert.isFalse(element.hasNewItemName);
+
+      element._itemName = 'test-tag';
+      element._itemAnnotation = 'test-message';
+      element.itemDetail = 'tags';
+
+      element.$.itemNameInput.bindValue = 'test-tag2';
+      element.$.itemAnnotationInput.bindValue = 'test-message2';
+      element.$.itemRevisionInput.bindValue = 'HEAD';
+
+      assert.isTrue(element.hasNewItemName);
+
+      assert.equal(element._itemName, 'test-tag2');
+
+      assert.equal(element._itemAnnotation, 'test-message2');
+
+      assert.equal(element._itemRevision, 'HEAD');
+    });
+
+    test('_computeHideItemClass returns hideItem if type is branches', () => {
+      assert.equal(element._computeHideItemClass('branches'), 'hideItem');
+    });
+
+    test('_computeHideItemClass returns strings if not branches', () => {
+      assert.equal(element._computeHideItemClass('tags'), '');
+    });
   });
 </script>