diff --git a/heat/engine/resources/openstack/neutron/router.py b/heat/engine/resources/openstack/neutron/router.py
index a05eafcd86..9f8bb158b8 100644
--- a/heat/engine/resources/openstack/neutron/router.py
+++ b/heat/engine/resources/openstack/neutron/router.py
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ class Router(neutron.NeutronResource):
 
     PROPERTIES = (
         NAME, EXTERNAL_GATEWAY, VALUE_SPECS, ADMIN_STATE_UP,
-        L3_AGENT_ID, L3_AGENT_IDS, DISTRIBUTED, HA,
+        L3_AGENT_ID, L3_AGENT_IDS, DISTRIBUTED, HA, TAGS,
     ) = (
         'name', 'external_gateway_info', 'value_specs', 'admin_state_up',
-        'l3_agent_id', 'l3_agent_ids', 'distributed', 'ha'
+        'l3_agent_id', 'l3_agent_ids', 'distributed', 'ha', 'tags',
     )
 
     _EXTERNAL_GATEWAY_KEYS = (
@@ -173,6 +173,13 @@ class Router(neutron.NeutronResource):
               'do not support distributed and ha at the same time.'),
             support_status=support.SupportStatus(version='2015.1')
         ),
+        TAGS: properties.Schema(
+            properties.Schema.LIST,
+            _('The tags to be added to the router.'),
+            schema=properties.Schema(properties.Schema.STRING),
+            update_allowed=True,
+            support_status=support.SupportStatus(version='9.0.0')
+        ),
     }
 
     attributes_schema = {
@@ -297,12 +304,15 @@ class Router(neutron.NeutronResource):
             self.physical_resource_name())
         self._resolve_gateway(props)
         l3_agent_ids = self._get_l3_agent_list(props)
+        tags = props.pop(self.TAGS, [])
 
         router = self.client().create_router({'router': props})['router']
         self.resource_id_set(router['id'])
 
         if l3_agent_ids:
             self._replace_agent(l3_agent_ids)
+        if tags:
+            self.set_tags(tags)
 
     def check_create_complete(self, *args):
         attributes = self._show_resource()
@@ -324,6 +334,10 @@ class Router(neutron.NeutronResource):
             l3_agent_ids = self._get_l3_agent_list(prop_diff)
             self._replace_agent(l3_agent_ids)
 
+        if self.TAGS in prop_diff:
+            tags = prop_diff.pop(self.TAGS)
+            self.set_tags(tags)
+
         if prop_diff:
             self.prepare_update_properties(prop_diff)
             self.client().update_router(
diff --git a/heat/tests/openstack/neutron/test_neutron_router.py b/heat/tests/openstack/neutron/test_neutron_router.py
index aa3d3d652c..f603a7a9c3 100644
--- a/heat/tests/openstack/neutron/test_neutron_router.py
+++ b/heat/tests/openstack/neutron/test_neutron_router.py
@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ class NeutronRouterTest(common.HeatTestCase):
 
     def test_router(self):
         t = template_format.parse(neutron_template)
+        tags = ['for_test']
+        t['resources']['router']['properties']['tags'] = tags
         stack = utils.parse_stack(t)
         create_body = {
             'router': {
@@ -321,8 +323,14 @@ class NeutronRouterTest(common.HeatTestCase):
         self.delete_mock.side_effect = [
             None,
             qe.NeutronClientException(status_code=404)]
+        set_tag_mock = self.patchobject(neutronclient.Client, 'replace_tag')
         rsrc = self.create_router(t, stack, 'router')
         self.create_mock.assert_called_with(create_body)
+        set_tag_mock.assert_called_with(
+            'routers',
+            rsrc.resource_id,
+            {'tags': tags}
+        )
         rsrc.validate()
 
         ref_id = rsrc.FnGetRefId()
@@ -334,14 +342,19 @@ class NeutronRouterTest(common.HeatTestCase):
         prop_diff = {
             "admin_state_up": False,
             "name": "myrouter",
-            "l3_agent_ids": ["63b3fd83-2c5f-4dad-b3ae-e0f83a40f216"]
+            "l3_agent_ids": ["63b3fd83-2c5f-4dad-b3ae-e0f83a40f216"],
+            'tags': ['new_tag']
         }
         props = copy.copy(rsrc.properties.data)
         props.update(prop_diff)
         update_snippet = rsrc_defn.ResourceDefinition(rsrc.name, rsrc.type(),
                                                       props)
         rsrc.handle_update(update_snippet, {}, prop_diff)
-
+        set_tag_mock.assert_called_with(
+            'routers',
+            rsrc.resource_id,
+            {'tags': ['new_tag']}
+        )
         self.update_mock.assert_called_with(
             '3e46229d-8fce-4733-819a-b5fe630550f8',
             {'router': {
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-tags-for-neutron-router-43d72e78aa89fd07.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-tags-for-neutron-router-43d72e78aa89fd07.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7fce68c653
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add-tags-for-neutron-router-43d72e78aa89fd07.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Allow to set or update the tags for OS::Neutron::Router resource.