diff --git a/cli/internal/cmd/configgenerate.go b/cli/internal/cmd/configgenerate.go
index a4a6f88de..a7f009dd8 100644
--- a/cli/internal/cmd/configgenerate.go
+++ b/cli/internal/cmd/configgenerate.go
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ func (cg *configGenerateCmd) configGenerate(cmd *cobra.Command, fileHandler file
 		return fmt.Errorf("creating config: %w", err)
 	}
 	conf.KubernetesVersion = cg.flags.k8sVersion
+	conf.Tags = cg.flags.tags
 	cg.log.Debug("Writing YAML data to configuration file")
 	if err := fileHandler.WriteYAML(constants.ConfigFilename, conf, file.OptMkdirAll); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("writing config file: %w", err)
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index c3ea6b34d..93571a3a2 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	// description: |
 	//   Microservice version to be installed into the cluster. Defaults to the version of the CLI.
 	MicroserviceVersion semver.Semver `yaml:"microserviceVersion" validate:"required"`
+	// description : |
+	//	 Custom tags to be applied to created cloud resources.
+	Tags cloudprovider.Tags `yaml:"tags" validate:"omitempty"`
 	// description: |
 	//   DON'T USE IN PRODUCTION: enable debug mode and use debug images.
 	DebugCluster *bool `yaml:"debugCluster" validate:"required"`