diff --git a/doc/mkvmerge.1 b/doc/mkvmerge.1
index d91e50ae1..e5824146f 100644
--- a/doc/mkvmerge.1
+++ b/doc/mkvmerge.1
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ If the source is a Matroska file then don't copy chapters from it.
 \fB\-\-no\-attachments\fR
 If the source is a Matroska file then don't copy attachments from it.
 .TP
+\fB\-\-no\-tags\fR
+If the source is a Matroska file then don't copy tags from it.
+.TP
 \fB\-y\fR, \fB\-\-sync\fR <\fITID\fR:\fId\fR[,\fIo\fR[/\fIp\fR]]>
 Synchronize manually, delay the audio track with the id \fITID\fR by \fId\fR
 ms. The track IDs are the same as the ones given with \fB\-\-identify\fR (see
diff --git a/src/mkvmerge.cpp b/src/mkvmerge.cpp
index 1a56b879d..49e6e2768 100644
--- a/src/mkvmerge.cpp
+++ b/src/mkvmerge.cpp
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ static void usage() {
     "  -S, --nosubs             Don't copy any text track from this file.\n"
     "  --no-chapters            Don't keep chapters from a Matroska file.\n"
     "  --no-attachments         Don't keep attachments from a Matroska file.\n"
+    "  --no-tags                Don't keep tags from a Matroska file.\n"
     "  -y, --sync <TID:d[,o[/p]]>\n"
     "                           Synchronize, delay the audio track with the\n"
     "                           id TID by d ms. \n"
@@ -1441,6 +1442,9 @@ static void parse_args(int argc, char **argv) {
     } else if (!strcmp(this_arg, "--no-attachments")) {
       ti.no_attachments = true;
 
+    } else if (!strcmp(this_arg, "--no-tags")) {
+      ti.no_tags = true;
+
     } else if (!strcmp(this_arg, "--dump-packets")) {
       if (next_arg == NULL)
         mxerror("'--dump-packets' lacks the output path.\n");