diff --git a/backup/moodle2/backup_stepslib.php b/backup/moodle2/backup_stepslib.php
index f2ba2af09a0..dcb7c2bd715 100644
--- a/backup/moodle2/backup_stepslib.php
+++ b/backup/moodle2/backup_stepslib.php
@@ -1820,6 +1820,10 @@ class backup_questions_structure_step extends backup_structure_step {
         $qhint = new backup_nested_element('question_hint', array('id'), array(
             'hint', 'hintformat', 'shownumcorrect', 'clearwrong', 'options'));
 
+        $tags = new backup_nested_element('tags');
+
+        $tag = new backup_nested_element('tag', array('id'), array('name', 'rawname'));
+
         // Build the tree
 
         $qcategories->add_child($qcategory);
@@ -1828,6 +1832,9 @@ class backup_questions_structure_step extends backup_structure_step {
         $question->add_child($qhints);
         $qhints->add_child($qhint);
 
+        $question->add_child($tags);
+        $tags->add_child($tag);
+
         // Define the sources
 
         $qcategory->set_source_sql("
@@ -1847,6 +1854,12 @@ class backup_questions_structure_step extends backup_structure_step {
                 ORDER BY id',
                 array('questionid' => backup::VAR_PARENTID));
 
+        $tag->set_source_sql("SELECT t.id, t.name, t.rawname
+                              FROM {tag} t
+                              JOIN {tag_instance} ti ON ti.tagid = t.id
+                              WHERE ti.itemid = ?
+                              AND ti.itemtype = 'question'", array(backup::VAR_PARENTID));
+
         // don't need to annotate ids nor files
         // (already done by {@link backup_annotate_all_question_files}
 
diff --git a/backup/moodle2/restore_stepslib.php b/backup/moodle2/restore_stepslib.php
index a5eceec8476..6886bb5d89e 100644
--- a/backup/moodle2/restore_stepslib.php
+++ b/backup/moodle2/restore_stepslib.php
@@ -3040,13 +3040,15 @@ class restore_create_categories_and_questions extends restore_structure_step {
         $hint = new restore_path_element('question_hint',
                 '/question_categories/question_category/questions/question/question_hints/question_hint');
 
+        $tag = new restore_path_element('tag','/question_categories/question_category/questions/question/tags/tag');
+
         // Apply for 'qtype' plugins optional paths at question level
         $this->add_plugin_structure('qtype', $question);
 
         // Apply for 'local' plugins optional paths at question level
         $this->add_plugin_structure('local', $question);
 
-        return array($category, $question, $hint);
+        return array($category, $question, $hint, $tag);
     }
 
     protected function process_question_category($data) {
@@ -3193,6 +3195,29 @@ class restore_create_categories_and_questions extends restore_structure_step {
         $this->set_mapping('question_hint', $oldid, $newitemid);
     }
 
+    protected function process_tag($data) {
+        global $CFG, $DB;
+
+        $data = (object)$data;
+        $newquestion = $this->get_new_parentid('question');
+
+        if (!empty($CFG->usetags)) { // if enabled in server
+            // TODO: This is highly inneficient. Each time we add one tag
+            // we fetch all the existing because tag_set() deletes them
+            // so everything must be reinserted on each call
+            $tags = array();
+            $existingtags = tag_get_tags('question', $newquestion);
+            // Re-add all the existitng tags
+            foreach ($existingtags as $existingtag) {
+                $tags[] = $existingtag->rawname;
+            }
+            // Add the one being restored
+            $tags[] = $data->rawname;
+            // Send all the tags back to the question
+            tag_set('question', $newquestion, $tags);
+        }
+    }
+
     protected function after_execute() {
         global $DB;