diff --git a/cloud/linode/fake_linode_test.go b/cloud/linode/fake_linode_test.go
index cf3e7d4c..a5d0c879 100644
--- a/cloud/linode/fake_linode_test.go
+++ b/cloud/linode/fake_linode_test.go
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ func (f *fakeAPI) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 				Region:   nbco.Region,
 				IPv4:     &ip,
 				Hostname: &hostname,
+				Tags:     nbco.Tags,
 			}
 
 			if nbco.ClientConnThrottle != nil {
diff --git a/cloud/linode/loadbalancers.go b/cloud/linode/loadbalancers.go
index b3e4cda2..f0e09cc6 100644
--- a/cloud/linode/loadbalancers.go
+++ b/cloud/linode/loadbalancers.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ const (
 	annLinodeNodeBalancerID       = "service.beta.kubernetes.io/linode-loadbalancer-nodebalancer-id"
 
 	annLinodeHostnameOnlyIngress = "service.beta.kubernetes.io/linode-loadbalancer-hostname-only-ingress"
+	annLinodeLoadBalancerTags    = "service.beta.kubernetes.io/linode-loadbalancer-tags"
 )
 
 type lbNotFoundError struct {
@@ -480,15 +481,25 @@ func (l *loadbalancers) getNodeBalancerByID(ctx context.Context, service *v1.Ser
 	return nb, nil
 }
 
+func (l *loadbalancers) getLoadbalancerTags(ctx context.Context, service *v1.Service) []string {
+	tagStr, ok := getServiceAnnotation(service, annLinodeLoadBalancerTags)
+	if ok {
+		return strings.Split(tagStr, ",")
+	}
+	return []string{}
+}
+
 func (l *loadbalancers) createNodeBalancer(ctx context.Context, clusterName string, service *v1.Service, configs []*linodego.NodeBalancerConfigCreateOptions) (lb *linodego.NodeBalancer, err error) {
 	connThrottle := getConnectionThrottle(service)
 
 	label := l.GetLoadBalancerName(ctx, clusterName, service)
+	tags := l.getLoadbalancerTags(ctx, service)
 	createOpts := linodego.NodeBalancerCreateOptions{
 		Label:              &label,
 		Region:             l.zone,
 		ClientConnThrottle: &connThrottle,
 		Configs:            configs,
+		Tags:               tags,
 	}
 	return l.client.CreateNodeBalancer(ctx, createOpts)
 }
diff --git a/cloud/linode/loadbalancers_test.go b/cloud/linode/loadbalancers_test.go
index f4ad2c6f..8586b53c 100644
--- a/cloud/linode/loadbalancers_test.go
+++ b/cloud/linode/loadbalancers_test.go
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@ func testCreateNodeBalancer(t *testing.T, client *linodego.Client, _ *fakeAPI) {
 			Name: randString(10),
 			UID:  "foobar123",
 			Annotations: map[string]string{
-				annLinodeThrottle: "15",
+				annLinodeThrottle:         "15",
+				annLinodeLoadBalancerTags: "fake,test,yolo",
 			},
 		},
 		Spec: v1.ServiceSpec{
@@ -264,6 +265,13 @@ func testCreateNodeBalancer(t *testing.T, client *linodego.Client, _ *fakeAPI) {
 		t.Logf("actual: %v", nb.ClientConnThrottle)
 	}
 
+	expectedTags := []string{"fake", "test", "yolo"}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(nb.Tags, expectedTags) {
+		t.Error("unexpected Tags")
+		t.Logf("expected: %v", expectedTags)
+		t.Logf("actual: %v", nb.Tags)
+	}
+
 	defer func() { _ = lb.EnsureLoadBalancerDeleted(context.TODO(), "linodelb", svc) }()
 }