diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
index 0bb276269e..4977869465 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
@@ -774,6 +774,7 @@ lightweight (non-annotated) tags see the `reset` command below.
 
 ....
 	'tag' SP <name> LF
+	mark?
 	'from' SP <commit-ish> LF
 	original-oid?
 	'tagger' (SP <name>)? SP LT <email> GT SP <when> LF
diff --git a/fast-import.c b/fast-import.c
index caae0819f5..5b9e9e3b02 100644
--- a/fast-import.c
+++ b/fast-import.c
@@ -2713,6 +2713,7 @@ static void parse_new_tag(const char *arg)
 		first_tag = t;
 	last_tag = t;
 	read_next_command();
+	parse_mark();
 
 	/* from ... */
 	if (!skip_prefix(command_buf.buf, "from ", &from))
@@ -2769,7 +2770,7 @@ static void parse_new_tag(const char *arg)
 	strbuf_addbuf(&new_data, &msg);
 	free(tagger);
 
-	if (store_object(OBJ_TAG, &new_data, NULL, &t->oid, 0))
+	if (store_object(OBJ_TAG, &new_data, NULL, &t->oid, next_mark))
 		t->pack_id = MAX_PACK_ID;
 	else
 		t->pack_id = pack_id;
diff --git a/t/t9300-fast-import.sh b/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
index 74bc41333b..3ad2b2f1ba 100755
--- a/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
+++ b/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
@@ -94,6 +94,23 @@ test_expect_success 'A: create pack from stdin' '
 	reset refs/tags/to-be-deleted
 	from 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
 
+	tag nested
+	mark :6
+	from :4
+	data <<EOF
+	Tag of our lovely commit
+	EOF
+
+	reset refs/tags/nested
+	from 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
+
+	tag nested
+	mark :7
+	from :6
+	data <<EOF
+	Tag of tag of our lovely commit
+	EOF
+
 	INPUT_END
 	git fast-import --export-marks=marks.out <input &&
 	git whatchanged master
@@ -176,6 +193,8 @@ test_expect_success 'A: verify marks output' '
 	:3 $(git rev-parse --verify master:file3)
 	:4 $(git rev-parse --verify master:file4)
 	:5 $(git rev-parse --verify master^0)
+	:6 $(git cat-file tag nested | grep object | cut -d" " -f 2)
+	:7 $(git rev-parse --verify nested)
 	EOF
 	test_cmp expect marks.out
 '