diff --git a/lib/Git/IssueManager.pm b/lib/Git/IssueManager.pm
index 2da8a03..acc40e6 100644
--- a/lib/Git/IssueManager.pm
+++ b/lib/Git/IssueManager.pm
@@ -355,6 +355,11 @@ sub parseIssue
     $issue->author_email($2);
   }
 
+  if (defined($tags))
+  {
+    my @tag_array=split /\n/,$tags;
+    $issue->tags(\@tag_array);
+  }
 
   return $issue;
 }