diff --git a/docs/generated/cli/affected-apps.md b/docs/generated/cli/affected-apps.md
index 74f2f90dfa5784..1859861fdfd3e3 100644
--- a/docs/generated/cli/affected-apps.md
+++ b/docs/generated/cli/affected-apps.md
@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@ Default: false
 
 Rerun the tasks even when the results are available in the cache
 
+### tags
+
+Type: string
+
+Tags to run (comma delimited)
+
 ### uncommitted
 
 Type: boolean
diff --git a/docs/generated/cli/affected-graph.md b/docs/generated/cli/affected-graph.md
index 9db3ed6a475c49..5ad4c7da113823 100644
--- a/docs/generated/cli/affected-graph.md
+++ b/docs/generated/cli/affected-graph.md
@@ -161,6 +161,12 @@ Default: false
 
 Rerun the tasks even when the results are available in the cache
 
+### tags
+
+Type: string
+
+Tags to run (comma delimited)
+
 ### uncommitted
 
 Type: boolean
diff --git a/docs/generated/cli/affected-libs.md b/docs/generated/cli/affected-libs.md
index ccf029174bb88b..ee4d4b6b05ba09 100644
--- a/docs/generated/cli/affected-libs.md
+++ b/docs/generated/cli/affected-libs.md
@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@ Default: false
 
 Rerun the tasks even when the results are available in the cache
 
+### tags
+
+Type: string
+
+Tags to run (comma delimited)
+
 ### uncommitted
 
 Type: boolean
diff --git a/docs/generated/cli/affected.md b/docs/generated/cli/affected.md
index 3d3f16b58275c4..301472214dfe71 100644
--- a/docs/generated/cli/affected.md
+++ b/docs/generated/cli/affected.md
@@ -137,6 +137,12 @@ Default: false
 
 Rerun the tasks even when the results are available in the cache
 
+### tags
+
+Type: string
+
+Tags to run (comma delimited)
+
 ### target
 
 Type: string
diff --git a/docs/generated/cli/format-check.md b/docs/generated/cli/format-check.md
index ffff3813379349..f0a41d126cce4b 100644
--- a/docs/generated/cli/format-check.md
+++ b/docs/generated/cli/format-check.md
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ Default: false
 
 Rerun the tasks even when the results are available in the cache
 
+### tags
+
+Type: string
+
+Tags to run (comma delimited)
+
 ### uncommitted
 
 Type: boolean
diff --git a/docs/generated/cli/format-write.md b/docs/generated/cli/format-write.md
index a9e280aa32f3e4..8a5cb9e1d879a4 100644
--- a/docs/generated/cli/format-write.md
+++ b/docs/generated/cli/format-write.md
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ Default: false
 
 Rerun the tasks even when the results are available in the cache
 
+### tags
+
+Type: string
+
+Tags to run (comma delimited)
+
 ### uncommitted
 
 Type: boolean
diff --git a/docs/generated/cli/print-affected.md b/docs/generated/cli/print-affected.md
index bc176dec03bdd3..88e87631cefc15 100644
--- a/docs/generated/cli/print-affected.md
+++ b/docs/generated/cli/print-affected.md
@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ Default: false
 
 Rerun the tasks even when the results are available in the cache
 
+### tags
+
+Type: string
+
+Tags to run (comma delimited)
+
 ### uncommitted
 
 Type: boolean
diff --git a/docs/generated/cli/run-many.md b/docs/generated/cli/run-many.md
index a95aff07240cfe..4e10e1d8560c00 100644
--- a/docs/generated/cli/run-many.md
+++ b/docs/generated/cli/run-many.md
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ Default: false
 
 Rerun the tasks even when the results are available in the cache
 
+### tags
+
+Type: string
+
+Tags to run (comma delimited)
+
 ### target
 
 Type: string
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/affected.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/affected.ts
index 51f543970043dc..8e15ffa936421a 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/affected.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/affected.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { performance } from 'perf_hooks';
 import { createProjectGraphAsync } from '../project-graph/project-graph';
 import { withDeps } from '../project-graph/operators';
 import { ProjectGraph, ProjectGraphProjectNode } from '../config/project-graph';
-import { projectHasTarget } from '../utils/project-graph-utils';
+import { projectHasTarget, projectHasTag } from '../utils/project-graph-utils';
 import { filterAffected } from '../project-graph/affected/affected-project-graph';
 import { readEnvironment } from './read-environment';
 
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ function projectsToRun(
           nxArgs
         )
       );
+  if (!nxArgs.all && nxArgs.tags) {
+    affectedGraph = filterByTag(affectedGraph, nxArgs);
+  }
   if (!nxArgs.all && nxArgs.withDeps) {
     affectedGraph = withDeps(
       projectGraph,
@@ -149,6 +152,39 @@ function projectsToRun(
   return Object.values(affectedGraph.nodes) as ProjectGraphProjectNode[];
 }
 
+function filterByTag(
+  affectedGraph: ProjectGraph,
+  nxArgs: NxArgs
+): ProjectGraph {
+  const filteredProjects = allProjectsWithTag(
+    Object.values(affectedGraph.nodes),
+    nxArgs
+  );
+  const res = {
+    nodes: filteredProjects.reduce(
+      (nodes, project) => ({
+        ...nodes,
+        [project.name]: project,
+      }),
+      {}
+    ),
+    dependencies: affectedGraph.dependencies,
+  } as ProjectGraph;
+  return res;
+}
+
+function allProjectsWithTag(
+  projects: ProjectGraphProjectNode[],
+  nxArgs: NxArgs
+) {
+  return projects.filter((p) =>
+    nxArgs.tags.reduce(
+      (matched, tag) => matched || projectHasTag(p, tag),
+      false
+    )
+  );
+}
+
 function allProjectsWithTarget(
   projects: ProjectGraphProjectNode[],
   nxArgs: NxArgs
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/nx-commands.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/nx-commands.ts
index 79815cccb3cd08..57849a913d5257 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/nx-commands.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/nx-commands.ts
@@ -369,6 +369,11 @@ function withAffectedOptions(yargs: yargs.Argv): yargs.Argv {
       type: 'boolean',
       default: undefined,
     })
+    .option('tags', {
+      describe: 'Tags to run (comma delimited)',
+      type: 'string',
+      default: undefined,
+    })
     .option('all', {
       describe: 'All projects',
       type: 'boolean',
@@ -426,10 +431,11 @@ function withAffectedOptions(yargs: yargs.Argv): yargs.Argv {
       describe: 'Print additional error stack trace on failure',
     })
     .conflicts({
-      files: ['uncommitted', 'untracked', 'base', 'head', 'all'],
-      untracked: ['uncommitted', 'files', 'base', 'head', 'all'],
-      uncommitted: ['files', 'untracked', 'base', 'head', 'all'],
-      all: ['files', 'untracked', 'uncommitted', 'base', 'head'],
+      files: ['uncommitted', 'untracked', 'base', 'head', 'all', 'tags'],
+      untracked: ['uncommitted', 'files', 'base', 'head', 'all', 'tags'],
+      uncommitted: ['files', 'untracked', 'base', 'head', 'all', 'tags'],
+      all: ['files', 'untracked', 'uncommitted', 'base', 'head', 'tags'],
+      tags: ['files', 'untracked', 'uncommitted', 'base', 'head', 'all'],
     });
 }
 
@@ -443,15 +449,21 @@ function withRunManyOptions(yargs: yargs.Argv): yargs.Argv {
     .option('projects', {
       describe: 'Projects to run (comma delimited)',
       type: 'string',
+      default: undefined,
+    })
+    .option('tags', {
+      describe: 'Tags to run (comma delimited)',
+      type: 'string',
+      default: undefined,
     })
     .option('all', {
       describe: 'Run the target on all projects in the workspace',
       type: 'boolean',
       default: undefined,
     })
-    .check(({ all, projects }) => {
-      if ((all && projects) || (!all && !projects))
-        throw new Error('You must provide either --all or --projects');
+    .check(({ all, projects, tags }) => {
+      if (!all && !projects && !tags)
+        throw new Error('You must provide either --all, --projects or --tags');
       return true;
     })
     .options('runner', {
@@ -486,7 +498,9 @@ function withRunManyOptions(yargs: yargs.Argv): yargs.Argv {
       describe: 'Print additional error stack trace on failure',
     })
     .conflicts({
-      all: 'projects',
+      all: ['projects', 'tags'],
+      projects: ['all', 'tags'],
+      tags: ['all', 'projects'],
     });
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/run-many.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/run-many.ts
index 0fda9fadcd1e71..aab61ad269ad4b 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/run-many.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/run-many.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as yargs from 'yargs';
 import { runCommand } from '../tasks-runner/run-command';
 import type { NxArgs, RawNxArgs } from '../utils/command-line-utils';
 import { splitArgsIntoNxArgsAndOverrides } from '../utils/command-line-utils';
-import { projectHasTarget } from '../utils/project-graph-utils';
+import { projectHasTarget, projectHasTag } from '../utils/project-graph-utils';
 import { output } from '../utils/output';
 import { connectToNxCloudUsingScan } from './connect-to-nx-cloud';
 import { performance } from 'perf_hooks';
@@ -38,9 +38,13 @@ function projectsToRun(
     );
   }
   checkForInvalidProjects(nxArgs, allProjects);
-  let selectedProjects = nxArgs.projects.map((name) =>
-    allProjects.find((project) => project.name === name)
-  );
+  let selectedProjects = nxArgs.tags
+    ? nxArgs.tags.map((tag) =>
+        allProjects.find((project) => project.data.tags.includes(tag))
+      )
+    : (nxArgs.projects ?? []).map((name) =>
+        allProjects.find((project) => project.name === name)
+      );
   return runnableForTarget(selectedProjects, nxArgs.target, true).filter(
     (proj) => !excludedProjects.has(proj.name)
   );
@@ -50,7 +54,7 @@ function checkForInvalidProjects(
   nxArgs: NxArgs,
   allProjects: ProjectGraphProjectNode[]
 ) {
-  const invalid = nxArgs.projects.filter(
+  const invalid = (nxArgs.projects ?? []).filter(
     (name) => !allProjects.find((p) => p.name === name)
   );
   if (invalid.length !== 0) {
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/utils/command-line-utils.ts b/packages/nx/src/utils/command-line-utils.ts
index 7806bf911a4c06..733c48e2d29f54 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/utils/command-line-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/utils/command-line-utils.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ const runOne: string[] = [
   'outputStyle',
 ];
 
-const runMany: string[] = [...runOne, 'projects', 'all'];
+const runMany: string[] = [...runOne, 'projects', 'tags', 'all'];
 
 const runAffected: string[] = [
   ...runOne,
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ const runAffected: string[] = [
   'files',
   'plain',
   'select',
+  'tags',
 ];
 
 export interface RawNxArgs extends NxArgs {
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ export interface NxArgs {
   'output-style'?: string;
   outputStyle?: string;
   scan?: boolean;
+  tags?: string[];
 }
 
 const ignoreArgs = ['$0', '_'];
@@ -163,9 +165,7 @@ export function splitArgsIntoNxArgsAndOverrides(
   });
 
   if (mode === 'run-many') {
-    if (!nxArgs.projects) {
-      nxArgs.projects = [];
-    } else {
+    if (nxArgs.projects) {
       nxArgs.projects = (args.projects as string)
         .split(',')
         .map((p: string) => p.trim());
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ export function splitArgsIntoNxArgsAndOverrides(
       !nxArgs.untracked &&
       !nxArgs.base &&
       !nxArgs.head &&
-      !nxArgs.all &&
+      (!nxArgs.all || !nxArgs.tags) &&
       args._.length >= 3
     ) {
       nxArgs.base = args._[1] as string;
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ export function splitArgsIntoNxArgsAndOverrides(
         !nxArgs.files &&
         !nxArgs.uncommitted &&
         !nxArgs.untracked &&
-        !nxArgs.all
+        (!nxArgs.all || !nxArgs.tags)
       ) {
         output.note({
           title: `Affected criteria defaulted to --base=${output.bold(
@@ -255,6 +255,12 @@ export function splitArgsIntoNxArgsAndOverrides(
         });
       }
     }
+
+    if (nxArgs.tags) {
+      nxArgs.tags = (args.tags as string)
+        .split(',')
+        .map((p: string) => p.trim());
+    }
   }
 
   if (!nxArgs.skipNxCache) {
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/utils/project-graph-utils.ts b/packages/nx/src/utils/project-graph-utils.ts
index 3e4eeea82e41cc..75ac82ffbe5364 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/utils/project-graph-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/utils/project-graph-utils.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ export function projectHasTargetAndConfiguration(
   );
 }
 
+export function projectHasTag(project: ProjectGraphProjectNode, tag: string) {
+  return !!(
+    project.data &&
+    project.data.tags &&
+    project.data.tags.includes(tag)
+  );
+}
+
 export function mergeNpmScriptsWithTargets(
   projectRoot: string,
   targets