diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-route53/test/test.hosted-zone.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-route53/test/test.hosted-zone.ts
index f9491ca00c30a..45eaed8e8cafb 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-route53/test/test.hosted-zone.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-route53/test/test.hosted-zone.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { expect } from '@aws-cdk/assert';
 import * as cdk from '@aws-cdk/core';
 import { Test } from 'nodeunit';
 import { HostedZone } from '../lib';
@@ -29,4 +30,35 @@ export = {
       test.done();
     },
   },
+
+  'Supports tags'(test: Test) {
+    // GIVEN
+    const stack = new cdk.Stack();
+
+    // WHEN
+    const hostedZone = new HostedZone(stack, 'HostedZone', {
+      zoneName: 'test.zone',
+    });
+    cdk.Tag.add(hostedZone, 'zoneTag', 'inMyZone');
+
+    // THEN
+    expect(stack).toMatch({
+      Resources: {
+        HostedZoneDB99F866: {
+          Type: 'AWS::Route53::HostedZone',
+          Properties: {
+            Name: 'test.zone.',
+            HostedZoneTags: [
+              {
+                Key: 'zoneTag',
+                Value: 'inMyZone',
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    test.done();
+  },
 };
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/cfnspec/lib/schema/property.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/cfnspec/lib/schema/property.ts
index 21de42c059640..a5d8bc602347f 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/cfnspec/lib/schema/property.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/cfnspec/lib/schema/property.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export interface ComplexMapProperty extends MapPropertyBase {
 }
 
 export interface TagPropertyStandard extends PropertyBase {
-  ItemType: 'Tag' | 'TagsEntry' | 'TagRef' | 'ElasticFileSystemTag';
+  ItemType: 'Tag' | 'TagsEntry' | 'TagRef' | 'ElasticFileSystemTag' | 'HostedZoneTag';
   Type: 'Tags';
 }
 
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ export function isPropertyScrutinyType(str: string): str is PropertyScrutinyType
 
 const tagPropertyNames = {
   FileSystemTags: '',
+  HostedZoneTags: '',
   Tags: '',
   UserPoolTags: '',
 };
@@ -257,7 +258,8 @@ export function isTagPropertyStandard(prop: Property): prop is TagPropertyStanda
     (prop as TagPropertyStandard).ItemType === 'TagsEntry' ||
     (prop as TagPropertyStandard).Type === 'Tags' ||
     (prop as TagPropertyStandard).ItemType === 'TagRef' ||
-    (prop as TagPropertyStandard).ItemType === 'ElasticFileSystemTag'
+    (prop as TagPropertyStandard).ItemType === 'ElasticFileSystemTag' ||
+    (prop as TagPropertyStandard).ItemType === 'HostedZoneTag'
   );
 
 }
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/cfnspec/lib/schema/resource-type.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/cfnspec/lib/schema/resource-type.ts
index 6150c9bdd3dce..aeccfaa04d86f 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/cfnspec/lib/schema/resource-type.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/cfnspec/lib/schema/resource-type.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export interface ResourceType extends Documented {
 export interface TaggableResource extends ResourceType {
   Properties: {
     FileSystemTags: TagProperty;
+    HostedZoneTags: TagProperty;
     Tags: TagProperty;
     UserPoolTags: TagProperty;
     [name: string]: Property;