diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ec2/lib/vpc.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ec2/lib/vpc.ts
index 41bc9b97bcfdc..34abeef934530 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ec2/lib/vpc.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ec2/lib/vpc.ts
@@ -309,9 +309,7 @@ export class VpcNetwork extends VpcNetworkRef implements cdk.ITaggable {
 
     // Create an Internet Gateway and attach it if necessary
     if (allowOutbound) {
-      const igw = new cloudformation.InternetGatewayResource(this, 'IGW', {
-        tags: new cdk.TagManager(this),
-      });
+      const igw = new cloudformation.InternetGatewayResource(this, 'IGW');
       const att = new cloudformation.VPCGatewayAttachmentResource(this, 'VPCGW', {
         internetGatewayId: igw.ref,
         vpcId: this.resource.ref
@@ -499,7 +497,6 @@ export class VpcSubnet extends VpcSubnetRef implements cdk.ITaggable {
     this.subnetId = subnet.subnetId;
     const table = new cloudformation.RouteTableResource(this, 'RouteTable', {
       vpcId: props.vpcId,
-      tags: new cdk.TagManager(this),
     });
     this.routeTableId = table.ref;
 
@@ -556,7 +553,6 @@ export class VpcPublicSubnet extends VpcSubnet {
       allocationId: new cloudformation.EIPResource(this, `EIP`, {
         domain: 'vpc'
       }).eipAllocationId,
-      tags: new cdk.TagManager(this),
     });
     return ngw.natGatewayId;
   }
diff --git a/tools/cfn2ts/lib/codegen.ts b/tools/cfn2ts/lib/codegen.ts
index e47762e7a4e90..eb57323614e16 100644
--- a/tools/cfn2ts/lib/codegen.ts
+++ b/tools/cfn2ts/lib/codegen.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { itemTypeNames, PropertyAttributeName, scalarTypeNames, SpecName } from
 const CORE = genspec.CORE_NAMESPACE;
 const RESOURCE_BASE_CLASS = `${CORE}.Resource`; // base class for all resources
 const CONSTRUCT_CLASS = `${CORE}.Construct`;
+const TAGGABLE_INTERFACE = `${CORE}.ITaggable`;
 
 interface Dictionary<T> { [key: string]: T; }
 
@@ -106,10 +107,11 @@ export default class CodeGenerator {
     }
   }
 
-  private openClass(name: genspec.CodeName, docLink?: string, superClasses?: string) {
+  private openClass(name: genspec.CodeName, docLink?: string, interfaces?: string[], superClasses?: string) {
     const extendsPostfix = superClasses ? ` extends ${superClasses}` : '';
+    const implementPostfix = interfaces ? ` implements ${interfaces.join(', ')}` : '';
     this.docLink(docLink);
-    this.code.openBlock(`export class ${name.className}${extendsPostfix}`);
+    this.code.openBlock(`export class ${name.className}${extendsPostfix}${implementPostfix}`);
     return name.className;
   }
 
@@ -183,7 +185,9 @@ export default class CodeGenerator {
     if (propsType) {
       this.code.line();
     }
-    this.openClass(resourceName, spec.Documentation, RESOURCE_BASE_CLASS);
+
+    const implInterfaces: string[] | undefined = isTaggable(spec) ? [TAGGABLE_INTERFACE] : undefined;
+    this.openClass(resourceName, spec.Documentation, implInterfaces, RESOURCE_BASE_CLASS);
 
     //
     // Static inspectors.
@@ -238,6 +242,16 @@ export default class CodeGenerator {
       }
     }
 
+    //
+    // ITaggable required properties
+    //
+    if (isTaggable(spec)) {
+      this.code.line('/**');
+      this.code.line(' * Tag Manager for resoure');
+      this.code.line(' */');
+      this.code.line('public readonly tags: cdk.TagManager;');
+    }
+
     //
     // Constructor
     //
@@ -286,11 +300,16 @@ export default class CodeGenerator {
       }
     }
 
+    // initialize tag manager
+    if (isTaggable(spec)) {
+      this.code.line(`this.tags = new ${CORE}.TagManager(parent);`);
+    }
+
     this.code.closeBlock();
 
     if (propsType) {
       this.code.line();
-      this.emitCloudFormationPropertiesOverride(propsType);
+      this.emitCloudFormationPropertiesOverride(propsType, isTaggable(spec));
     }
 
     this.closeClass(resourceName);
@@ -305,13 +324,23 @@ export default class CodeGenerator {
    *
    * Since resolve() deep-resolves, we only need to do this once.
    */
-  private emitCloudFormationPropertiesOverride(propsType: genspec.CodeName) {
+  private emitCloudFormationPropertiesOverride(propsType: genspec.CodeName, taggable: boolean) {
     this.code.openBlock(`public get propertyOverrides(): ${propsType.className}`);
     this.code.line(`return this.untypedPropertyOverrides;`);
     this.code.closeBlock();
+    this.code.line();
 
     this.code.openBlock('protected renderProperties(properties: any): { [key: string]: any } ');
-    this.code.line(`return ${genspec.cfnMapperName(propsType).fqn}(${CORE}.resolve(properties));`);
+    this.code.line(`const resolvedProps = ${CORE}.resolve(properties);`);
+    if (taggable) {
+      this.code.line(`const rawTags: ${CORE}.Tag[] = resolvedProps.tags || [];`);
+      this.code.line(`const managedTags: ${CORE}.Tag[] = ${CORE}.resolve(this.tags) || [];`);
+      this.code.line(`const rawTagKeys: string[] = rawTags.map(t => t.key);`);
+      this.code.line(`// order is important L1 (raw) tags override managed tags`);
+      this.code.line(`const uniqueTags = rawTags.concat(managedTags.filter(t => rawTagKeys.indexOf(t.key) < 0));`);
+      this.code.line(`resolvedProps.tags = uniqueTags.length !== 0 ? uniqueTags : undefined;`);
+    }
+    this.code.line(`return ${genspec.cfnMapperName(propsType).fqn}(resolvedProps);`);
     this.code.closeBlock();
   }
 
@@ -474,7 +503,8 @@ export default class CodeGenerator {
     }
 
     this.code.line();
-    this.openClass(attr.typeName, attr.docLink, attr.baseClassName.fqn);
+    this.openClass(attr.typeName, attr.docLink, undefined,  attr.baseClassName.fqn);
+
     // Add a private member that will make the class structurally
     // different in TypeScript, which prevents assigning returning
     // incorrectly-typed Tokens. Those will cause ClassCastExceptions
@@ -628,3 +658,7 @@ function mapperNames(types: genspec.CodeName[]): string {
 function quoteCode(code: string): string {
   return '``' + code + '``';
 }
+
+function isTaggable(resource: schema.ResourceType): boolean {
+  return !!resource.Properties && !!resource.Properties.Tags;
+}