diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"baloowidgets5\")
 
 add_subdirectory(filepropertiesplugin)
+add_subdirectory(tagsfileitemactionplugin)
 
 set(widgets_SRCS
   kblocklayout.cpp
diff --git a/src/tagsfileitemactionplugin/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tagsfileitemactionplugin/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tagsfileitemactionplugin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})
+
+set(tagsfileitemaction_debug_SRCS tagsfileitemaction.cpp)
+
+kcoreaddons_add_plugin(tagsfileitemaction
+    SOURCES ${tagsfileitemaction_debug_SRCS}
+    JSON tagsfileitemaction.json
+    INSTALL_NAMESPACE "kf5/kfileitemaction")
+
+target_link_libraries(tagsfileitemaction
+    KF5BalooWidgets
+    KF5::KIOWidgets
+    KF5::I18n
+    KF5::FileMetaData
+)
diff --git a/src/tagsfileitemactionplugin/Messages.sh b/src/tagsfileitemactionplugin/Messages.sh
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tagsfileitemactionplugin/Messages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+$XGETTEXT `find . -name '*.cpp'` -o $podir/baloowidgets-tagsfileitemaction.pot
diff --git a/src/tagsfileitemactionplugin/tagsfileitemaction.h b/src/tagsfileitemactionplugin/tagsfileitemaction.h
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tagsfileitemactionplugin/tagsfileitemaction.h
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Nicolas Fella <nicolas.fella@gmx.de>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) version 3, or any
+ * later version accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its
+ * successor approved by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall
+ * act as a proxy defined in Section 6 of version 3 of the license.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef TAGSFILEITEMACTION_H
+#define TAGSFILEITEMACTION_H
+
+#include <KFileItemListProperties>
+#include <KAbstractFileItemActionPlugin>
+#include <KCoreDirLister>
+#include <KFileMetaData/UserMetaData>
+
+class QAction;
+class KFileItemListProperties;
+class QWidget;
+
+class TagsFileItemAction : public KAbstractFileItemActionPlugin
+{
+Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    TagsFileItemAction(QObject* parent, const QVariantList& args);
+    virtual ~TagsFileItemAction();
+    QList<QAction*> actions(const KFileItemListProperties& fileItemInfos, QWidget* parentWidget) override;
+
+private:
+    KFileMetaData::UserMetaData* m_metaData;
+    KCoreDirLister m_tagsLister;
+    QMenu* m_menu;
+};
+
+#endif // TAGSFILEITEMACTION_H
diff --git a/src/tagsfileitemactionplugin/tagsfileitemaction.cpp b/src/tagsfileitemactionplugin/tagsfileitemaction.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tagsfileitemactionplugin/tagsfileitemaction.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Nicolas Fella <nicolas.fella@gmx.de>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) version 3, or any
+ * later version accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its
+ * successor approved by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall
+ * act as a proxy defined in Section 6 of version 3 of the license.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "tagsfileitemaction.h"
+
+#include <QList>
+#include <QAction>
+#include <QWidget>
+#include <QVariantList>
+#include <QUrl>
+#include <QIcon>
+#include <QMenu>
+#include <QInputDialog>
+
+#include <KPluginFactory>
+#include <KPluginLoader>
+#include <KLocalizedString>
+
+K_PLUGIN_FACTORY_WITH_JSON(TagsFileItemActionFactory, "tagsfileitemaction.json", registerPlugin<TagsFileItemAction>();)
+
+TagsFileItemAction::TagsFileItemAction(QObject* parent, const QVariantList&)
+    : KAbstractFileItemActionPlugin(parent)
+    , m_tagsLister()
+{
+    m_menu = new QMenu(i18n("Tags"));
+    m_menu->setIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("tag")));
+
+    connect(&m_tagsLister, &KCoreDirLister::itemsAdded, this, [this](const QUrl&, const KFileItemList& items) {
+
+
+        for (const KFileItem &item: items) {
+            const QString name = item.name();
+
+            QAction* action = m_menu->addAction(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("tag")), name);
+            action->setCheckable(true);
+            action->setChecked(m_metaData->tags().contains(name));
+
+            connect(action, &QAction::triggered, this, [this, action] {
+                if (action->isChecked()) {
+                    QStringList newTags = m_metaData->tags();
+                    // HACK the first character of QAction::text is '&'
+                    newTags.append(action->text().remove(0,1));
+                    m_metaData->setTags(newTags);
+                } else {
+                    QStringList newTags = m_metaData->tags();
+                    // HACK the first character of QAction::text is '&'
+                    newTags.removeAll(action->text().remove(0,1));
+                    m_metaData->setTags(newTags);
+                }
+            });
+
+        }
+    });
+
+    QAction* newAction = new QAction(i18n("Create new"));
+    newAction->setIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("tag")));
+
+    connect(newAction, &QAction::triggered, this, [this] {
+        QString newTag = QInputDialog::getText(m_menu, i18n("New tag"), i18n("New tag:"), QLineEdit::Normal);
+        QStringList tags = m_metaData->tags();
+        tags.append(newTag);
+        m_metaData->setTags(tags);
+    });
+
+    m_menu->addAction(newAction);
+    m_menu->addSeparator();
+
+    m_tagsLister.openUrl(QUrl("tags:/"), KCoreDirLister::OpenUrlFlag::Reload);
+
+
+}
+
+TagsFileItemAction::~TagsFileItemAction()
+{
+    delete m_metaData;
+}
+
+
+QList<QAction*> TagsFileItemAction::actions(const KFileItemListProperties& fileItemInfos, QWidget* parentWidget)
+{
+    Q_UNUSED(parentWidget);
+
+    if (fileItemInfos.urlList().size() > 1) {
+        return {};
+    }
+
+    m_metaData = new KFileMetaData::UserMetaData(fileItemInfos.urlList()[0].toLocalFile());
+
+    return {m_menu->menuAction()};
+
+}
+
+
+#include "tagsfileitemaction.moc"
diff --git a/src/tagsfileitemactionplugin/tagsfileitemaction.json b/src/tagsfileitemactionplugin/tagsfileitemaction.json
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tagsfileitemactionplugin/tagsfileitemaction.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+    "KPlugin": {
+        "Authors": [
+            {
+                "Name": "Nicolas Fella"
+            }
+        ],
+        "Category": "Utilities",
+        "Description": "Change file tags",
+        "Icon": "tag",
+        "License": "GPL",
+        "MimeTypes": [
+            "application/octet-stream"
+        ],
+        "Name": "Tags",
+        "ServiceTypes": [
+            "KFileItemAction/Plugin"
+        ]
+    }
+}