diff --git a/cli.go b/cli.go
index c212193..b4c3061 100644
--- a/cli.go
+++ b/cli.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ func gatherResources(s *state) map[string]interface{} {
 
 	unsortedOrdered := make(map[string][]*Resource)
 
+	resourceIDNames := s.mapResourceIDNames()
 	for _, res := range s.resources() {
 		// place in list of all resources
 		all.Hosts = appendUniq(all.Hosts, res.Hostname())
@@ -77,6 +78,10 @@ func gatherResources(s *state) map[string]interface{} {
 			if v != "" {
 				tag = fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s", k, v)
 			}
+			// if v is a resource ID, then tag should be resource name
+			if _, exists := resourceIDNames[v]; exists {
+				tag = resourceIDNames[v]
+			}
 			tags[tag] = appendUniq(tags[tag], res.Hostname())
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/parser.go b/parser.go
index 6dc27e0..7f0f5e8 100644
--- a/parser.go
+++ b/parser.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"sort"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 type state struct {
@@ -52,13 +53,27 @@ func (s *state) outputs() []*Output {
 	return inst
 }
 
+// map of resource ID -> resource Name
+func (s *state) mapResourceIDNames() map[string]string {
+	t := map[string]string{}
+
+	for _, m := range s.Modules {
+		for _, k := range m.resourceKeys() {
+			if m.ResourceStates[k].Primary.ID != "" && m.ResourceStates[k].Primary.Attributes["name"] != "" {
+				kk := strings.ToLower(m.ResourceStates[k].Primary.ID)
+				t[kk] = m.ResourceStates[k].Primary.Attributes["name"]
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return t
+}
+
 // resources returns a slice of the Resources found in the statefile.
 func (s *state) resources() []*Resource {
 	inst := make([]*Resource, 0)
 
 	for _, m := range s.Modules {
 		for _, k := range m.resourceKeys() {
-
 			// Terraform stores resources in a name->map map, but we need the name to
 			// decide which groups to include the resource in. So wrap it in a higher-
 			// level object with both properties.
diff --git a/parser_test.go b/parser_test.go
index 7977f83..e8b7ef3 100644
--- a/parser_test.go
+++ b/parser_test.go
@@ -329,7 +329,18 @@ const exampleStateFile = `
 					"primary": {
 						"id": "422cfa4a-c6bb-3405-0335-2d9b2034405f",
 						"attributes": {
-							"default_ip_address": "10.20.30.50"
+							"default_ip_address": "10.20.30.50",
+							"tags.#": "1",
+							"tags.1357913579": "urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceTag:00000000-0001-4957-81fa-1234567890ab:GLOBAL"
+						}
+					}
+				},
+				"data.vsphere_tag.testTag1": {
+					"type": "vsphere_tag",
+					"primary": {
+						"id": "urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceTag:00000000-0001-4957-81fa-1234567890ab:GLOBAL",
+						"attributes": {
+							"name": "testTag1"
 						}
 					}
 				},
@@ -432,6 +443,7 @@ const expectedListOutput = `
 	"ten": ["10.0.0.10"],
 	"eleven": ["10.0.0.11"],
 	"twelve": ["10.20.30.50"],
+	"testTag1": ["10.20.30.50"],
 	"thirteen": ["10.0.0.13"],
 	"fourteen": ["192.168.102.14"],
 	"sixteen": ["10.0.0.16"],
@@ -600,6 +612,9 @@ olddatacenter="\u003c0.7_format"
 [ten.0]
 10.0.0.10
 
+[testTag1]
+10.20.30.50
+
 [thirteen]
 10.0.0.13
 
diff --git a/resource.go b/resource.go
index eca628f..2921e8c 100644
--- a/resource.go
+++ b/resource.go
@@ -126,11 +126,17 @@ func (r Resource) Tags() map[string]string {
 	case "vsphere_virtual_machine":
 		for k, v := range r.Attributes() {
 			parts := strings.SplitN(k, ".", 2)
+
 			if len(parts) == 2 && parts[0] == "custom_configuration_parameters" && parts[1] != "#" && parts[1] != "%" {
 				kk := strings.ToLower(parts[1])
 				vv := strings.ToLower(v)
 				t[kk] = vv
 			}
+			if len(parts) == 2 && parts[0] == "tags" && parts[1] != "#" && parts[1] != "%" {
+				kk := strings.ToLower(parts[1])
+				vv := strings.ToLower(v)
+				t[kk] = vv
+			}
 		}
 	case "digitalocean_droplet", "google_compute_instance", "scaleway_server":
 		for k, v := range r.Attributes() {