diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook/play.py b/lib/ansible/playbook/play.py
index a74b02a9c2d..abc6c34b5fe 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook/play.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook/play.py
@@ -191,11 +191,17 @@ class Play(object):
                             if meta_data:
                                 allow_dupes = utils.boolean(meta_data.get('allow_duplicates',''))
 
-                        if not allow_dupes:
-                            if dep in self.included_roles:
-                                continue
-                            else:
-                                self.included_roles.append(dep)
+                        # if tags are set from this role, merge them
+                        # into the tags list for the dependent role
+                        if "tags" in passed_vars:
+                            for included_role_dep in dep_stack:
+                                included_dep_name = included_role_dep[0]
+                                included_dep_vars = included_role_dep[2]
+                                if included_dep_name == dep:
+                                    if "tags" in included_dep_vars:
+                                        included_dep_vars["tags"] = list(set(included_dep_vars["tags"] + passed_vars["tags"]))
+                                    else:
+                                        included_dep_vars["tags"] = passed_vars["tags"].copy()
 
                         dep_vars = utils.combine_vars(passed_vars, dep_vars)
                         dep_vars = utils.combine_vars(role_vars, dep_vars)
@@ -211,8 +217,25 @@ class Play(object):
                             dep_defaults_data = utils.parse_yaml_from_file(defaults)
                         if 'role' in dep_vars:
                             del dep_vars['role']
+
+                        if "tags" in passed_vars:
+                            if not self._is_valid_tag(passed_vars["tags"]):
+                                # one of the tags specified for this role was in the
+                                # skip list, or we're limiting the tags and it didn't 
+                                # match one, so we just skip it completely
+                                continue
+
+                        if not allow_dupes:
+                            if dep in self.included_roles:
+                                # skip back to the top, since we don't want to
+                                # do anything else with this role
+                                continue
+                            else:
+                                self.included_roles.append(dep)
+
                         self._build_role_dependencies([dep], dep_stack, passed_vars=dep_vars, level=level+1)
                         dep_stack.append([dep,dep_path,dep_vars,dep_defaults_data])
+
             # only add the current role when we're at the top level,
             # otherwise we'll end up in a recursive loop 
             if level == 0:
@@ -467,6 +490,20 @@ class Play(object):
 
     # *************************************************
 
+    def _is_valid_tag(self, tag_list):
+        """
+        Check to see if the list of tags passed in is in the list of tags 
+        we only want (playbook.only_tags), or if it is not in the list of 
+        tags we don't want (playbook.skip_tags).
+        """
+        matched_skip_tags = set(tag_list) & set(self.playbook.skip_tags)
+        matched_only_tags = set(tag_list) & set(self.playbook.only_tags)
+        if len(matched_skip_tags) > 0 or (self.playbook.only_tags != ['all'] and len(matched_only_tags) == 0):
+            return False
+        return True
+
+    # *************************************************
+
     def tasks(self):
         ''' return task objects for this play '''
         return self._tasks