diff --git a/lib/deploy/stepFunctions/compileStateMachines.js b/lib/deploy/stepFunctions/compileStateMachines.js
index 53b769ea..f9b2a384 100644
--- a/lib/deploy/stepFunctions/compileStateMachines.js
+++ b/lib/deploy/stepFunctions/compileStateMachines.js
@@ -7,6 +7,25 @@ function isIntrinsic(obj) {
   return isObject && Object.keys(obj).some((k) => k.startsWith('Fn::') || k.startsWith('Ref'));
 }
 
+function toTags(obj, serverless) {
+  const tags = [];
+
+  if (!obj) {
+    return tags;
+  }
+
+  if (_.isPlainObject(obj)) {
+    _.forEach(
+      obj,
+      (Value, Key) => tags.push({ Key, Value: Value.toString() }));
+  } else {
+    throw new serverless.classes
+      .Error('Unable to parse tags, it should be an object.');
+  }
+
+  return tags;
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   isIntrinsic,
   compileStateMachines() {
@@ -16,7 +35,7 @@ module.exports = {
         let DefinitionString;
         let RoleArn;
         let DependsOn = [];
-        const Tags = [];
+        const Tags = toTags(this.serverless.service.provider.tags, this.serverless);
 
         if (stateMachineObj.definition) {
           if (typeof stateMachineObj.definition === 'string') {
@@ -85,14 +104,8 @@ module.exports = {
         }
 
         if (stateMachineObj.tags) {
-          if (_.isPlainObject(stateMachineObj.tags)) {
-            _.forEach(
-              stateMachineObj.tags,
-              (Value, Key) => Tags.push({ Key, Value: Value.toString() }));
-          } else {
-            throw new this.serverless.classes
-              .Error('Unable to parse tags, it should be an object.');
-          }
+          const stateMachineTags = toTags(stateMachineObj.tags, this.serverless);
+          _.forEach(stateMachineTags, tag => Tags.push(tag));
         }
 
         const stateMachineLogicalId = this.getStateMachineLogicalId(stateMachineName,
diff --git a/lib/deploy/stepFunctions/compileStateMachines.test.js b/lib/deploy/stepFunctions/compileStateMachines.test.js
index 85cc75d9..e1f79d1b 100644
--- a/lib/deploy/stepFunctions/compileStateMachines.test.js
+++ b/lib/deploy/stepFunctions/compileStateMachines.test.js
@@ -521,6 +521,79 @@ describe('#compileStateMachines', () => {
       .to.deep.eq([{ Key: 'team', Value: 'core' }, { Key: 'score', Value: '42' }]);
   });
 
+  it('should add global tags', () => {
+    serverless.service.provider.tags = {
+      team: 'core',
+      score: 42,
+    };
+
+    serverless.service.stepFunctions = {
+      stateMachines: {
+        myStateMachine1: {
+          definition: 'definition1',
+          name: 'stateMachineBeta1',
+        },
+        myStateMachine2: {
+          definition: 'definition2',
+          name: 'stateMachineBeta2',
+        },
+      },
+    };
+
+    serverlessStepFunctions.compileStateMachines();
+    const stateMachineBeta1 = serverlessStepFunctions.serverless.service
+      .provider.compiledCloudFormationTemplate.Resources
+      .StateMachineBeta1;
+    const stateMachineBeta2 = serverlessStepFunctions.serverless.service
+      .provider.compiledCloudFormationTemplate.Resources
+      .StateMachineBeta2;
+    expect(stateMachineBeta1.Properties.Tags).to.have.lengthOf(2);
+    expect(stateMachineBeta2.Properties.Tags).to.have.lengthOf(2);
+    expect(stateMachineBeta1.Properties.Tags)
+      .to.deep.eq([{ Key: 'team', Value: 'core' }, { Key: 'score', Value: '42' }]);
+    expect(stateMachineBeta2.Properties.Tags)
+      .to.deep.eq([{ Key: 'team', Value: 'core' }, { Key: 'score', Value: '42' }]);
+  });
+
+  it('should merge global and state machine tags', () => {
+    serverless.service.provider.tags = {
+      team: 'core',
+    };
+
+    serverless.service.stepFunctions = {
+      stateMachines: {
+        myStateMachine1: {
+          definition: 'definition1',
+          name: 'stateMachineBeta1',
+          tags: {
+            score: 42,
+          },
+        },
+        myStateMachine2: {
+          definition: 'definition2',
+          name: 'stateMachineBeta2',
+          tags: {
+            score: 42,
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+
+    serverlessStepFunctions.compileStateMachines();
+    const stateMachineBeta1 = serverlessStepFunctions.serverless.service
+      .provider.compiledCloudFormationTemplate.Resources
+      .StateMachineBeta1;
+    const stateMachineBeta2 = serverlessStepFunctions.serverless.service
+      .provider.compiledCloudFormationTemplate.Resources
+      .StateMachineBeta2;
+    expect(stateMachineBeta1.Properties.Tags).to.have.lengthOf(2);
+    expect(stateMachineBeta2.Properties.Tags).to.have.lengthOf(2);
+    expect(stateMachineBeta1.Properties.Tags)
+      .to.deep.eq([{ Key: 'team', Value: 'core' }, { Key: 'score', Value: '42' }]);
+    expect(stateMachineBeta2.Properties.Tags)
+      .to.deep.eq([{ Key: 'team', Value: 'core' }, { Key: 'score', Value: '42' }]);
+  });
+
   it('should throw error when tags property contains malformed tags', () => {
     serverless.service.stepFunctions = {
       stateMachines: {