diff --git a/project_tier/exercises/migrations/0008_auto_20181105_1140.py b/project_tier/exercises/migrations/0008_auto_20181105_1140.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5341de82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project_tier/exercises/migrations/0008_auto_20181105_1140.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.0.4 on 2018-11-05 16:40
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+import modelcluster.contrib.taggit
+import modelcluster.fields
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('taggit', '0002_auto_20150616_2121'),
+        ('exercises', '0007_exerciseindexpage_notes'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='SoftwareTag',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.AutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('content_object', modelcluster.fields.ParentalKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, related_name='software_tags_relationship', to='exercises.ExercisePage')),
+                ('tag', models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, related_name='exercises_softwaretag_items', to='taggit.Tag')),
+            ],
+            options={
+                'abstract': False,
+            },
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='exercisepage',
+            name='software_tags',
+            field=modelcluster.contrib.taggit.ClusterTaggableManager(blank=True, help_text='A comma-separated list of tags.', related_name='+', through='exercises.SoftwareTag', to='taggit.Tag', verbose_name='software tags'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/project_tier/exercises/models.py b/project_tier/exercises/models.py
index 64eb361c..4e5a02b2 100644
--- a/project_tier/exercises/models.py
+++ b/project_tier/exercises/models.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 changing the actual tagging API within Wagtail or django-taggit.
 """
 
+
 class DisciplineTag(TaggedItemBase):
     content_object = ParentalKey(
         'exercises.ExercisePage',
@@ -59,6 +60,15 @@ class ProtocolTag(TaggedItemBase):
     )
 
 
+class SoftwareTag(TaggedItemBase):
+    content_object = ParentalKey(
+        'exercises.ExercisePage',
+        # django-modelcluster requires this to be set
+        related_name='software_tags_relationship',
+        on_delete=models.CASCADE
+    )
+
+
 class ExercisePage(Page):
     cover_sheet = models.ForeignKey(
         'wagtaildocs.Document',
@@ -120,6 +130,13 @@ class ExercisePage(Page):
         blank=True,
         verbose_name="protocol tags"
     )
+    software_tags = ClusterTaggableManager(
+        through=SoftwareTag,
+        # disabling reverse accessors solves a naming clash
+        related_name="+",
+        blank=True,
+        verbose_name="software tags"
+    )
 
     parent_page_types = ['exercises.ExerciseIndexPage']
 
@@ -130,6 +147,7 @@ class ExercisePage(Page):
                 FieldPanel('discipline_tags'),
                 FieldPanel('course_level_tags'),
                 FieldPanel('protocol_tags'),
+                FieldPanel('software_tags'),
             ],
             heading="tags",
         ),
@@ -170,13 +188,16 @@ def get_context(self, request):
             exercises_courseleveltag_items__isnull=False).distinct()
         context['protocol_tags'] = Tag.objects.filter(
             exercises_protocoltag_items__isnull=False).distinct()
+        context['software_tags'] = Tag.objects.filter(
+            exercises_softwaretag_items__isnull=False).distinct()
 
         # Filters exercises by the tag name in the URL
         tag_groups = [
             # (The name in the URL, the name of the Python model attribute)
             ('disciplines', 'discipline'),
             ('course-levels', 'course_level'),
-            ('protocols', 'protocol')
+            ('protocols', 'protocol'),
+            ('softwares', 'software'),
         ]
         # Loop through the given tag groups from above
         for tag_group in tag_groups:
diff --git a/project_tier/exercises/templates/exercises/exercise_index_page.html b/project_tier/exercises/templates/exercises/exercise_index_page.html
index 6d9697c4..64f57061 100644
--- a/project_tier/exercises/templates/exercises/exercise_index_page.html
+++ b/project_tier/exercises/templates/exercises/exercise_index_page.html
@@ -54,6 +54,20 @@ <h6>Protocol</h6>
           </div>
         {% endif %}
 
+        {% if software_tags %}
+          <div class="tag-group">
+            <h6>Software</h6>
+            {% for tag in software_tags %}
+              <div class="tag">
+                <label>
+                  <input class="tag-checkbox" data-tag="softwares" name="{{ tag }}" type="checkbox"{% if tag.name in software_tags_checked %} checked{% endif %}>
+                  <span class="tag-name">{{ tag }}</span>
+                </label>
+              </div>
+            {% endfor %}
+          </div>
+        {% endif %}
+
         {% if results.filtered %}
           <a class="clear-button" href="{{ page.url }}">
             <i class="fa fa-times-circle"></i> Clear filters
@@ -88,6 +102,12 @@ <h6>Protocol</h6>
           {% endfor %}
         {% endif %}
 
+        {% if software_tags_checked %}
+          {% for tag in software_tags_checked %}
+            <span class="tag-indicator">{{ tag }}</span>
+          {% endfor %}
+        {% endif %}
+
         <a href="{{ page.url }}">Clear all filters <i class="fa fa-times"></i></a>
       </p>
 
@@ -118,6 +138,9 @@ <h2>{{ exercise.title }}</h2>
                   {% for tag in exercise.specific.protocol_tags.all %}
                     <span class="tag" href="?protocols={{ tag }}">{{ tag }}</span>
                   {% endfor %}
+                  {% for tag in exercise.specific.software_tags.all %}
+                    <span class="tag" href="?softwares={{ tag }}">{{ tag }}</span>
+                  {% endfor %}
                 </div>
                 <p class="excerpt">{{ exercise.specific.listing_excerpt|truncatechars_html:100 }}</p>
               </div>
diff --git a/project_tier/static/js/filters.js b/project_tier/static/js/filters.js
index 372ee500..a52dceab 100644
--- a/project_tier/static/js/filters.js
+++ b/project_tier/static/js/filters.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function serializeFilters() {
   var tags = $('.exercise-filter input[type="checkbox"]:checked');
   // Loop each tag type and build the query string
   var queryString = '?';
-  var tagTypes = ['disciplines', 'course-levels', 'protocols'];
+  var tagTypes = ['disciplines', 'course-levels', 'protocols', 'softwares'];
   for(var i=0; i<tagTypes.length; i++) {
     var tagType = tagTypes[i];
     var filteredTags = tags.filter('[data-tag="' + tagType + '"]');