diff --git a/manager/cluster_config_env.py b/manager/cluster_config_env.py
index 1519e73161..bd50bb563a 100644
--- a/manager/cluster_config_env.py
+++ b/manager/cluster_config_env.py
@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@
 
 import sys
 import yaml
+import json
 
 
 def export(base_key, value):
     if base_key.lower().startswith("cortex_tags"):
         inlined_tags = ",".join([f"{k}={v}" for k, v in value.items()])
         print(f"export CORTEX_TAGS={inlined_tags}")
+        print(f"export CORTEX_TAGS_JSON='{json.dumps(value)}'")
         return
 
     if value is None:
diff --git a/manager/manifests/fluentd.yaml b/manager/manifests/fluentd.yaml
index ed20feac53..c4a70eceae 100644
--- a/manager/manifests/fluentd.yaml
+++ b/manager/manifests/fluentd.yaml
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ data:
         region "#{ENV['AWS_REGION']}"
         log_group_name_key group_name
         log_stream_name_key stream_name
+        log_group_aws_tags ${CORTEX_TAGS_JSON}
         remove_log_stream_name_key true
         remove_log_group_name_key true
         auto_create_stream true