diff --git a/src/rules/no-restricted-tags.js b/src/rules/no-restricted-tags.js
index 72c4b540..8423057c 100644
--- a/src/rules/no-restricted-tags.js
+++ b/src/rules/no-restricted-tags.js
@@ -6,34 +6,37 @@ var availableConfigs = {
 
 function noRestrictedTags(feature, fileName, configuration) {
   var forbiddenTags = configuration.tags;
-
-  var featureErrors = checkTags(feature, forbiddenTags);
-
-  var childrenErrors = _(feature.children).map(function(child) {
-    return checkTags(child, forbiddenTags);
-  }).flatten().value();
-
-  return featureErrors.concat(childrenErrors);
+  var errors = [];
+
+  checkTags(feature, forbiddenTags, errors);
+  if (feature.children) {
+    feature.children.forEach(function(child) {
+      checkTags(child, forbiddenTags, errors);
+
+      if (child.examples) {
+        child.examples.forEach(function(example) {
+          checkTags(example, forbiddenTags, errors);
+        });
+      }
+    });
+  }
+  return errors;
 }
 
-function checkTags(node, forbiddenTags) {
-  return (node.tags || []).filter(function(tag) {
-    return isForbidden(tag, forbiddenTags);
-  }).map(function(tag) {
-    return createError(node, tag);
+function checkTags(node, forbiddenTags, errors) {
+  var nodeTags = node.tags || [];
+
+  nodeTags.forEach(function(tag) {
+    if (_.includes(forbiddenTags, tag.name)) {
+      errors.push({
+        message: 'Forbidden tag ' + tag.name + ' on ' + node.type,
+        rule   : rule,
+        line   : tag.location.line
+      });
+    }
   });
 }
 
-function isForbidden(tag, forbiddenTags) {
-  return _.includes(forbiddenTags, tag.name);
-}
-
-function createError(node, tag) {
-  return {message: 'Forbidden tag ' + tag.name + ' on ' + node.type,
-    rule   : rule,
-    line   : tag.location.line};
-}
-
 module.exports = {
   name: rule,
   run: noRestrictedTags,
diff --git a/test/rules/no-restricted-tags/Violations.feature b/test/rules/no-restricted-tags/Violations.feature
index edc0a78f..a3c43a46 100644
--- a/test/rules/no-restricted-tags/Violations.feature
+++ b/test/rules/no-restricted-tags/Violations.feature
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ Scenario: This is a Scenario with three duplicate tags
 @scenariotag @badTag @anotherBadTag
 Scenario Outline: This is a Scenario Outline with two duplicate tags
   Then this is a then step <foo>
+@examplestag @badTag @anotherBadTag
 Examples:
   | foo |
   | bar |
+
+@examplestag @badTag @anotherBadTag
+Examples:
+  | foo |
+  | bar |
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/rules/no-restricted-tags/no-restricted-tags.js b/test/rules/no-restricted-tags/no-restricted-tags.js
index 1b623fbd..4079b6c8 100644
--- a/test/rules/no-restricted-tags/no-restricted-tags.js
+++ b/test/rules/no-restricted-tags/no-restricted-tags.js
@@ -35,6 +35,22 @@ describe('No Restricted Tags Rule', function() {
     {
       messageElements: {tag: '@anotherBadTag', nodeType:'ScenarioOutline'},
       line: 11
+    },
+    {
+      messageElements: {tag: '@badTag', nodeType:'Examples'},
+      line: 14
+    },
+    {
+      messageElements: {tag: '@anotherBadTag', nodeType:'Examples'},
+      line: 14
+    },
+    {
+      messageElements: {tag: '@badTag', nodeType:'Examples'},
+      line: 19
+    },
+    {
+      messageElements: {tag: '@anotherBadTag', nodeType:'Examples'},
+      line: 19
     }]);
   });
 });