diff --git a/doc/DEPLOY.md b/doc/DEPLOY.md
index 97db27288..515b590d6 100644
--- a/doc/DEPLOY.md
+++ b/doc/DEPLOY.md
@@ -297,6 +297,13 @@ libraries using Leiningen. Applications will have different requirements
 that are varied enough that Leiningen doesn't attempt to support them
 out of the box.
 
+### Tagging
+
+By default `["vcs" "tag"]` will create a GPG signed tag with your project version
+number. You can add a tag prefix by passing the prefix after `"tag"`,
+for example: `["vcs" "tag" "v"]`. You can disable tag signing by passing `--no-sign`,
+for example: `["vcs" "tag" "v" "--no-sign"]` or `["vcs" "tag" "--no-sign"]`.
+
 ## Deploying to Maven Central
 
 Deploying your libraries and other artifacts to [Maven
diff --git a/src/leiningen/vcs.clj b/src/leiningen/vcs.clj
index bacd8243b..b418272c7 100644
--- a/src/leiningen/vcs.clj
+++ b/src/leiningen/vcs.clj
@@ -16,7 +16,15 @@
 (defn which-vcs [project & _]
   (or (:vcs project) (some (partial uses-vcs project) @supported-systems)))
 
-
+(defn parse-tag-args [args]
+  (loop [parsed-args {:sign? true}
+         args args]
+    (case (first args)
+      ("--sign" "-s") (recur (assoc parsed-args :sign? true) (rest args))
+      "--no-sign" (recur (assoc parsed-args :sign? false) (rest args))
+      nil parsed-args                                       ;; We're finished and can exit
+      (recur (assoc parsed-args :prefix (first args)) (rest args)))))
+
 ;;; Methods
 
 (defmulti push "Push to your remote repository."
@@ -31,7 +39,6 @@
 (defmulti assert-committed "Abort if uncommitted changes exist."
   which-vcs :default :none)
 
-
 
 ;;; VCS not found
 
@@ -48,6 +55,7 @@
 
 (defmethod assert-committed :none [project] (unknown-vcs "assert-committed"))
 
+
 ;;; Git
 
 (defmethod push :git [project & args]
@@ -59,12 +67,15 @@
   (binding [eval/*dir* (:root project)]
     (eval/sh-with-exit-code "Couldn't commit" "git" "commit" "-a" "-m" (str "Version " (:version project)))))
 
-(defmethod tag :git [{:keys [root version]} & [prefix]]
+(defmethod tag :git [{:keys [root version]} & args]
   (binding [eval/*dir* root]
-    (let [tag (if prefix
+    (let [{:keys [sign? prefix]} (parse-tag-args args)
+          tag (if prefix
                 (str prefix version)
-                version)]
-      (eval/sh-with-exit-code "Couldn't tag" "git" "tag" "-s" tag "-m" (str "Release " version)))))
+                version)
+          cmd (->> ["git" "tag" (when sign? "--sign") tag "-m" (str "Release " version)]
+                   (filter some?))]
+      (apply eval/sh-with-exit-code "Couldn't tag" cmd))))
 
 (defmethod assert-committed :git [project]
   (binding [eval/*dir* (:root project)]
diff --git a/test/leiningen/test/vcs.clj b/test/leiningen/test/vcs.clj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9815f19ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/leiningen/test/vcs.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+(ns leiningen.test.vcs
+  (:require [clojure.test :refer :all]
+            [leiningen.vcs :as vcs]))
+
+(deftest parsed-args
+  (testing "VCS tag argument parsing"
+    (are [args parsed-args] (= (vcs/parse-tag-args args) parsed-args)
+      [] {:sign? true}
+      ["v"] {:prefix "v" :sign? true}
+      ["v" "--sign"] {:prefix "v" :sign? true}
+      ["--sign"] {:sign? true}
+      ["--no-sign"] {:sign? false}
+      ["--no-sign" "v"] {:prefix "v" :sign? false}
+      ["-s"] {:sign? true}
+      ["v" "r"] {:prefix "r" :sign? true})))