diff --git a/ec2_node_class.yaml.tpl b/ec2_node_class.yaml.tpl
index 74c4172..2a8deef 100644
--- a/ec2_node_class.yaml.tpl
+++ b/ec2_node_class.yaml.tpl
@@ -58,3 +58,6 @@ spec:
 
   # Optional, configures detailed monitoring for the instance
   detailedMonitoring: true
+
+  # Add finops tags to karpenter provisioned nodes
+  tags: ${tags}
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 8831008..2860b72 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ resource "kubectl_manifest" "karpenter_ec2_node_class" {
   ]
   yaml_body = templatefile("${path.module}/ec2_node_class.yaml.tpl", {
     cluster_name   = var.cluster_name
+    tags           = jsonencode(var.tags)
     amd_ami_family = "Bottlerocket"
     amd_ami_alias  = "bottlerocket"
   })