diff --git a/aws-rds-globalcluster/aws-rds-globalcluster.json b/aws-rds-globalcluster/aws-rds-globalcluster.json
index abd295996..2b2b5f55c 100644
--- a/aws-rds-globalcluster/aws-rds-globalcluster.json
+++ b/aws-rds-globalcluster/aws-rds-globalcluster.json
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@
         "aurora-postgresql"
       ]
     },
+    "Tags": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "maxItems": 50,
+      "uniqueItems": true,
+      "insertionOrder": false,
+      "description": "An array of key-value pairs to apply to this resource.",
+      "items": {
+        "$ref": "#/definitions/Tag"
+      }
+    },
     "EngineLifecycleSupport": {
       "description": "The life cycle type of the global cluster. You can use this setting to enroll your global cluster into Amazon RDS Extended Support.",
       "type": "string"
@@ -46,6 +56,30 @@
       "type": "boolean"
     }
   },
+  "definitions": {
+    "Tag": {
+      "description": "A key-value pair to associate with a resource.",
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "properties": {
+        "Key": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "The key name of the tag. You can specify a value that is 1 to 128 Unicode characters in length and cannot be prefixed with aws:. You can use any of the following characters: the set of Unicode letters, digits, whitespace, _, ., /, =, +, and -. ",
+          "minLength": 1,
+          "maxLength": 128
+        },
+        "Value": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "The value for the tag. You can specify a value that is 0 to 256 Unicode characters in length and cannot be prefixed with aws:. You can use any of the following characters: the set of Unicode letters, digits, whitespace, _, ., /, =, +, and -. ",
+          "minLength": 0,
+          "maxLength": 256
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "Key"
+      ]
+    }
+  },
   "oneOf": [
     {
       "required": [
@@ -87,7 +121,9 @@
     "update": {
       "permissions": [
         "rds:ModifyGlobalCluster",
-        "rds:DescribeGlobalClusters"
+        "rds:DescribeGlobalClusters",
+        "rds:AddTagsToResource",
+        "rds:RemoveTagsFromResource"
       ]
     },
     "delete": {
@@ -105,6 +141,14 @@
     }
   },
   "tagging": {
-    "taggable": false
+    "taggable": true,
+    "tagOnCreate": true,
+    "tagUpdatable": true,
+    "cloudFormationSystemTags": true,
+    "tagProperty": "/properties/Tags",
+    "permissions": [
+      "rds:AddTagsToResource",
+      "rds:RemoveTagsFromResource"
+    ]
   }
 }
diff --git a/aws-rds-globalcluster/src/main/java/software/amazon/rds/globalcluster/BaseHandlerStd.java b/aws-rds-globalcluster/src/main/java/software/amazon/rds/globalcluster/BaseHandlerStd.java
index f3544bba1..aeb088d5f 100644
--- a/aws-rds-globalcluster/src/main/java/software/amazon/rds/globalcluster/BaseHandlerStd.java
+++ b/aws-rds-globalcluster/src/main/java/software/amazon/rds/globalcluster/BaseHandlerStd.java
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ protected ProgressEvent<ResourceModel, CallbackContext> removeFromGlobalCluster(
 
   protected ProgressEvent<ResourceModel, CallbackContext> createGlobalClusterWithSourceDBCluster(final AmazonWebServicesClientProxy proxy,
                                                                                                  final ProxyClient<RdsClient> proxyClient,
-                                                                                                 final ProgressEvent<ResourceModel, CallbackContext> progress) {
+                                                                                                 final ProgressEvent<ResourceModel, CallbackContext> progress,
+                                                                                                 final Tagging.TagSet tagSet) {
 
     if(progress.getCallbackContext().isGlobalClusterCreated()) return progress;
     //check if sourceDbCluster is not null and is in format of Identifier
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ protected ProgressEvent<ResourceModel, CallbackContext> createGlobalClusterWithS
             .done((describeDbClusterRequest, describeDbClusterResponse, proxyClient2, resourceModel, callbackContext) -> {
               final String arn = describeDbClusterResponse.dbClusters().get(0).dbClusterArn();
               try {
-                proxyClient2.injectCredentialsAndInvokeV2(Translator.createGlobalClusterRequest(resourceModel, arn), proxyClient2.client()::createGlobalCluster);
+                proxyClient2.injectCredentialsAndInvokeV2(Translator.createGlobalClusterRequest(resourceModel, arn, tagSet), proxyClient2.client()::createGlobalCluster);
                 callbackContext.setGlobalClusterCreated(true);
               } catch (GlobalClusterAlreadyExistsException e) {
                 throw new CfnAlreadyExistsException(e);
@@ -210,7 +211,8 @@ protected ProgressEvent<ResourceModel, CallbackContext> createGlobalClusterWithS
 
   protected ProgressEvent<ResourceModel, CallbackContext> createGlobalCluster(final AmazonWebServicesClientProxy proxy,
                                                                                                  final ProxyClient<RdsClient> proxyClient,
-                                                                                                 final ProgressEvent<ResourceModel, CallbackContext> progress) {
+                                                                                                 final ProgressEvent<ResourceModel, CallbackContext> progress,
+                                                                                                 final Tagging.TagSet tagSet) {
 
       return proxy.initiate("rds::create-global-cluster", proxyClient, progress.getResourceModel(), progress.getCallbackContext())
               // request to create global cluster
diff --git a/aws-rds-globalcluster/src/main/java/software/amazon/rds/globalcluster/Translator.java b/aws-rds-globalcluster/src/main/java/software/amazon/rds/globalcluster/Translator.java
index 15c8f7f7c..2b6df2945 100644
--- a/aws-rds-globalcluster/src/main/java/software/amazon/rds/globalcluster/Translator.java
+++ b/aws-rds-globalcluster/src/main/java/software/amazon/rds/globalcluster/Translator.java
@@ -20,11 +20,16 @@
 
 public class Translator {
 
+<<<<<<< HEAD
   static CreateGlobalClusterRequest createGlobalClusterRequest(final ResourceModel model) {
-    return createGlobalClusterRequest(model, null);
+    return createGlobalClusterRequest(model, null, Tagging.TagSet.emptySet());
+=======
+  static CreateGlobalClusterRequest createGlobalClusterRequest(final ResourceModel model, final Tagging.TagSet tagSet) {
+    return createGlobalClusterRequest(model, null, tagSet);
+>>>>>>> d618efc (add tagging parameter for createGlobalCluster)
   }
 
-  static CreateGlobalClusterRequest createGlobalClusterRequest(final ResourceModel model, String dbClusterArn) {
+  static CreateGlobalClusterRequest createGlobalClusterRequest(final ResourceModel model, String dbClusterArn, final Tagging.TagSet tagSet) {
     return CreateGlobalClusterRequest.builder()
             .engine(model.getEngine())
             .engineVersion(model.getEngineVersion())
@@ -33,6 +38,7 @@ static CreateGlobalClusterRequest createGlobalClusterRequest(final ResourceModel
             .sourceDBClusterIdentifier(StringUtils.isBlank(dbClusterArn) ? model.getSourceDBClusterIdentifier() : dbClusterArn)
             .storageEncrypted(model.getStorageEncrypted())
             .engineLifecycleSupport(model.getEngineLifecycleSupport())
+            .tags(Tagging.translateTagsToSdk(tagSet))
             .build();
   }
 
@@ -85,4 +91,16 @@ static DescribeDbClustersRequest describeDbClustersRequest(final ResourceModel m
             .dbClusterIdentifier(model.getSourceDBClusterIdentifier())
             .build();
   }
+ 
+  static Set<software.amazon.awssdk.services.rds.model.Tag> translateTagsToSdk(
+            final Collection<Tag> tags
+    ) {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(tags).orElse(Collections.emptySet())
+                .stream()
+                .map(tag -> software.amazon.awssdk.services.rds.model.Tag.builder()
+                        .key(tag.getKey())
+                        .value(tag.getValue())
+                        .build())
+                .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+    }
 }