diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3af1a0130..41627717a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ Terraform version 0.10.3 or newer is required for this module to work.
 | cidr | The CIDR block for the VPC. Default value is a valid CIDR, but not acceptable by AWS and should be overriden | string | `0.0.0.0/0` | no |
 | create_database_subnet_group | Controls if database subnet group should be created | string | `true` | no |
 | create_vpc | Controls if VPC should be created (it affects almost all resources) | string | `true` | no |
+| database_subnet_group_tags | Additional tags for the database subnet group | string | `<map>` | no |
 | database_subnet_tags | Additional tags for the database subnets | string | `<map>` | no |
 | database_subnets | A list of database subnets | list | `<list>` | no |
 | default_route_table_tags | Additional tags for the default route table | string | `<map>` | no |
@@ -191,6 +192,7 @@ Terraform version 0.10.3 or newer is required for this module to work.
 | enable_s3_endpoint | Should be true if you want to provision an S3 endpoint to the VPC | string | `false` | no |
 | enable_vpn_gateway | Should be true if you want to create a new VPN Gateway resource and attach it to the VPC | string | `false` | no |
 | external_nat_ip_ids | List of EIP IDs to be assigned to the NAT Gateways (used in combination with reuse_nat_ips) | list | `<list>` | no |
+| igw_tags | Additional tags for the internet gateway | string | `<map>` | no |
 | instance_tenancy | A tenancy option for instances launched into the VPC | string | `default` | no |
 | intra_route_table_tags | Additional tags for the intra route tables | string | `<map>` | no |
 | intra_subnet_tags | Additional tags for the intra subnets | string | `<map>` | no |
@@ -198,7 +200,8 @@ Terraform version 0.10.3 or newer is required for this module to work.
 | manage_default_vpc | Should be true to adopt and manage Default VPC | string | `false` | no |
 | map_public_ip_on_launch | Should be false if you do not want to auto-assign public IP on launch | string | `true` | no |
 | name | Name to be used on all the resources as identifier | string | `` | no |
-| nat_gateway_tags | Additional tags for the nat gateways | string | `<map>` | no |
+| nat_eip_tags | Additional tags for the NAT EIP | string | `<map>` | no |
+| nat_gateway_tags | Additional tags for the NAT gateways | string | `<map>` | no |
 | one_nat_gateway_per_az | Should be true if you want only one NAT Gateway per availability zone. Requires `var.azs` to be set, and the number of `public_subnets` created to be greater than or equal to the number of availability zones specified in `var.azs`. | string | `false` | no |
 | private_route_table_tags | Additional tags for the private route tables | string | `<map>` | no |
 | private_subnet_tags | Additional tags for the private subnets | string | `<map>` | no |
@@ -208,6 +211,7 @@ Terraform version 0.10.3 or newer is required for this module to work.
 | public_route_table_tags | Additional tags for the public route tables | string | `<map>` | no |
 | public_subnet_tags | Additional tags for the public subnets | string | `<map>` | no |
 | public_subnets | A list of public subnets inside the VPC | string | `<list>` | no |
+| redshift_subnet_group_tags | Additional tags for the redshift subnet group | string | `<map>` | no |
 | redshift_subnet_tags | Additional tags for the redshift subnets | string | `<map>` | no |
 | redshift_subnets | A list of redshift subnets | list | `<list>` | no |
 | reuse_nat_ips | Should be true if you don't want EIPs to be created for your NAT Gateways and will instead pass them in via the 'external_nat_ip_ids' variable | string | `false` | no |
@@ -215,6 +219,7 @@ Terraform version 0.10.3 or newer is required for this module to work.
 | tags | A map of tags to add to all resources | string | `<map>` | no |
 | vpc_tags | Additional tags for the VPC | string | `<map>` | no |
 | vpn_gateway_id | ID of VPN Gateway to attach to the VPC | string | `` | no |
+| vpn_gateway_tags | Additional tags for the VPN gateway | string | `<map>` | no |
 
 ## Outputs
 
diff --git a/examples/simple-vpc/main.tf b/examples/simple-vpc/main.tf
index 6cf916fc4..ac8ca9016 100644
--- a/examples/simple-vpc/main.tf
+++ b/examples/simple-vpc/main.tf
@@ -16,8 +16,16 @@ module "vpc" {
   enable_nat_gateway = true
   single_nat_gateway = true
 
+  public_subnet_tags = {
+    Name = "overriden-name-public"
+  }
+
   tags = {
     Owner       = "user"
     Environment = "dev"
   }
+
+  vpc_tags = {
+    Name = "vpc-name"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 1bd9b17ff..b40b988a0 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ resource "aws_vpc" "this" {
   enable_dns_hostnames = "${var.enable_dns_hostnames}"
   enable_dns_support   = "${var.enable_dns_support}"
 
-  tags = "${merge(var.tags, var.vpc_tags, map("Name", format("%s", var.name)))}"
+  tags = "${merge(map("Name", format("%s", var.name)), var.vpc_tags, var.tags)}"
 }
 
 ###################
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ resource "aws_vpc_dhcp_options" "this" {
   netbios_name_servers = ["${var.dhcp_options_netbios_name_servers}"]
   netbios_node_type    = "${var.dhcp_options_netbios_node_type}"
 
-  tags = "${merge(var.tags, var.dhcp_options_tags, map("Name", format("%s", var.name)))}"
+  tags = "${merge(map("Name", format("%s", var.name)), var.dhcp_options_tags, var.tags)}"
 }
 
 ###############################
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ resource "aws_internet_gateway" "this" {
 
   vpc_id = "${aws_vpc.this.id}"
 
-  tags = "${merge(var.tags, map("Name", format("%s", var.name)))}"
+  tags = "${merge(map("Name", format("%s", var.name)), var.igw_tags, var.tags)}"
 }
 
 ################
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ resource "aws_route_table" "public" {
 
   vpc_id = "${aws_vpc.this.id}"
 
-  tags = "${merge(var.tags, var.public_route_table_tags, map("Name", format("%s-public", var.name)))}"
+  tags = "${merge(map("Name", format("%s-public", var.name)), var.public_route_table_tags, var.tags)}"
 }
 
 resource "aws_route" "public_internet_gateway" {
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ resource "aws_route_table" "private" {
 
   vpc_id = "${aws_vpc.this.id}"
 
-  tags = "${merge(var.tags, var.private_route_table_tags, map("Name", (var.single_nat_gateway ? "${var.name}-private" : format("%s-private-%s", var.name, element(var.azs, count.index)))))}"
+  tags = "${merge(map("Name", (var.single_nat_gateway ? "${var.name}-private" : format("%s-private-%s", var.name, element(var.azs, count.index)))), var.private_route_table_tags, var.tags)}"
 
   lifecycle {
     # When attaching VPN gateways it is common to define aws_vpn_gateway_route_propagation
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ resource "aws_route_table" "intra" {
 
   vpc_id = "${aws_vpc.this.id}"
 
-  tags = "${merge(var.tags, var.intra_route_table_tags, map("Name", "${var.name}-intra"))}"
+  tags = "${merge(map("Name", "${var.name}-intra"), var.intra_route_table_tags, var.tags)}"
 }
 
 ################
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ resource "aws_subnet" "public" {
   availability_zone       = "${element(var.azs, count.index)}"
   map_public_ip_on_launch = "${var.map_public_ip_on_launch}"
 
-  tags = "${merge(var.tags, var.public_subnet_tags, map("Name", format("%s-public-%s", var.name, element(var.azs, count.index))))}"
+  tags = "${merge(map("Name", format("%s-public-%s", var.name, element(var.azs, count.index))), var.public_subnet_tags, var.tags)}"
 }
 
 #################
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ resource "aws_subnet" "private" {
   cidr_block        = "${var.private_subnets[count.index]}"
   availability_zone = "${element(var.azs, count.index)}"
 
-  tags = "${merge(var.tags, var.private_subnet_tags, map("Name", format("%s-private-%s", var.name, element(var.azs, count.index))))}"
+  tags = "${merge(map("Name", format("%s-private-%s", var.name, element(var.azs, count.index))), var.private_subnet_tags, var.tags)}"
 }
 
 ##################
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ resource "aws_subnet" "database" {
   cidr_block        = "${var.database_subnets[count.index]}"
   availability_zone = "${element(var.azs, count.index)}"
 
-  tags = "${merge(var.tags, var.database_subnet_tags, map("Name", format("%s-db-%s", var.name, element(var.azs, count.index))))}"
+  tags = "${merge(map("Name", format("%s-db-%s", var.name, element(var.azs, count.index))), var.database_subnet_tags, var.tags)}"
 }
 
 resource "aws_db_subnet_group" "database" {
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ resource "aws_db_subnet_group" "database" {
   description = "Database subnet group for ${var.name}"
   subnet_ids  = ["${aws_subnet.database.*.id}"]
 
-  tags = "${merge(var.tags, map("Name", format("%s", var.name)))}"
+  tags = "${merge(map("Name", format("%s", var.name)), var.database_subnet_group_tags, var.tags)}"
 }
 
 ##################
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ resource "aws_subnet" "redshift" {
   cidr_block        = "${var.redshift_subnets[count.index]}"
   availability_zone = "${element(var.azs, count.index)}"
 
-  tags = "${merge(var.tags, var.redshift_subnet_tags, map("Name", format("%s-redshift-%s", var.name, element(var.azs, count.index))))}"
+  tags = "${merge(map("Name", format("%s-redshift-%s", var.name, element(var.azs, count.index))), var.redshift_subnet_tags, var.tags)}"
 }
 
 resource "aws_redshift_subnet_group" "redshift" {
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ resource "aws_redshift_subnet_group" "redshift" {
   description = "Redshift subnet group for ${var.name}"
   subnet_ids  = ["${aws_subnet.redshift.*.id}"]
 
-  tags = "${merge(var.tags, map("Name", format("%s", var.name)))}"
+  tags = "${merge(map("Name", format("%s", var.name)), var.redshift_subnet_group_tags, var.tags)}"
 }
 
 #####################
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ resource "aws_subnet" "elasticache" {
   cidr_block        = "${var.elasticache_subnets[count.index]}"
   availability_zone = "${element(var.azs, count.index)}"
 
-  tags = "${merge(var.tags, var.elasticache_subnet_tags, map("Name", format("%s-elasticache-%s", var.name, element(var.azs, count.index))))}"
+  tags = "${merge(map("Name", format("%s-elasticache-%s", var.name, element(var.azs, count.index))), var.elasticache_subnet_tags, var.tags)}"
 }
 
 resource "aws_elasticache_subnet_group" "elasticache" {
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ resource "aws_elasticache_subnet_group" "elasticache" {
 }
 
 #####################################################
-# intra subnets - private subnet with no NAT gateway
+# intra subnets - private subnet without NAT gateway
 #####################################################
 resource "aws_subnet" "intra" {
   count = "${var.create_vpc && length(var.intra_subnets) > 0 ? length(var.intra_subnets) : 0}"
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ resource "aws_subnet" "intra" {
   cidr_block        = "${var.intra_subnets[count.index]}"
   availability_zone = "${element(var.azs, count.index)}"
 
-  tags = "${merge(var.tags, var.intra_subnet_tags, map("Name", format("%s-intra-%s", var.name, element(var.azs, count.index))))}"
+  tags = "${merge(map("Name", format("%s-intra-%s", var.name, element(var.azs, count.index))), var.intra_subnet_tags, var.tags)}"
 }
 
 ##############
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ resource "aws_eip" "nat" {
 
   vpc = true
 
-  tags = "${merge(var.tags, map("Name", format("%s-%s", var.name, element(var.azs, (var.single_nat_gateway ? 0 : count.index)))))}"
+  tags = "${merge(map("Name", format("%s-%s", var.name, element(var.azs, (var.single_nat_gateway ? 0 : count.index)))), var.nat_eip_tags, var.tags)}"
 }
 
 resource "aws_nat_gateway" "this" {
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ resource "aws_nat_gateway" "this" {
   allocation_id = "${element(local.nat_gateway_ips, (var.single_nat_gateway ? 0 : count.index))}"
   subnet_id     = "${element(aws_subnet.public.*.id, (var.single_nat_gateway ? 0 : count.index))}"
 
-  tags = "${merge(var.tags, var.nat_gateway_tags, map("Name", format("%s-%s", var.name, element(var.azs, (var.single_nat_gateway ? 0 : count.index)))))}"
+  tags = "${merge(map("Name", format("%s-%s", var.name, element(var.azs, (var.single_nat_gateway ? 0 : count.index)))), var.nat_gateway_tags, var.tags)}"
 
   depends_on = ["aws_internet_gateway.this"]
 }
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ resource "aws_vpn_gateway" "this" {
 
   vpc_id = "${aws_vpc.this.id}"
 
-  tags = "${merge(var.tags, map("Name", format("%s", var.name)))}"
+  tags = "${merge(map("Name", format("%s", var.name)), var.vpn_gateway_tags, var.tags)}"
 }
 
 resource "aws_vpn_gateway_attachment" "this" {
@@ -423,5 +423,5 @@ resource "aws_default_vpc" "this" {
   enable_dns_hostnames = "${var.default_vpc_enable_dns_hostnames}"
   enable_classiclink   = "${var.default_vpc_enable_classiclink}"
 
-  tags = "${merge(var.tags, var.default_vpc_tags, map("Name", format("%s", var.default_vpc_name)))}"
+  tags = "${merge(map("Name", format("%s", var.default_vpc_name)), var.default_vpc_tags, var.tags)}"
 }
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 5462800b9..398ed1300 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ variable "vpc_tags" {
   default     = {}
 }
 
+variable "igw_tags" {
+  description = "Additional tags for the internet gateway"
+  default     = {}
+}
+
 variable "public_subnet_tags" {
   description = "Additional tags for the public subnets"
   default     = {}
@@ -178,11 +183,21 @@ variable "database_subnet_tags" {
   default     = {}
 }
 
+variable "database_subnet_group_tags" {
+  description = "Additional tags for the database subnet group"
+  default     = {}
+}
+
 variable "redshift_subnet_tags" {
   description = "Additional tags for the redshift subnets"
   default     = {}
 }
 
+variable "redshift_subnet_group_tags" {
+  description = "Additional tags for the redshift subnet group"
+  default     = {}
+}
+
 variable "elasticache_subnet_tags" {
   description = "Additional tags for the elasticache subnets"
   default     = {}
@@ -199,7 +214,17 @@ variable "dhcp_options_tags" {
 }
 
 variable "nat_gateway_tags" {
-  description = "Additional tags for the nat gateways"
+  description = "Additional tags for the NAT gateways"
+  default     = {}
+}
+
+variable "nat_eip_tags" {
+  description = "Additional tags for the NAT EIP"
+  default     = {}
+}
+
+variable "vpn_gateway_tags" {
+  description = "Additional tags for the VPN gateway"
   default     = {}
 }