diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/logging/mlflow_logger.py b/pytorch_lightning/logging/mlflow_logger.py
index 970dfe0309..8fb79f5366 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/logging/mlflow_logger.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/logging/mlflow_logger.py
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ logger = getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class MLFlowLogger(LightningLoggerBase):
-    def __init__(self, experiment_name, tracking_uri=None):
+    def __init__(self, experiment_name, tracking_uri=None, tags=None):
         super().__init__()
         self.client = mlflow.tracking.MlflowClient(tracking_uri)
         self.experiment_name = experiment_name
         self._run_id = None
+        self.tags = tags
 
     @property
     def run_id(self):
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ class MLFlowLogger(LightningLoggerBase):
             self.client.create_experiment(self.experiment_name)
             experiment = self.client.get_experiment_by_name(self.experiment_name)
 
-        run = self.client.create_run(experiment.experiment_id)
+        run = self.client.create_run(experiment.experiment_id, tags=self.tags)
         self._run_id = run.info.run_id
         return self._run_id