diff --git a/lib/ResourceTagCollection.js b/lib/ResourceTagCollection.js
index e12ec958..43abfb2d 100644
--- a/lib/ResourceTagCollection.js
+++ b/lib/ResourceTagCollection.js
@@ -2,10 +2,18 @@ const tagNamespaceRegExp = new RegExp("^[a-z][a-z0-9]*$"); // part before the co
 const tagNameRegExp = new RegExp("^[A-Z][A-Za-z0-9]+$"); // part after the colon
 
 class ResourceTagCollection {
-	constructor({allowedTags}) {
+	constructor({allowedTags, superCollection}) {
 		if (!allowedTags || !allowedTags.length) {
 			throw new Error(`Missing parameter 'allowedTags'`);
 		}
+
+		if (superCollection) {
+			this._superCollection = superCollection;
+			this._superTags = this._superCollection.getAcceptedTags();
+		} else {
+			this._superTags = [];
+		}
+
 		// No validation of tag names here since we might remove/ignore
 		//	this parameter in the future and generally allow all tags
 		this._allowedTags = Object.freeze(allowedTags);
@@ -13,6 +21,10 @@ class ResourceTagCollection {
 	}
 
 	setTag(resource, tag, value = true) {
+		if (this._superTags.includes(tag)) {
+			return this._superCollection.setTag(resource, tag, value);
+		}
+
 		this._validateResource(resource);
 		this._validateTag(tag);
 		this._validateValue(value);
@@ -25,6 +37,10 @@ class ResourceTagCollection {
 	}
 
 	clearTag(resource, tag) {
+		if (this._superTags.includes(tag)) {
+			return this._superCollection.clearTag(resource, tag);
+		}
+
 		this._validateResource(resource);
 		this._validateTag(tag);
 
@@ -35,6 +51,10 @@ class ResourceTagCollection {
 	}
 
 	getTag(resource, tag) {
+		if (this._superTags.includes(tag)) {
+			return this._superCollection.getTag(resource, tag);
+		}
+
 		this._validateResource(resource);
 		this._validateTag(tag);
 
@@ -44,6 +64,10 @@ class ResourceTagCollection {
 		}
 	}
 
+	getAcceptedTags() {
+		return [...this._allowedTags, ...this._superTags];
+	}
+
 	_validateResource(resource) {
 		const path = resource.getPath();
 		if (!path) {