diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index cab4394ad180b5daf02889fea523fa54abf0560f..ff20eeb5ba7a4d26d52d359263cb191cfbc61496 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -998,6 +998,7 @@ const char *ref_rev_parse_rules[] = {
 const char *ref_fetch_rules[] = {
 	"%.*s",
 	"refs/%.*s",
+	"refs/tags/%.*s",
 	"refs/heads/%.*s",
 	NULL
 };