diff --git a/core/tags/generic.cpp b/core/tags/generic.cpp
index 5e76f145..7b639921 100644
--- a/core/tags/generic.cpp
+++ b/core/tags/generic.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ GenericTag :: GenericTag(const std::string &name)
 {
 }
 
+GenericTag :: GenericTag(const GenericTag &tag)
+	    : _name(tag._name), _lower(tag._lower)
+{
+}
+
 const std::string GenericTag :: primary_key() const
 {
 	return _name;
diff --git a/include/core/tags/generic.h b/include/core/tags/generic.h
index 90eab757..d003a57e 100644
--- a/include/core/tags/generic.h
+++ b/include/core/tags/generic.h
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ public:
 	 */
 	GenericTag(const std::string &);
 
+	/**
+	 * Generic tag copy constructor.
+	 *
+	 * @param  tag  The tag that should be copied.
+	 */
+	GenericTag(const GenericTag &);
+
 	/**
 	 * Called to access the generic tag's primary key.
 	 *
diff --git a/tests/core/tags/generic.cpp b/tests/core/tags/generic.cpp
index 73877535..27e12328 100644
--- a/tests/core/tags/generic.cpp
+++ b/tests/core/tags/generic.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ static void test_generic_tag()
 	test_equal(tag.name(),        (std::string)"Generic Tag");
 	test_equal(tag.lowercase(),   (std::string)"generic tag");
 	test_equal(tag.primary_key(), (std::string)"Generic Tag");
+
+	tag = GenericTag(tag);
+	test_equal(tag.name(),        (std::string)"Generic Tag");
+	test_equal(tag.lowercase(),   (std::string)"generic tag");
+	test_equal(tag.primary_key(), (std::string)"Generic Tag");
 }
 
 static void test_generic_tag_comparison()