diff --git a/src/cmds/restic/cmd_backup.go b/src/cmds/restic/cmd_backup.go
index 41f6dcaf2..773645693 100644
--- a/src/cmds/restic/cmd_backup.go
+++ b/src/cmds/restic/cmd_backup.go
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ func runBackup(opts BackupOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, args []string) error {
 
 	// Find last snapshot to set it as parent, if not already set
 	if !opts.Force && parentSnapshotID == nil {
-		id, err := restic.FindLatestSnapshot(context.TODO(), repo, target, opts.Tags, opts.Hostname)
+		id, err := restic.FindLatestSnapshot(context.TODO(), repo, target, []restic.TagList{opts.Tags}, opts.Hostname)
 		if err == nil {
 			parentSnapshotID = &id
 		} else if err != restic.ErrNoSnapshotFound {
diff --git a/src/cmds/restic/cmd_find.go b/src/cmds/restic/cmd_find.go
index e571cc265..e3b8e2784 100644
--- a/src/cmds/restic/cmd_find.go
+++ b/src/cmds/restic/cmd_find.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func init() {
 	f.BoolVarP(&findOptions.ListLong, "long", "l", false, "use a long listing format showing size and mode")
 
 	f.StringVarP(&findOptions.Host, "host", "H", "", "only consider snapshots for this `host`, when no snapshot ID is given")
-	f.StringArrayVar(&findOptions.Tags, "tag", nil, "only consider snapshots which include this `tag`, when no snapshot-ID is given")
+	f.StringArrayVar(&findOptions.Tags, "tag", nil, "only consider snapshots which include the list of `tag,tag,...`, when no snapshot-ID is given")
 	f.StringArrayVar(&findOptions.Paths, "path", nil, "only consider snapshots which include this (absolute) `path`, when no snapshot-ID is given")
 }
 
@@ -290,13 +290,15 @@ func runFind(opts FindOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, args []string) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(gopts.ctx)
 	defer cancel()
 
+	tagLists := restic.SplitTagLists(opts.Tags)
+
 	f := &Finder{
 		repo:     repo,
 		pat:      pat,
 		out:      statefulOutput{ListLong: opts.ListLong, JSON: globalOptions.JSON},
 		notfound: restic.NewIDSet(),
 	}
-	for sn := range FindFilteredSnapshots(ctx, repo, opts.Host, opts.Tags, opts.Paths, opts.Snapshots) {
+	for sn := range FindFilteredSnapshots(ctx, repo, opts.Host, tagLists, opts.Paths, opts.Snapshots) {
 		if err = f.findInSnapshot(sn); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/src/cmds/restic/cmd_forget.go b/src/cmds/restic/cmd_forget.go
index 8a2a98691..e9d96d7fc 100644
--- a/src/cmds/restic/cmd_forget.go
+++ b/src/cmds/restic/cmd_forget.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func runForget(opts ForgetOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, args []string) error {
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(gopts.ctx)
 	defer cancel()
-	for sn := range FindFilteredSnapshots(ctx, repo, opts.Host, opts.Tags, opts.Paths, args) {
+	for sn := range FindFilteredSnapshots(ctx, repo, opts.Host, restic.SplitTagLists(opts.Tags), opts.Paths, args) {
 		if len(args) > 0 {
 			// When explicit snapshots args are given, remove them immediately.
 			if !opts.DryRun {
diff --git a/src/cmds/restic/cmd_ls.go b/src/cmds/restic/cmd_ls.go
index 329ff5f70..c6461e950 100644
--- a/src/cmds/restic/cmd_ls.go
+++ b/src/cmds/restic/cmd_ls.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func runLs(opts LsOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, args []string) error {
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(gopts.ctx)
 	defer cancel()
-	for sn := range FindFilteredSnapshots(ctx, repo, opts.Host, opts.Tags, opts.Paths, args) {
+	for sn := range FindFilteredSnapshots(ctx, repo, opts.Host, restic.SplitTagLists(opts.Tags), opts.Paths, args) {
 		Verbosef("snapshot %s of %v at %s):\n", sn.ID().Str(), sn.Paths, sn.Time)
 
 		if err = printTree(repo, sn.Tree, string(filepath.Separator)); err != nil {
diff --git a/src/cmds/restic/cmd_mount.go b/src/cmds/restic/cmd_mount.go
index 323f34c8c..43538ca20 100644
--- a/src/cmds/restic/cmd_mount.go
+++ b/src/cmds/restic/cmd_mount.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"os"
+	"restic"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ func mount(opts MountOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, mountpoint string) error {
 	cfg := fuse.Config{
 		OwnerIsRoot: opts.OwnerRoot,
 		Host:        opts.Host,
-		Tags:        opts.Tags,
+		Tags:        restic.SplitTagLists(opts.Tags),
 		Paths:       opts.Paths,
 	}
 	root, err := fuse.NewRoot(context.TODO(), repo, cfg)
diff --git a/src/cmds/restic/cmd_restore.go b/src/cmds/restic/cmd_restore.go
index 0d1575f29..4d304ce14 100644
--- a/src/cmds/restic/cmd_restore.go
+++ b/src/cmds/restic/cmd_restore.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func runRestore(opts RestoreOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, args []string) error {
 	var id restic.ID
 
 	if snapshotIDString == "latest" {
-		id, err = restic.FindLatestSnapshot(ctx, repo, opts.Paths, opts.Tags, opts.Host)
+		id, err = restic.FindLatestSnapshot(ctx, repo, opts.Paths, restic.SplitTagLists(opts.Tags), opts.Host)
 		if err != nil {
 			Exitf(1, "latest snapshot for criteria not found: %v Paths:%v Host:%v", err, opts.Paths, opts.Host)
 		}
diff --git a/src/cmds/restic/cmd_snapshots.go b/src/cmds/restic/cmd_snapshots.go
index 4c0eb8f6e..c69df0810 100644
--- a/src/cmds/restic/cmd_snapshots.go
+++ b/src/cmds/restic/cmd_snapshots.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func runSnapshots(opts SnapshotOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, args []string) erro
 	defer cancel()
 
 	var list restic.Snapshots
-	for sn := range FindFilteredSnapshots(ctx, repo, opts.Host, opts.Tags, opts.Paths, args) {
+	for sn := range FindFilteredSnapshots(ctx, repo, opts.Host, restic.SplitTagLists(opts.Tags), opts.Paths, args) {
 		list = append(list, sn)
 	}
 	sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(list))
diff --git a/src/cmds/restic/cmd_tag.go b/src/cmds/restic/cmd_tag.go
index 495aed57e..b2f2dec38 100644
--- a/src/cmds/restic/cmd_tag.go
+++ b/src/cmds/restic/cmd_tag.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func runTag(opts TagOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, args []string) error {
 	changeCnt := 0
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(gopts.ctx)
 	defer cancel()
-	for sn := range FindFilteredSnapshots(ctx, repo, opts.Host, opts.Tags, opts.Paths, args) {
+	for sn := range FindFilteredSnapshots(ctx, repo, opts.Host, restic.SplitTagLists(opts.Tags), opts.Paths, args) {
 		changed, err := changeTags(repo, sn, opts.SetTags, opts.AddTags, opts.RemoveTags)
 		if err != nil {
 			Warnf("unable to modify the tags for snapshot ID %q, ignoring: %v\n", sn.ID(), err)
diff --git a/src/cmds/restic/find.go b/src/cmds/restic/find.go
index 7efdc7d8c..4e4b63c59 100644
--- a/src/cmds/restic/find.go
+++ b/src/cmds/restic/find.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // FindFilteredSnapshots yields Snapshots, either given explicitly by `snapshotIDs` or filtered from the list of all snapshots.
-func FindFilteredSnapshots(ctx context.Context, repo *repository.Repository, host string, tags []string, paths []string, snapshotIDs []string) <-chan *restic.Snapshot {
+func FindFilteredSnapshots(ctx context.Context, repo *repository.Repository, host string, tags []restic.TagList, paths []string, snapshotIDs []string) <-chan *restic.Snapshot {
 	out := make(chan *restic.Snapshot)
 	go func() {
 		defer close(out)
diff --git a/src/restic/fuse/root.go b/src/restic/fuse/root.go
index b82502c7a..613be0ff9 100644
--- a/src/restic/fuse/root.go
+++ b/src/restic/fuse/root.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 type Config struct {
 	OwnerIsRoot bool
 	Host        string
-	Tags        []string
+	Tags        []restic.TagList
 	Paths       []string
 }
 
diff --git a/src/restic/snapshot.go b/src/restic/snapshot.go
index 150f3b132..9053fa6ec 100644
--- a/src/restic/snapshot.go
+++ b/src/restic/snapshot.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os/user"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"restic/debug"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -150,6 +151,25 @@ func (sn *Snapshot) HasTags(l []string) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+// HasTagList returns true if the snapshot satisfies at least one TagList,
+// so there is a TagList in l for which all tags are included in sn.
+func (sn *Snapshot) HasTagList(l []TagList) bool {
+	debug.Log("testing snapshot with tags %v against list: %v", sn.Tags, l)
+
+	if len(l) == 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	for _, tags := range l {
+		if sn.HasTags(tags) {
+			debug.Log("  snapshot satisfies %v", tags, l)
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
 func (sn *Snapshot) hasPath(path string) bool {
 	for _, snPath := range sn.Paths {
 		if path == snPath {
diff --git a/src/restic/snapshot_find.go b/src/restic/snapshot_find.go
index 406bd2c1b..b55d892c5 100644
--- a/src/restic/snapshot_find.go
+++ b/src/restic/snapshot_find.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 var ErrNoSnapshotFound = errors.New("no snapshot found")
 
 // FindLatestSnapshot finds latest snapshot with optional target/directory, tags and hostname filters.
-func FindLatestSnapshot(ctx context.Context, repo Repository, targets []string, tags []string, hostname string) (ID, error) {
+func FindLatestSnapshot(ctx context.Context, repo Repository, targets []string, tagLists []TagList, hostname string) (ID, error) {
 	var (
 		latest   time.Time
 		latestID ID
@@ -24,11 +24,21 @@ func FindLatestSnapshot(ctx context.Context, repo Repository, targets []string,
 		if err != nil {
 			return ID{}, errors.Errorf("Error listing snapshot: %v", err)
 		}
-		if snapshot.Time.After(latest) && (hostname == "" || hostname == snapshot.Hostname) && snapshot.HasTags(tags) && snapshot.HasPaths(targets) {
-			latest = snapshot.Time
-			latestID = snapshotID
-			found = true
+		if snapshot.Time.Before(latest) || (hostname != "" && hostname != snapshot.Hostname) {
+			continue
 		}
+
+		if !snapshot.HasTagList(tagLists) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if !snapshot.HasPaths(targets) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		latest = snapshot.Time
+		latestID = snapshotID
+		found = true
 	}
 
 	if !found {
@@ -53,7 +63,7 @@ func FindSnapshot(repo Repository, s string) (ID, error) {
 
 // FindFilteredSnapshots yields Snapshots filtered from the list of all
 // snapshots.
-func FindFilteredSnapshots(ctx context.Context, repo Repository, host string, tags []string, paths []string) Snapshots {
+func FindFilteredSnapshots(ctx context.Context, repo Repository, host string, tags []TagList, paths []string) Snapshots {
 	results := make(Snapshots, 0, 20)
 
 	for id := range repo.List(ctx, SnapshotFile) {
@@ -62,7 +72,7 @@ func FindFilteredSnapshots(ctx context.Context, repo Repository, host string, ta
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "could not load snapshot %v: %v\n", id.Str(), err)
 			continue
 		}
-		if (host != "" && host != sn.Hostname) || !sn.HasTags(tags) || !sn.HasPaths(paths) {
+		if (host != "" && host != sn.Hostname) || !sn.HasTagList(tags) || !sn.HasPaths(paths) {
 			continue
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/restic/snapshot_policy.go b/src/restic/snapshot_policy.go
index 5e674fcc0..88ec9ed99 100644
--- a/src/restic/snapshot_policy.go
+++ b/src/restic/snapshot_policy.go
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ func SplitTagList(s string) (l TagList) {
 	return l
 }
 
+// SplitTagLists splits a slice of strings into a slice of TagLists using
+// SplitTagList.
+func SplitTagLists(s []string) (l []TagList) {
+	l = make([]TagList, 0, len(s))
+	for _, t := range s {
+		l = append(l, SplitTagList(t))
+	}
+	return l
+}
+
 // ExpirePolicy configures which snapshots should be automatically removed.
 type ExpirePolicy struct {
 	Last    int       // keep the last n snapshots