diff --git a/radicle-cli/examples/git/git-tag.md b/radicle-cli/examples/git/git-tag.md
index f9b4dd79..6768f8c9 100644
--- a/radicle-cli/examples/git/git-tag.md
+++ b/radicle-cli/examples/git/git-tag.md
@@ -11,12 +11,26 @@ $ git tag v1.0 -a -m "Release v1.0"
 ```
 
 ``` ~alice (stderr)
-$ git push rad v1.0 --tags
+$ git push rad v1.0
 ✓ Synced with 1 node(s)
 To rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi
  * [new tag]         v1.0 -> v1.0
 ```
 
+Since the `rad` remote is setup to push `tags` using the refspec:
+
+~~~
+fetch = +refs/tags/*:refs/remotes/<name>/tags/*
+~~~
+
+there's no need to use the `--tags` flag. In fact, we avoid fetching tags into
+the global `tags` namespace to keep tags for each remote separate. This is
+achieved by also adding the following option to the remote configuration:
+
+~~~
+tagOpt = --no-tags
+~~~
+
 Bob fetches the tag from Alice, by adding her as a remote:
 
 ``` ~bob
@@ -28,13 +42,13 @@ $ rad remote add z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi --name alice
 ✓ Remote-tracking branch alice/master created for z6MknSL…StBU8Vi
 ```
 
-Bob is able to fetch Alice's tag into his working copy by using the
-`--tags` flag:
+Bob is able to fetch Alice's tag into his working copy, and they're fetched
+under the `alice` remote:
 
 ``` ~bob (stderr)
-$ git fetch alice --tags
+$ git fetch alice
 From rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi
- * [new tag]         v1.0       -> v1.0
+ * [new tag]         v1.0       -> alice/tags/v1.0
 ```
 
 Alice forcefully creates a new version of the tag (let's say she made
@@ -64,7 +78,7 @@ $ rad sync -f
 ```
 
 ``` ~bob (stderr)
-$ git fetch alice --tags -f
+$ git fetch alice -f
 From rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi
- t [tag update]      v1.0       -> v1.0
+   62d19fd..9dbdebc  v1.0       -> alice/tags/v1.0
 ```
diff --git a/radicle-cli/examples/rad-checkout-repo-config-linux.md b/radicle-cli/examples/rad-checkout-repo-config-linux.md
index 69c6f10e..ace75c51 100644
--- a/radicle-cli/examples/rad-checkout-repo-config-linux.md
+++ b/radicle-cli/examples/rad-checkout-repo-config-linux.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ $ cat .git/config
 [remote "rad"]
 	url = rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji
 	fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/rad/*
+	fetch = +refs/tags/*:refs/remotes/rad/tags/*
 	pushurl = rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi
 [branch "master"]
 	remote = rad
diff --git a/radicle-cli/examples/rad-checkout-repo-config-macos.md b/radicle-cli/examples/rad-checkout-repo-config-macos.md
index 42acc436..ff7bc1f3 100644
--- a/radicle-cli/examples/rad-checkout-repo-config-macos.md
+++ b/radicle-cli/examples/rad-checkout-repo-config-macos.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ $ cat .git/config
 [remote "rad"]
 	url = rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji
 	fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/rad/*
+	fetch = +refs/tags/*:refs/remotes/rad/tags/*
 	pushurl = rad://z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji/z6MknSLrJoTcukLrE435hVNQT4JUhbvWLX4kUzqkEStBU8Vi
 [branch "master"]
 	remote = rad
diff --git a/radicle/src/git.rs b/radicle/src/git.rs
index 19da1c6d..09fe8ced 100644
--- a/radicle/src/git.rs
+++ b/radicle/src/git.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use crate::collections::RandomMap;
 use crate::crypto::PublicKey;
 use crate::node::Alias;
+use crate::rad;
 use crate::storage;
 use crate::storage::refs::Refs;
 use crate::storage::RemoteId;
@@ -532,7 +533,9 @@ pub fn configure_repository(repo: &git2::Repository) -> Result<(), git2::Error>
 /// [remote.<name>]
 ///   url = <fetch>
 ///   pushurl = <push>
-///   fetch +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/<name>/*
+///   fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/<name>/*
+///   fetch = +refs/tags/*:refs/remotes/<name>/tags/*
+///   tagOpt = --no-tags
 /// ```
 pub fn configure_remote<'r>(
     repo: &'r git2::Repository,
@@ -543,6 +546,20 @@ pub fn configure_remote<'r>(
     let fetchspec = format!("+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/{name}/*");
     let remote = repo.remote_with_fetch(name, fetch.to_string().as_str(), &fetchspec)?;
 
+    // We want to be able fetch tags from a peer's namespace and this is
+    // necessary to do so, since Git assumes that tags should always be fetched
+    // from the top-level `refs/tags` namespace
+    let tags = format!("+refs/tags/*:refs/remotes/{name}/tags/*");
+    repo.remote_add_fetch(name, &tags)?;
+
+    // Because of the above, if we don't set `--no-tags` then the tags will be
+    // fetched into `refs/tags` as well. We don't want to do this *unless* it's
+    // the `rad` remote, which will have the canonical tags
+    if name != (*rad::REMOTE_NAME).as_str() {
+        let mut config = repo.config()?;
+        config.set_str(&format!("remote.{name}.tagOpt"), "--no-tags")?;
+    }
+
     if push != fetch {
         repo.remote_set_pushurl(name, Some(push.to_string().as_str()))?;
     }