diff --git a/AUTHORS.md b/AUTHORS.md
index 6b7c9629..0a152505 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.md
+++ b/AUTHORS.md
@@ -53,3 +53,4 @@ Moto is written by Steve Pulec with contributions from:
 * [Jim Shields](https://github.com/jimjshields)
 * [William Richard](https://github.com/william-richard)
 * [Alex Casalboni](https://github.com/alexcasalboni)
+* [Jon Beilke](https://github.com/jrbeilke)
diff --git a/moto/rds/models.py b/moto/rds/models.py
index 77deff09..feecefe0 100644
--- a/moto/rds/models.py
+++ b/moto/rds/models.py
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ class Database(BaseModel):
         if self.publicly_accessible is None:
             self.publicly_accessible = True
 
+        self.copy_tags_to_snapshot = kwargs.get("copy_tags_to_snapshot")
+        if self.copy_tags_to_snapshot is None:
+            self.copy_tags_to_snapshot = False
+
         self.backup_retention_period = kwargs.get("backup_retention_period")
         if self.backup_retention_period is None:
             self.backup_retention_period = 1
@@ -137,6 +141,7 @@ class Database(BaseModel):
             "multi_az": properties.get("MultiAZ"),
             "port": properties.get('Port', 3306),
             "publicly_accessible": properties.get("PubliclyAccessible"),
+            "copy_tags_to_snapshot": properties.get("CopyTagsToSnapshot"),
             "region": region_name,
             "security_groups": security_groups,
             "storage_encrypted": properties.get("StorageEncrypted"),
@@ -217,6 +222,7 @@ class Database(BaseModel):
               </DBSubnetGroup>
               {% endif %}
               <PubliclyAccessible>{{ database.publicly_accessible }}</PubliclyAccessible>
+              <CopyTagsToSnapshot>{{ database.copy_tags_to_snapshot }}</CopyTagsToSnapshot>
               <AutoMinorVersionUpgrade>{{ database.auto_minor_version_upgrade }}</AutoMinorVersionUpgrade>
               <AllocatedStorage>{{ database.allocated_storage }}</AllocatedStorage>
               <StorageEncrypted>{{ database.storage_encrypted }}</StorageEncrypted>
diff --git a/moto/rds2/models.py b/moto/rds2/models.py
index 3fc4b6d6..c656f5ec 100644
--- a/moto/rds2/models.py
+++ b/moto/rds2/models.py
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ class Database(BaseModel):
         self.publicly_accessible = kwargs.get("publicly_accessible")
         if self.publicly_accessible is None:
             self.publicly_accessible = True
+        self.copy_tags_to_snapshot = kwargs.get("copy_tags_to_snapshot")
+        if self.copy_tags_to_snapshot is None:
+            self.copy_tags_to_snapshot = False
         self.backup_retention_period = kwargs.get("backup_retention_period")
         if self.backup_retention_period is None:
             self.backup_retention_period = 1
@@ -208,6 +211,7 @@ class Database(BaseModel):
               </DBSubnetGroup>
               {% endif %}
               <PubliclyAccessible>{{ database.publicly_accessible }}</PubliclyAccessible>
+              <CopyTagsToSnapshot>{{ database.copy_tags_to_snapshot }}</CopyTagsToSnapshot>
               <AutoMinorVersionUpgrade>{{ database.auto_minor_version_upgrade }}</AutoMinorVersionUpgrade>
               <AllocatedStorage>{{ database.allocated_storage }}</AllocatedStorage>
               <StorageEncrypted>{{ database.storage_encrypted }}</StorageEncrypted>
@@ -304,6 +308,7 @@ class Database(BaseModel):
             "db_parameter_group_name": properties.get('DBParameterGroupName'),
             "port": properties.get('Port', 3306),
             "publicly_accessible": properties.get("PubliclyAccessible"),
+            "copy_tags_to_snapshot": properties.get("CopyTagsToSnapshot"),
             "region": region_name,
             "security_groups": security_groups,
             "storage_encrypted": properties.get("StorageEncrypted"),
@@ -362,6 +367,7 @@ class Database(BaseModel):
         "PreferredBackupWindow": "{{ database.preferred_backup_window }}",
         "PreferredMaintenanceWindow": "{{ database.preferred_maintenance_window }}",
         "PubliclyAccessible": "{{ database.publicly_accessible }}",
+        "CopyTagsToSnapshot": "{{ database.copy_tags_to_snapshot }}",
         "AllocatedStorage": "{{ database.allocated_storage }}",
         "Endpoint": {
             "Address": "{{ database.address }}",
@@ -691,6 +697,8 @@ class RDS2Backend(BaseBackend):
             raise DBSnapshotAlreadyExistsError(db_snapshot_identifier)
         if len(self.snapshots) >= int(os.environ.get('MOTO_RDS_SNAPSHOT_LIMIT', '100')):
             raise SnapshotQuotaExceededError()
+        if not database.copy_tags_to_snapshot:
+            tags = None
         snapshot = Snapshot(database, db_snapshot_identifier, tags)
         self.snapshots[db_snapshot_identifier] = snapshot
         return snapshot
diff --git a/tests/test_rds2/test_rds2.py b/tests/test_rds2/test_rds2.py
index 80dcd4f5..7fecfeca 100644
--- a/tests/test_rds2/test_rds2.py
+++ b/tests/test_rds2/test_rds2.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ def test_create_database():
     db_instance['DBInstanceIdentifier'].should.equal("db-master-1")
     db_instance['IAMDatabaseAuthenticationEnabled'].should.equal(False)
     db_instance['DbiResourceId'].should.contain("db-")
+    db_instance['CopyTagsToSnapshot'].should.equal(False)
 
 
 @mock_rds2
@@ -339,6 +340,49 @@ def test_create_db_snapshots():
     snapshot.get('Engine').should.equal('postgres')
     snapshot.get('DBInstanceIdentifier').should.equal('db-primary-1')
     snapshot.get('DBSnapshotIdentifier').should.equal('g-1')
+    result = conn.list_tags_for_resource(ResourceName=snapshot['DBSnapshot']['DBSnapshotArn'])
+    result['TagList'].should.equal([])
+
+
+@mock_rds2
+def test_create_db_snapshots_copy_tags():
+    conn = boto3.client('rds', region_name='us-west-2')
+    conn.create_db_snapshot.when.called_with(
+        DBInstanceIdentifier='db-primary-1',
+        DBSnapshotIdentifier='snapshot-1').should.throw(ClientError)
+
+    conn.create_db_instance(DBInstanceIdentifier='db-primary-1',
+                            AllocatedStorage=10,
+                            Engine='postgres',
+                            DBName='staging-postgres',
+                            DBInstanceClass='db.m1.small',
+                            MasterUsername='root',
+                            MasterUserPassword='hunter2',
+                            Port=1234,
+                            DBSecurityGroups=["my_sg"],
+                            CopyTagsToSnapshot=True,
+                            Tags=[
+                                {
+                                    'Key': 'foo',
+                                    'Value': 'bar',
+                                },
+                                {
+                                    'Key': 'foo1',
+                                    'Value': 'bar1',
+                                },
+                            ])
+
+    snapshot = conn.create_db_snapshot(DBInstanceIdentifier='db-primary-1',
+                                       DBSnapshotIdentifier='g-1').get('DBSnapshot')
+
+    snapshot.get('Engine').should.equal('postgres')
+    snapshot.get('DBInstanceIdentifier').should.equal('db-primary-1')
+    snapshot.get('DBSnapshotIdentifier').should.equal('g-1')
+    result = conn.list_tags_for_resource(ResourceName=snapshot['DBSnapshot']['DBSnapshotArn'])
+    result['TagList'].should.equal([{'Value': 'bar',
+                                     'Key': 'foo'},
+                                    {'Value': 'bar1',
+                                     'Key': 'foo1'}])
 
 
 @mock_rds2