diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs
index 7fd9b8bec34..e1f46f8adf0 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ module Hledger.Read.Common (
   emptyorcommentlinep,
   followingcommentp,
   transactioncommentp,
+  commenttagsp,
   postingcommentp,
 
   -- ** bracketed dates
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/RulesReader.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/RulesReader.hs
index 6dd890508e1..c0c5c703a5e 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/RulesReader.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/RulesReader.hs
@@ -75,9 +75,10 @@ import Text.Printf (printf)
 
 import Hledger.Data
 import Hledger.Utils
-import Hledger.Read.Common (aliasesFromOpts, Reader(..), InputOpts(..), amountp, statusp, journalFinalise, accountnamep )
+import Hledger.Read.Common (aliasesFromOpts, Reader(..), InputOpts(..), amountp, statusp, journalFinalise, accountnamep, commenttagsp )
 import Hledger.Read.CsvUtils
 import System.Directory (doesFileExist, getHomeDirectory)
+import Data.Either (fromRight)
 
 --- ** doctest setup
 -- $setup
@@ -1067,6 +1068,7 @@ transactionFromCsvRecord timesarezoned mtzin tzout sourcepos rules record = t
     code        = maybe "" singleline' $ fieldval "code"
     description = maybe "" singleline' $ fieldval "description"
     comment     = maybe "" unescapeNewlines $ fieldval "comment"
+    ttags       = fromRight [] $ rtp commenttagsp comment
     precomment  = maybe "" unescapeNewlines $ fieldval "precomment"
 
     singleline' = T.unwords . filter (not . T.null) . map T.strip . T.lines
@@ -1079,6 +1081,7 @@ transactionFromCsvRecord timesarezoned mtzin tzout sourcepos rules record = t
     p1IsVirtual = (accountNamePostingType <$> fieldval "account1") == Just VirtualPosting
     ps = [p | n <- [1..maxpostings]
          ,let cmt  = maybe "" unescapeNewlines $ fieldval ("comment"<> T.pack (show n))
+         ,let ptags = fromRight [] $ rtp commenttagsp cmt
          ,let currency = fromMaybe "" (fieldval ("currency"<> T.pack (show n)) <|> fieldval "currency")
          ,let mamount  = getAmount rules record currency p1IsVirtual n
          ,let mbalance = getBalance rules record currency n
@@ -1091,6 +1094,7 @@ transactionFromCsvRecord timesarezoned mtzin tzout sourcepos rules record = t
                              ,ptransaction      = Just t
                              ,pbalanceassertion = mkBalanceAssertion rules record <$> mbalance
                              ,pcomment          = cmt
+                             ,ptags             = ptags
                              ,ptype             = accountNamePostingType acct
                              }
          ]
@@ -1106,6 +1110,7 @@ transactionFromCsvRecord timesarezoned mtzin tzout sourcepos rules record = t
           ,tcode             = code
           ,tdescription      = description
           ,tcomment          = comment
+          ,ttags             = ttags
           ,tprecedingcomment = precomment
           ,tpostings         = ps
           }
diff --git a/hledger/test/csv.test b/hledger/test/csv.test
index b4e42f7763f..5cea3de07e6 100644
--- a/hledger/test/csv.test
+++ b/hledger/test/csv.test
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ $  ./csvtest.sh
 
 >=0
 
-# ** 27. match a specific field
+# ** 27. query by description
 <
 2020-01-01, 1
 2020-01-01, 2
@@ -1094,7 +1094,30 @@ $  ./csvtest.sh
 >2 /unexpected space/
 >=1
 
-## . 
+# ** 56. match transaction by posting tag (#2114)
+<
+2020-01-01, 1
+RULES
+fields date, desc
+if %desc 1
+ comment  ttag:tval
+ comment1 ptag:pval
+ account1 a
+
+$  ./csvtest.sh tag:ptag
+2020-01-01  ; ttag:tval
+    a                  ; ptag:pval
+
+>=
+
+# ** 57. match transaction by transaction tag (#2114)
+$  ./csvtest.sh tag:ttag
+2020-01-01  ; ttag:tval
+    a                  ; ptag:pval
+
+>=
+
+# ** .
 #<
 #$  ./csvtest.sh
 #>=0