diff --git a/cmd/tar2rpm/main.go b/cmd/tar2rpm/main.go
index 39db1f0..b03c431 100644
--- a/cmd/tar2rpm/main.go
+++ b/cmd/tar2rpm/main.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ var (
 	description = flag.String("description", "", "the rpm description")
 	vendor      = flag.String("vendor", "", "the rpm vendor")
 	packager    = flag.String("packager", "", "the rpm packager")
+	group       = flag.String("group", "", "the rpm group")
 	url         = flag.String("url", "", "the rpm url")
 	licence     = flag.String("licence", "", "the rpm licence name")
 
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ func main() {
 			OS:          *osName,
 			Vendor:      *vendor,
 			Packager:    *packager,
+			Group:       *group,
 			URL:         *url,
 			Licence:     *licence,
 			Description: *description,
diff --git a/rpm.go b/rpm.go
index 83fa539..3aefe3d 100644
--- a/rpm.go
+++ b/rpm.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ type RPMMetaData struct {
 	Vendor,
 	URL,
 	Packager,
+	Group,
 	Licence,
 	Compressor string
 	Provides,
@@ -251,6 +252,7 @@ func (r *RPM) writeGenIndexes(h *index) {
 	h.Add(tagVendor, entry(r.Vendor))
 	h.Add(tagLicence, entry(r.Licence))
 	h.Add(tagPackager, entry(r.Packager))
+	h.Add(tagGroup, entry(r.Group))
 	h.Add(tagURL, entry(r.URL))
 	h.Add(tagPayloadDigest, entry([]string{fmt.Sprintf("%x", sha256.Sum256(r.payload.Bytes()))}))
 	h.Add(tagPayloadDigestAlgo, entry([]int32{hashAlgoSHA256}))
diff --git a/tags.go b/tags.go
index 144df32..bc6cac1 100644
--- a/tags.go
+++ b/tags.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ const (
 	tagVendor   = 0x03f3 // 1011
 	tagLicence  = 0x03f6 // 1014
 	tagPackager = 0x03f7 // 1015
+	tagGroup    = 0x03f8 // 1016
 	tagURL      = 0x03fc // 1020
 	tagOS       = 0x03fd // 1021
 	tagArch     = 0x03fe // 1022