diff --git a/consensus/replay.go b/consensus/replay.go
index fb1c49a1..38a5eef3 100644
--- a/consensus/replay.go
+++ b/consensus/replay.go
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ func (mock *mockProxyApp) DeliverTx(tx []byte) abci.Result {
 		r.Code,
 		r.Data,
 		r.Log,
+		r.Tags,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/glide.lock b/glide.lock
index e12ddb4e..ccb74759 100644
--- a/glide.lock
+++ b/glide.lock
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ imports:
   - leveldb/table
   - leveldb/util
 - name: github.com/tendermint/abci
-  version: 76ef8a0697c6179220a74c479b36c27a5b53008a
+  version: 6b47155e08732f46dafdcef185d23f0ff9ff24a5
   subpackages:
   - client
   - example/counter
diff --git a/glide.yaml b/glide.yaml
index 0f07dc2d..19485fb6 100644
--- a/glide.yaml
+++ b/glide.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import:
 - package: github.com/spf13/viper
   version: v1.0.0
 - package: github.com/tendermint/abci
-  version: ~0.7.0
+  version: 6b47155e08732f46dafdcef185d23f0ff9ff24a5
   subpackages:
   - client
   - example/dummy
diff --git a/state/execution.go b/state/execution.go
index 6c74f7a9..aa4cd9c8 100644
--- a/state/execution.go
+++ b/state/execution.go
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ func execBlockOnProxyApp(txEventPublisher types.TxEventPublisher, proxyAppConn p
 				Data:   txResult.Data,
 				Code:   txResult.Code,
 				Log:    txResult.Log,
+				Tags:   txResult.Tags,
 				Error:  txError,
 			}
 			txEventPublisher.PublishEventTx(event)
diff --git a/state/state_test.go b/state/state_test.go
index 7bb43afa..b60f1546 100644
--- a/state/state_test.go
+++ b/state/state_test.go
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ func TestABCIResponsesSaveLoad(t *testing.T) {
 	// build mock responses
 	block := makeBlock(2, state)
 	abciResponses := NewABCIResponses(block)
-	abciResponses.DeliverTx[0] = &abci.ResponseDeliverTx{Data: []byte("foo")}
-	abciResponses.DeliverTx[1] = &abci.ResponseDeliverTx{Data: []byte("bar"), Log: "ok"}
+	abciResponses.DeliverTx[0] = &abci.ResponseDeliverTx{Data: []byte("foo"), Tags: []*abci.KVPair{}}
+	abciResponses.DeliverTx[1] = &abci.ResponseDeliverTx{Data: []byte("bar"), Log: "ok", Tags: []*abci.KVPair{}}
 	abciResponses.EndBlock = abci.ResponseEndBlock{Diffs: []*abci.Validator{
 		{
 			PubKey: crypto.GenPrivKeyEd25519().PubKey().Bytes(),
diff --git a/state/txindex/kv/kv_test.go b/state/txindex/kv/kv_test.go
index 673674b3..c0f1403e 100644
--- a/state/txindex/kv/kv_test.go
+++ b/state/txindex/kv/kv_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func TestTxIndex(t *testing.T) {
 	indexer := &TxIndex{store: db.NewMemDB()}
 
 	tx := types.Tx("HELLO WORLD")
-	txResult := &types.TxResult{1, 0, tx, abci.ResponseDeliverTx{Data: []byte{0}, Code: abci.CodeType_OK, Log: ""}}
+	txResult := &types.TxResult{1, 0, tx, abci.ResponseDeliverTx{Data: []byte{0}, Code: abci.CodeType_OK, Log: "", Tags: []*abci.KVPair{}}}
 	hash := tx.Hash()
 
 	batch := txindex.NewBatch(1)
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func TestTxIndex(t *testing.T) {
 
 func benchmarkTxIndex(txsCount int, b *testing.B) {
 	tx := types.Tx("HELLO WORLD")
-	txResult := &types.TxResult{1, 0, tx, abci.ResponseDeliverTx{Data: []byte{0}, Code: abci.CodeType_OK, Log: ""}}
+	txResult := &types.TxResult{1, 0, tx, abci.ResponseDeliverTx{Data: []byte{0}, Code: abci.CodeType_OK, Log: "", Tags: []*abci.KVPair{}}}
 
 	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "tx_index_db")
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/types/event_bus.go b/types/event_bus.go
index 85ef1448..479ae735 100644
--- a/types/event_bus.go
+++ b/types/event_bus.go
@@ -82,7 +82,19 @@ func (b *EventBus) PublishEventVote(vote EventDataVote) error {
 func (b *EventBus) PublishEventTx(tx EventDataTx) error {
 	// no explicit deadline for publishing events
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	b.pubsub.PublishWithTags(ctx, TMEventData{tx}, map[string]interface{}{EventTypeKey: EventTx, TxHashKey: fmt.Sprintf("%X", tx.Tx.Hash())})
+	tags := make(map[string]interface{})
+	for _, t := range tx.Tags {
+		// TODO [@melekes]: validate, but where?
+		if t.ValueString != "" {
+			tags[t.Key] = t.ValueString
+		} else {
+			tags[t.Key] = t.ValueInt
+		}
+	}
+	// predefined tags should come last
+	tags[EventTypeKey] = EventTx
+	tags[TxHashKey] = fmt.Sprintf("%X", tx.Tx.Hash())
+	b.pubsub.PublishWithTags(ctx, TMEventData{tx}, tags)
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/types/events.go b/types/events.go
index 64b83ec9..c9de20af 100644
--- a/types/events.go
+++ b/types/events.go
@@ -110,12 +110,13 @@ type EventDataNewBlockHeader struct {
 
 // All txs fire EventDataTx
 type EventDataTx struct {
-	Height int           `json:"height"`
-	Tx     Tx            `json:"tx"`
-	Data   data.Bytes    `json:"data"`
-	Log    string        `json:"log"`
-	Code   abci.CodeType `json:"code"`
-	Error  string        `json:"error"` // this is redundant information for now
+	Height int            `json:"height"`
+	Tx     Tx             `json:"tx"`
+	Data   data.Bytes     `json:"data"`
+	Log    string         `json:"log"`
+	Code   abci.CodeType  `json:"code"`
+	Tags   []*abci.KVPair `json:"tags"`
+	Error  string         `json:"error"` // this is redundant information for now
 }
 
 type EventDataProposalHeartbeat struct {