diff --git a/git-flow-hotfix b/git-flow-hotfix
index e667417..a3bcfd1 100644
--- a/git-flow-hotfix
+++ b/git-flow-hotfix
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
 			[ "$FLAGS_signingkey" != "" ] && opts="$opts -u '$FLAGS_signingkey'"
 			[ "$FLAGS_message" != "" ] && opts="$opts -m '$FLAGS_message'"
 			[ "$FLAGS_messagefile" != "" ] && opts="$opts -F '$FLAGS_messagefile'"
-			eval git tag $opts "$VERSION_PREFIX$VERSION" || \
+			eval git tag $opts "$VERSION_PREFIX$VERSION" "$BRANCH" || \
 			die "Tagging failed. Please run finish again to retry."
 		fi
 	fi
diff --git a/git-flow-release b/git-flow-release
index 62fb8b7..2d81ed6 100644
--- a/git-flow-release
+++ b/git-flow-release
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
 			[ "$FLAGS_signingkey" != "" ] && opts="$opts -u '$FLAGS_signingkey'"
 			[ "$FLAGS_message" != "" ] && opts="$opts -m '$FLAGS_message'"
 			[ "$FLAGS_messagefile" != "" ] && opts="$opts -F '$FLAGS_messagefile'"
-			eval git tag $opts "$tagname" || \
+			eval git tag $opts "$tagname" "$BRANCH" || \
 			die "Tagging failed. Please run finish again to retry."
 		fi
 	fi