diff --git a/git-flow-hotfix b/git-flow-hotfix
index b355f30..e827863 100644
--- a/git-flow-hotfix
+++ b/git-flow-hotfix
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
 			flag sign && opts="$opts -s"
 			[ "$FLAGS_signingkey" != "" ] && opts="$opts -u '$FLAGS_signingkey'"
 			[ "$FLAGS_message" != "" ] && opts="$opts -m '$FLAGS_message'"
-			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