diff --git a/autogen/oai/client.py b/autogen/oai/client.py
index 1bdfd835d1e2..fff480120337 100644
--- a/autogen/oai/client.py
+++ b/autogen/oai/client.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class OpenAIWrapper:
     """A wrapper class for openai client."""
 
     cache_path_root: str = ".cache"
-    extra_kwargs = {"cache_seed", "filter_func", "allow_format_str_template", "context", "api_version"}
+    extra_kwargs = {"cache_seed", "filter_func", "allow_format_str_template", "context", "api_version", "tags"}
     openai_kwargs = set(inspect.getfullargspec(OpenAI.__init__).kwonlyargs)
     total_usage_summary: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
     actual_usage_summary: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
diff --git a/autogen/oai/openai_utils.py b/autogen/oai/openai_utils.py
index 3927ee3691cc..66332e4f909f 100644
--- a/autogen/oai/openai_utils.py
+++ b/autogen/oai/openai_utils.py
@@ -356,6 +356,11 @@ def filter_config(config_list, filter_dict):
         filter_dict (dict): A dictionary representing the filter criteria, where each key is a
                             field name to check within the configuration dictionaries, and the
                             corresponding value is a list of acceptable values for that field.
+                            If the configuration's field's value is not a list, then a match occurs
+                            when it is found in the list of acceptable values. If the configuration's
+                            field's value is a list, then a match occurs if there is a non-empty
+                            intersection with the acceptable values.
+
 
     Returns:
         list of dict: A list of configuration dictionaries that meet all the criteria specified
@@ -368,6 +373,7 @@ def filter_config(config_list, filter_dict):
             {'model': 'gpt-3.5-turbo'},
             {'model': 'gpt-4'},
             {'model': 'gpt-3.5-turbo', 'api_type': 'azure'},
+            {'model': 'gpt-3.5-turbo', 'tags': ['gpt35_turbo', 'gpt-35-turbo']},
         ]
 
         # Define filter criteria to select configurations for the 'gpt-3.5-turbo' model
@@ -382,6 +388,19 @@ def filter_config(config_list, filter_dict):
 
         # The resulting `filtered_configs` will be:
         # [{'model': 'gpt-3.5-turbo', 'api_type': 'azure', ...}]
+
+
+        # Define a filter to select a given tag
+        filter_criteria = {
+            'tags': ['gpt35_turbo'],
+        }
+
+        # Apply the filter to the configuration list
+        filtered_configs = filter_config(configs, filter_criteria)
+
+        # The resulting `filtered_configs` will be:
+        # [{'model': 'gpt-3.5-turbo', 'tags': ['gpt35_turbo', 'gpt-35-turbo']}]
+
     ```
 
     Note:
@@ -391,9 +410,18 @@ def filter_config(config_list, filter_dict):
         - If the list of acceptable values for a key in `filter_dict` includes None, then configuration
           dictionaries that do not have that key will also be considered a match.
     """
+
+    def _satisfies(config_value, acceptable_values):
+        if isinstance(config_value, list):
+            return bool(set(config_value) & set(acceptable_values))  # Non-empty intersection
+        else:
+            return config_value in acceptable_values
+
     if filter_dict:
         config_list = [
-            config for config in config_list if all(config.get(key) in value for key, value in filter_dict.items())
+            config
+            for config in config_list
+            if all(_satisfies(config.get(key), value) for key, value in filter_dict.items())
         ]
     return config_list
 
diff --git a/test/oai/test_utils.py b/test/oai/test_utils.py
index ab8d2544f717..57a70c0ffee3 100644
--- a/test/oai/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/oai/test_utils.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 import autogen  # noqa: E402
-from autogen.oai.openai_utils import DEFAULT_AZURE_API_VERSION
+from autogen.oai.openai_utils import DEFAULT_AZURE_API_VERSION, filter_config
 
 # Example environment variables
 ENV_VARS = {
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     },
     {
         "model": "gpt-35-turbo-v0301",
+        "tags": ["gpt-3.5-turbo", "gpt35_turbo"],
         "api_key": "111113fc7e8a46419bfac511bb301111",
         "base_url": "https://1111.openai.azure.com",
         "api_type": "azure",
@@ -342,5 +343,32 @@ def test_get_config_list():
     assert len(config_list_with_empty_key) == 2, "The config_list should exclude configurations with empty api_keys."
 
 
+def test_tags():
+    config_list = json.loads(JSON_SAMPLE)
+
+    target_list = filter_config(config_list, {"model": ["gpt-35-turbo-v0301"]})
+    assert len(target_list) == 1
+
+    list_1 = filter_config(config_list, {"tags": ["gpt35_turbo"]})
+    assert len(list_1) == 1
+    assert list_1[0] == target_list[0]
+
+    list_2 = filter_config(config_list, {"tags": ["gpt-3.5-turbo"]})
+    assert len(list_2) == 1
+    assert list_2[0] == target_list[0]
+
+    list_3 = filter_config(config_list, {"tags": ["gpt-3.5-turbo", "gpt35_turbo"]})
+    assert len(list_3) == 1
+    assert list_3[0] == target_list[0]
+
+    # Will still match because there's a non-empty intersection
+    list_4 = filter_config(config_list, {"tags": ["gpt-3.5-turbo", "does_not_exist"]})
+    assert len(list_4) == 1
+    assert list_4[0] == target_list[0]
+
+    list_5 = filter_config(config_list, {"tags": ["does_not_exist"]})
+    assert len(list_5) == 0
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     pytest.main()