diff --git a/packages/zowe-explorer-api/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/zowe-explorer-api/CHANGELOG.md
index f3d025e88f..5e1d59f8c7 100644
--- a/packages/zowe-explorer-api/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/zowe-explorer-api/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ All notable changes to the "zowe-explorer-api" extension will be documented in t
 
 ### New features and enhancements
 
+- Added optional `getTag` function to `ZoweExplorerAPI.IUss` for getting the tag of a file on USS.
+
 ### Bug fixes
 
 ## `2.11.0`
diff --git a/packages/zowe-explorer-api/__tests__/__unit__/profiles/ZoweExplorerZosmfApi.unit.test.ts b/packages/zowe-explorer-api/__tests__/__unit__/profiles/ZoweExplorerZosmfApi.unit.test.ts
index ab4e76d44d..f700d6df52 100644
--- a/packages/zowe-explorer-api/__tests__/__unit__/profiles/ZoweExplorerZosmfApi.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/zowe-explorer-api/__tests__/__unit__/profiles/ZoweExplorerZosmfApi.unit.test.ts
@@ -260,6 +260,30 @@ describe("ZosmfUssApi", () => {
         expect(logoutSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(fakeSession);
     });
 
+    it("should retrieve the tag of a file", async () => {
+        const zosmfApi = new ZosmfUssApi();
+        jest.spyOn(JSON, "parse").mockReturnValue({
+            stdout: ["-t UTF-8 tesfile.txt"],
+        });
+
+        Object.defineProperty(zowe.Utilities, "putUSSPayload", {
+            value: () => Buffer.from(""),
+            configurable: true,
+        });
+        await expect(zosmfApi.getTag("testfile.txt")).resolves.toEqual("UTF-8");
+    });
+
+    it("should update the tag attribute when passed in", async () => {
+        const zosmfApi = new ZosmfUssApi();
+        const changeTagSpy = jest.fn();
+        Object.defineProperty(zowe.Utilities, "putUSSPayload", {
+            value: changeTagSpy,
+            configurable: true,
+        });
+        await expect(zosmfApi.updateAttributes("/test/path", { tag: "utf-8" })).resolves.not.toThrow();
+        expect(changeTagSpy).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
     const ussApis: ITestApi<ZosmfUssApi>[] = [
         {
             name: "isFileTagBinOrAscii",
diff --git a/packages/zowe-explorer-api/src/profiles/ZoweExplorerApi.ts b/packages/zowe-explorer-api/src/profiles/ZoweExplorerApi.ts
index 905722b894..d79c99ca37 100644
--- a/packages/zowe-explorer-api/src/profiles/ZoweExplorerApi.ts
+++ b/packages/zowe-explorer-api/src/profiles/ZoweExplorerApi.ts
@@ -205,6 +205,14 @@ export namespace ZoweExplorerApi {
          * @returns {Promise<zowe.IZosFilesResponse>}
          */
         rename(currentUssPath: string, newUssPath: string): Promise<zowe.IZosFilesResponse>;
+
+        /**
+         * Get the tag of a USS file
+         *
+         * @param {string} currentUssPath
+         * @returns {Promise<zowe.IZosFilesResponse>}
+         */
+        getTag?(ussPath: string): Promise<string>;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/packages/zowe-explorer-api/src/profiles/ZoweExplorerZosmfApi.ts b/packages/zowe-explorer-api/src/profiles/ZoweExplorerZosmfApi.ts
index c20cda5208..1075472f49 100644
--- a/packages/zowe-explorer-api/src/profiles/ZoweExplorerZosmfApi.ts
+++ b/packages/zowe-explorer-api/src/profiles/ZoweExplorerZosmfApi.ts
@@ -147,6 +147,14 @@ export class ZosmfUssApi extends ZosmfApiCommon implements ZoweExplorerApi.IUss
 
     public async updateAttributes(ussPath: string, attributes: Partial<FileAttributes>): Promise<zowe.IZosFilesResponse> {
         try {
+            if (attributes.tag) {
+                await zowe.Utilities.putUSSPayload(this.getSession(), ussPath, {
+                    request: "chtag",
+                    action: "set",
+                    type: "text",
+                    codeset: attributes.tag !== null ? attributes.tag.toString() : attributes.tag,
+                });
+            }
             if ((attributes.group || attributes.gid) && (attributes.owner || attributes.uid)) {
                 await zowe.Utilities.putUSSPayload(this.getSession(), ussPath, {
                     request: "chown",
@@ -161,7 +169,6 @@ export class ZosmfUssApi extends ZosmfApiCommon implements ZoweExplorerApi.IUss
                     recursive: true,
                 });
             }
-
             if (attributes.perms) {
                 await zowe.Utilities.putUSSPayload(this.getSession(), ussPath, {
                     request: "chmod",
@@ -205,6 +212,14 @@ export class ZosmfUssApi extends ZosmfApiCommon implements ZoweExplorerApi.IUss
             apiResponse: result,
         };
     }
+
+    public async getTag(ussPath: string): Promise<string> {
+        const response = await zowe.Utilities.putUSSPayload(this.getSession(), ussPath, {
+            request: "chtag",
+            action: "list",
+        });
+        return JSON.parse(response.toString()).stdout[0].split(" ")[1] as string;
+    }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/zowe-explorer-api/src/utils/files.ts b/packages/zowe-explorer-api/src/utils/files.ts
index 76b1026ff2..cb95337463 100644
--- a/packages/zowe-explorer-api/src/utils/files.ts
+++ b/packages/zowe-explorer-api/src/utils/files.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export type FileAttributes = {
     owner: string;
     uid: number;
     perms: string;
+    tag?: string;
 };
 
 export function permStringToOctal(perms: string): number {
diff --git a/packages/zowe-explorer/__tests__/__unit__/api/ZoweExplorerZosmfApi.unit.test.ts b/packages/zowe-explorer/__tests__/__unit__/api/ZoweExplorerZosmfApi.unit.test.ts
index 21fdff381b..40449b9978 100644
--- a/packages/zowe-explorer/__tests__/__unit__/api/ZoweExplorerZosmfApi.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/zowe-explorer/__tests__/__unit__/api/ZoweExplorerZosmfApi.unit.test.ts
@@ -120,4 +120,31 @@ describe("Zosmf API tests", () => {
             Promise.resolve(zowe.Download.ussFile(api.getSession(), "/some/input/path", {}))
         );
     });
+
+    it("should update the tag attribute of a USS file if a new change is made", async () => {
+        const api = new ZosmfUssApi();
+        const changeTagSpy = jest.fn();
+        Object.defineProperty(zowe, "Utilities", {
+            value: {
+                putUSSPayload: changeTagSpy,
+            },
+            configurable: true,
+        });
+        await expect(api.updateAttributes("/test/path", { tag: "utf-8" })).resolves.not.toThrow();
+        expect(changeTagSpy).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it("should get the tag of a file successfully", async () => {
+        const api = new ZosmfUssApi();
+        jest.spyOn(JSON, "parse").mockReturnValue({
+            stdout: ["-t UTF-8 tesfile.txt"],
+        });
+        Object.defineProperty(zowe, "Utilities", {
+            value: {
+                putUSSPayload: () => Buffer.from(""),
+            },
+            configurable: true,
+        });
+        await expect(api.getTag("testfile.txt")).resolves.toEqual("UTF-8");
+    });
 });
diff --git a/packages/zowe-explorer/__tests__/__unit__/uss/AttributeView.unit.test.ts b/packages/zowe-explorer/__tests__/__unit__/uss/AttributeView.unit.test.ts
index ce554ede95..d26119d6d1 100644
--- a/packages/zowe-explorer/__tests__/__unit__/uss/AttributeView.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/zowe-explorer/__tests__/__unit__/uss/AttributeView.unit.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { ExtensionContext } from "vscode";
 import { AttributeView } from "../../../src/uss/AttributeView";
 import { IZoweTree, IZoweUSSTreeNode, ZoweExplorerApi } from "@zowe/zowe-explorer-api";
 import { ZoweExplorerApiRegister } from "../../../src/ZoweExplorerApiRegister";
+import * as contextually from "../../../src/shared/context";
 
 describe("AttributeView unit tests", () => {
     let view: AttributeView;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ describe("AttributeView unit tests", () => {
     const node = {
         attributes: {
             perms: "----------",
+            tag: undefined,
         },
         label: "example node",
         fullPath: "/z/some/path",
@@ -33,7 +35,9 @@ describe("AttributeView unit tests", () => {
     beforeAll(() => {
         jest.spyOn(ZoweExplorerApiRegister, "getUssApi").mockReturnValue({
             updateAttributes: updateAttributesMock,
+            getTag: () => Promise.resolve("UTF-8"),
         } as unknown as ZoweExplorerApi.IUss);
+        jest.spyOn(contextually, "isUssDirectory").mockReturnValue(false);
         view = new AttributeView(context, treeProvider, node);
     });
 
@@ -41,21 +45,21 @@ describe("AttributeView unit tests", () => {
         node.onUpdate = jest.fn();
     });
 
-    it("refreshes properly when webview sends 'refresh' command", () => {
+    it("refreshes properly when webview sends 'refresh' command", async () => {
         // case 1: node is a root node
-        (view as any).onDidReceiveMessage({ command: "refresh" });
+        await (view as any).onDidReceiveMessage({ command: "refresh" });
         expect(treeProvider.refresh).toHaveBeenCalled();
 
         // case 2: node is a child node
         node.getParent = jest.fn().mockReturnValueOnce({ label: "parent node" } as IZoweUSSTreeNode);
-        (view as any).onDidReceiveMessage({ command: "refresh" });
+        await (view as any).onDidReceiveMessage({ command: "refresh" });
         expect(treeProvider.refreshElement).toHaveBeenCalled();
 
         expect(node.onUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
     });
 
-    it("dispatches node data to webview when 'ready' command is received", () => {
-        (view as any).onDidReceiveMessage({ command: "ready" });
+    it("dispatches node data to webview when 'ready' command is received", async () => {
+        await (view as any).onDidReceiveMessage({ command: "ready" });
         expect(view.panel.webview.postMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
             attributes: node.attributes,
             name: node.fullPath,
@@ -65,7 +69,7 @@ describe("AttributeView unit tests", () => {
 
     it("updates attributes when 'update-attributes' command is received", async () => {
         // case 1: no attributes provided from webview (sanity check)
-        (view as any).onDidReceiveMessage({ command: "update-attributes" });
+        await (view as any).onDidReceiveMessage({ command: "update-attributes" });
         expect(updateAttributesMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 
         const attributes = {
diff --git a/packages/zowe-explorer/src/uss/AttributeView.ts b/packages/zowe-explorer/src/uss/AttributeView.ts
index baaac36f3a..5a880dbccc 100644
--- a/packages/zowe-explorer/src/uss/AttributeView.ts
+++ b/packages/zowe-explorer/src/uss/AttributeView.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import { FileAttributes, Gui, IZoweTree, IZoweUSSTreeNode, WebView, ZoweExplorerApi } from "@zowe/zowe-explorer-api";
 import { Disposable, ExtensionContext } from "vscode";
 import { ZoweExplorerApiRegister } from "../ZoweExplorerApiRegister";
+import * as contextually from "../shared/context";
 
 export class AttributeView extends WebView {
     private treeProvider: IZoweTree<IZoweUSSTreeNode>;
@@ -30,11 +31,18 @@ export class AttributeView extends WebView {
         this.ussApi = ZoweExplorerApiRegister.getUssApi(this.ussNode.getProfile());
     }
 
+    private async attachTag(node: IZoweUSSTreeNode): Promise<void> {
+        if (this.ussApi.getTag && !contextually.isUssDirectory(node)) {
+            node.attributes.tag = await this.ussApi.getTag(node.fullPath);
+        }
+    }
+
     protected async onDidReceiveMessage(message: any): Promise<void> {
         switch (message.command) {
             case "refresh":
                 if (this.canUpdate) {
                     this.onUpdateDisposable = this.ussNode.onUpdate(async (node) => {
+                        await this.attachTag(node);
                         await this.panel.webview.postMessage({
                             attributes: node.attributes,
                             name: node.fullPath,
@@ -51,6 +59,7 @@ export class AttributeView extends WebView {
                 }
                 break;
             case "ready":
+                await this.attachTag(this.ussNode);
                 await this.panel.webview.postMessage({
                     attributes: this.ussNode.attributes,
                     name: this.ussNode.fullPath,
@@ -104,6 +113,10 @@ export class AttributeView extends WebView {
                     newAttrs.perms = attrs.perms;
                 }
 
+                if (this.ussNode.attributes.tag !== attrs.tag && this.ussApi.getTag) {
+                    newAttrs.tag = attrs.tag;
+                }
+
                 await this.ussApi.updateAttributes(this.ussNode.fullPath, newAttrs);
                 this.ussNode.attributes = { ...(this.ussNode.attributes ?? {}), ...newAttrs } as FileAttributes;
 
diff --git a/packages/zowe-explorer/webviews/edit-attributes/src/App.tsx b/packages/zowe-explorer/webviews/edit-attributes/src/App.tsx
index b15dcfd43e..0d44c55652 100644
--- a/packages/zowe-explorer/webviews/edit-attributes/src/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/zowe-explorer/webviews/edit-attributes/src/App.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import isEqual from "lodash.isequal";
 const vscodeApi = acquireVsCodeApi();
 
 export function App() {
+  const notSupported = "NOT SUPPORTED";
   const [readonly, setReadonly] = useState(false);
   const [allowUpdate, setAllowUpdate] = useState(false);
   const [attributes, setAttributes] = useState<Record<"current" | "initial", FileAttributes | null>>({
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ export function App() {
           };
           return all;
         }, {}),
+        tag: attributes.tag ?? notSupported,
       };
 
       setAttributes({
@@ -155,6 +157,17 @@ export function App() {
         <pre style={{ fontSize: "1.25em" }}>{attributes.current.name}</pre>
       </strong>
       <VSCodeDivider />
+      {attributes.initial?.directory ?? false ? null : (
+        <div style={{ marginTop: "1em", display: "flex", marginLeft: "1em" }}>
+          <VSCodeTextField
+            readonly={attributes.current.tag === notSupported}
+            value={attributes.current.tag}
+            onInput={(e: any) => updateFileAttributes("tag", e.target.value)}
+          >
+            Tag
+          </VSCodeTextField>
+        </div>
+      )}
       <div style={{ marginTop: "1em" }}>
         <div style={{ maxWidth: "fit-content" }}>
           <div style={{ display: "flex", marginLeft: "1em" }}>
diff --git a/packages/zowe-explorer/webviews/edit-attributes/src/types.ts b/packages/zowe-explorer/webviews/edit-attributes/src/types.ts
index f1dba099f4..72efca076a 100644
--- a/packages/zowe-explorer/webviews/edit-attributes/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/zowe-explorer/webviews/edit-attributes/src/types.ts
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ export type FileAttributes = {
     directory: boolean;
     group: string;
     perms: FilePermissions;
+    tag?: string;
 };