diff --git a/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py b/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
index 5aa67accc3..cfbbce5288 100644
--- a/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
@@ -1248,20 +1248,17 @@ def srcrev_internal_helper(ud, d, name):
         if srcrev and srcrev != "INVALID":
             break
 
-    if 'rev' in ud.parm and 'tag' in ud.parm:
-        raise FetchError("Please specify a ;rev= parameter or a ;tag= parameter in the url %s but not both." % (ud.url))
-
-    if 'rev' in ud.parm or 'tag' in ud.parm:
-        if 'rev' in ud.parm:
-            parmrev = ud.parm['rev']
-        else:
-            parmrev = ud.parm['tag']
+    if 'rev' in ud.parm:
+        parmrev = ud.parm['rev']
         if srcrev == "INVALID" or not srcrev:
             return parmrev
         if srcrev != parmrev:
             raise FetchError("Conflicting revisions (%s from SRCREV and %s from the url) found, please specify one valid value" % (srcrev, parmrev))
         return parmrev
 
+    if 'tag' in ud.parm and (srcrev == "INVALID" or not srcrev):
+        return ud.parm['tag']
+
     if srcrev == "INVALID" or not srcrev:
         raise FetchError("Please set a valid SRCREV for url %s (possible key names are %s, or use a ;rev=X URL parameter)" % (str(attempts), ud.url), ud.url)
     if srcrev == "AUTOINC":
diff --git a/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py b/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
index a73fb79ac8..53fdc4c3df 100644
--- a/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
+++ b/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
@@ -279,6 +279,10 @@ class Git(FetchMethod):
                     ud.unresolvedrev[name] = ud.revisions[name]
                 ud.revisions[name] = self.latest_revision(ud, d, name)
 
+        if 'tag' in ud.parm:
+            if len(ud.revisions) != 1:
+                raise bb.fetch2.ParameterError("Git fetcher support for multiple tagged revisions not implemented", ud.url)
+
         gitsrcname = '%s%s' % (ud.host.replace(':', '.'), ud.path.replace('/', '.').replace('*', '.').replace(' ','_').replace('(', '_').replace(')', '_'))
         if gitsrcname.startswith('.'):
             gitsrcname = gitsrcname[1:]
@@ -747,6 +751,14 @@ class Git(FetchMethod):
         if not source_found:
             raise bb.fetch2.UnpackError("No up to date source found: " + "; ".join(source_error), ud.url)
 
+        # If there is a tag parameter in the url and we also have a fixed srcrev, check the tag
+        # matches the revision
+        if 'tag' in ud.parm and sha1_re.match(ud.revision):
+            output = runfetchcmd("%s rev-list -n 1 %s" % (ud.basecmd, ud.parm['tag']), d, workdir=destdir)
+            output = output.strip()
+            if output != ud.revision:
+                raise bb.fetch2.FetchError("The revision the git tag '%s' resolved to didn't match the SRCREV in use (%s vs %s)" % (ud.parm['tag'], output, ud.revision), ud.url)
+
         repourl = self._get_repo_url(ud)
         runfetchcmd("%s remote set-url origin %s" % (ud.basecmd, shlex.quote(repourl)), d, workdir=destdir)