diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6fd70f3a6248..da8844c2d49a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ scripts/RelWithDebInfo
 scripts/astyle.exe
 scripts/qgisstyle*
 src/core/qgsexpression_texts.cpp
+tags
 tests/testdata/*.aux.xml
 tests/testdata/cache/
 tests/testdata/checker360by180.asc.aux.xml
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index eaf085dc366e..802839dac7f9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -610,6 +610,32 @@ if (ENABLE_TESTS)
 
 endif()
 
+add_custom_target(tags COMMAND
+  cd ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} && ctags
+    --c++-kinds=+p
+    --exclude=build
+    --exclude=.ci
+    --exclude=cmake
+    --exclude=cmake_templates
+    --exclude=debian
+    --exclude=doc
+    --exclude=.docker
+    --exclude=editors
+    --exclude=.github
+    --exclude=i18n
+    --exclude=images
+    --exclude=resources
+    --exclude=rpm
+    --exclude=scripts
+    --exclude=Testing
+    --exclude=tests
+    --exclude=.tx
+    --extras=+q
+    --fields=+iaS
+    --language-force=C++
+    --recurse=yes
+)
+
 if (WITH_CORE)
 # ModelTest
   set(ENABLE_MODELTEST FALSE CACHE BOOL "Enable QT ModelTest (not for production)")