diff --git a/pkg/api/annotations.go b/pkg/api/annotations.go
index 47c77425843..84009e5a9de 100644
--- a/pkg/api/annotations.go
+++ b/pkg/api/annotations.go
@@ -288,3 +288,19 @@ func canSave(c *models.ReqContext, repo annotations.Repository, annotationID int
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func GetAnnotationTags(c *models.ReqContext) response.Response {
+	query := &annotations.TagsQuery{
+		OrgID: c.OrgId,
+		Tag:   c.Query("tag"),
+		Limit: c.QueryInt64("limit"),
+	}
+
+	repo := annotations.GetRepository()
+	result, err := repo.FindTags(query)
+	if err != nil {
+		return response.Error(500, "Failed to find annotation tags", err)
+	}
+
+	return response.JSON(200, util.DynMap{"result": result})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/api/annotations_test.go b/pkg/api/annotations_test.go
index d901bd5d42c..b5118494bcc 100644
--- a/pkg/api/annotations_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/annotations_test.go
@@ -259,6 +259,12 @@ func (repo *fakeAnnotationsRepo) Find(query *annotations.ItemQuery) ([]*annotati
 	annotations := []*annotations.ItemDTO{{Id: 1}}
 	return annotations, nil
 }
+func (repo *fakeAnnotationsRepo) FindTags(query *annotations.TagsQuery) (annotations.FindTagsResult, error) {
+	result := annotations.FindTagsResult{
+		Tags: []*annotations.TagsDTO{},
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
 
 var fakeAnnoRepo *fakeAnnotationsRepo
 
diff --git a/pkg/api/api.go b/pkg/api/api.go
index 949c7f7534e..7e1e7602572 100644
--- a/pkg/api/api.go
+++ b/pkg/api/api.go
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) registerRoutes() {
 			annotationsRoute.Put("/:annotationId", bind(dtos.UpdateAnnotationsCmd{}), routing.Wrap(UpdateAnnotation))
 			annotationsRoute.Patch("/:annotationId", bind(dtos.PatchAnnotationsCmd{}), routing.Wrap(PatchAnnotation))
 			annotationsRoute.Post("/graphite", reqEditorRole, bind(dtos.PostGraphiteAnnotationsCmd{}), routing.Wrap(PostGraphiteAnnotation))
+			annotationsRoute.Get("/tags", routing.Wrap(GetAnnotationTags))
 		})
 
 		apiRoute.Post("/frontend-metrics", bind(metrics.PostFrontendMetricsCommand{}), routing.Wrap(hs.PostFrontendMetrics))
diff --git a/pkg/services/annotations/annotations.go b/pkg/services/annotations/annotations.go
index 400bbff939b..e008ba2009f 100644
--- a/pkg/services/annotations/annotations.go
+++ b/pkg/services/annotations/annotations.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ type Repository interface {
 	Update(item *Item) error
 	Find(query *ItemQuery) ([]*ItemDTO, error)
 	Delete(params *DeleteParams) error
+	FindTags(query *TagsQuery) (FindTagsResult, error)
 }
 
 // AnnotationCleaner is responsible for cleaning up old annotations
@@ -40,6 +41,28 @@ type ItemQuery struct {
 	Limit int64 `json:"limit"`
 }
 
+type TagsQuery struct {
+	OrgID int64  `json:"orgId"`
+	Tag   string `json:"tag"`
+
+	Limit int64 `json:"limit"`
+}
+
+type Tags struct {
+	Key   string
+	Value string
+	Count int64
+}
+
+type TagsDTO struct {
+	Tag   string `json:"tag"`
+	Count int64  `json:"count"`
+}
+
+type FindTagsResult struct {
+	Tags []*TagsDTO `json:"tags"`
+}
+
 type DeleteParams struct {
 	OrgId       int64
 	Id          int64
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/annotation.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/annotation.go
index 0a752cd7a20..52eb65468c0 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/annotation.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/annotation.go
@@ -268,3 +268,52 @@ func (r *SQLAnnotationRepo) Delete(params *annotations.DeleteParams) error {
 		return nil
 	})
 }
+
+func (r *SQLAnnotationRepo) FindTags(query *annotations.TagsQuery) (annotations.FindTagsResult, error) {
+	if query.Limit == 0 {
+		query.Limit = 100
+	}
+
+	var sql bytes.Buffer
+	params := make([]interface{}, 0)
+	tagKey := `tag.` + dialect.Quote("key")
+	tagValue := `tag.` + dialect.Quote("value")
+
+	sql.WriteString(`
+		SELECT
+			` + tagKey + `,
+			` + tagValue + `,
+			count(*) as count
+		FROM tag
+		INNER JOIN annotation_tag ON tag.id = annotation_tag.tag_id
+`)
+
+	sql.WriteString(`WHERE EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM annotation WHERE annotation.id = annotation_tag.annotation_id AND annotation.org_id = ?)`)
+	params = append(params, query.OrgID)
+
+	sql.WriteString(` AND (` + tagKey + ` ` + dialect.LikeStr() + ` ? OR ` + tagValue + ` ` + dialect.LikeStr() + ` ?)`)
+	params = append(params, `%`+query.Tag+`%`, `%`+query.Tag+`%`)
+
+	sql.WriteString(` GROUP BY ` + tagKey + `,` + tagValue)
+	sql.WriteString(` ORDER BY ` + tagKey + `,` + tagValue)
+	sql.WriteString(` ` + dialect.Limit(query.Limit))
+
+	var items []*annotations.Tags
+	if err := x.SQL(sql.String(), params...).Find(&items); err != nil {
+		return annotations.FindTagsResult{Tags: []*annotations.TagsDTO{}}, err
+	}
+
+	tags := make([]*annotations.TagsDTO, 0)
+	for _, item := range items {
+		tag := item.Key
+		if len(item.Value) > 0 {
+			tag = item.Key + ":" + item.Value
+		}
+		tags = append(tags, &annotations.TagsDTO{
+			Tag:   tag,
+			Count: item.Count,
+		})
+	}
+
+	return annotations.FindTagsResult{Tags: tags}, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/annotation_test.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/annotation_test.go
index 05b902134b0..d753f037fa2 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/annotation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/annotation_test.go
@@ -251,5 +251,47 @@ func TestAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			assert.Empty(t, items)
 		})
+
+		t.Run("Should find tags by key", func(t *testing.T) {
+			result, err := repo.FindTags(&annotations.TagsQuery{
+				OrgID: 1,
+				Tag:   "server",
+			})
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Len(t, result.Tags, 1)
+			require.Equal(t, "server:server-1", result.Tags[0].Tag)
+			require.Equal(t, int64(1), result.Tags[0].Count)
+		})
+
+		t.Run("Should find tags by value", func(t *testing.T) {
+			result, err := repo.FindTags(&annotations.TagsQuery{
+				OrgID: 1,
+				Tag:   "outage",
+			})
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Len(t, result.Tags, 2)
+			require.Equal(t, "outage", result.Tags[0].Tag)
+			require.Equal(t, "type:outage", result.Tags[1].Tag)
+			require.Equal(t, int64(1), result.Tags[0].Count)
+			require.Equal(t, int64(1), result.Tags[1].Count)
+		})
+
+		t.Run("Should not find tags in other org", func(t *testing.T) {
+			result, err := repo.FindTags(&annotations.TagsQuery{
+				OrgID: 0,
+				Tag:   "server-1",
+			})
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Len(t, result.Tags, 0)
+		})
+
+		t.Run("Should not find tags that do not exist", func(t *testing.T) {
+			result, err := repo.FindTags(&annotations.TagsQuery{
+				OrgID: 0,
+				Tag:   "unknown:tag",
+			})
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Len(t, result.Tags, 0)
+		})
 	})
 }