diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/content/metadata/TikaPoweredMetadataExtracter.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/content/metadata/TikaPoweredMetadataExtracter.java
index 15b8745ba2..87474ca644 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/content/metadata/TikaPoweredMetadataExtracter.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/content/metadata/TikaPoweredMetadataExtracter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2005-2014 Alfresco Software Limited.
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2016 Alfresco Software Limited.
  *
  * This file is part of Alfresco
  *
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ public abstract class TikaPoweredMetadataExtracter
     protected static final String KEY_CREATED = "created";
     protected static final String KEY_DESCRIPTION = "description";
     protected static final String KEY_COMMENTS = "comments";
+    protected static final String KEY_TAGS = "dc:subject";
 
     private DateTimeFormatter tikaUTCDateFormater;
     private DateTimeFormatter tikaDateFormater;
@@ -104,6 +106,18 @@ public abstract class TikaPoweredMetadataExtracter
 
     private String extractorContext = null;
 
+    private String metadataSeparator = ","; // Default separator.
+
+    public String getMetadataSeparator()
+    {
+        return metadataSeparator;
+    }
+
+    public void setMetadataSeparator(String metadataSeparator)
+    {
+        this.metadataSeparator = metadataSeparator;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Builds up a list of supported mime types by merging
      * an explicit list with any that Tika also claims to support
@@ -400,7 +414,10 @@ public abstract class TikaPoweredMetadataExtracter
             putRawValue(KEY_AUTHOR, getMetadataValue(metadata, Metadata.AUTHOR), rawProperties);
             putRawValue(KEY_TITLE, getMetadataValue(metadata, Metadata.TITLE), rawProperties);
             putRawValue(KEY_COMMENTS, getMetadataValue(metadata, Metadata.COMMENTS), rawProperties);
-            
+
+            // Tags
+            putRawValue(KEY_TAGS, getMetadataValues(metadata, KEY_TAGS), rawProperties);
+
             // Get the subject and description, despite things not
             //  being nearly as consistent as one might hope
             String subject = getMetadataValue(metadata, Metadata.SUBJECT);
@@ -504,6 +521,28 @@ public abstract class TikaPoweredMetadataExtracter
         OutputStream outputStream = writer.getContentOutputStream();
         embedder.embed(metadataToEmbed, inputStream, outputStream, null);
     }
+
+    private Serializable getMetadataValues(Metadata metadata, String key)
+    {
+        // Use Set to prevent duplicates.
+        Set<String> valuesSet = new LinkedHashSet<String>();
+        String[] values = metadata.getValues(key);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++)
+        {
+            String[] parts = values[i].split(metadataSeparator);
+
+            for (String subPart : parts)
+            {
+                valuesSet.add(subPart.trim());
+            }
+        }
+
+        Object[] objArrayValues = valuesSet.toArray();
+        values = Arrays.copyOf(objArrayValues, objArrayValues.length, String[].class);
+
+        return values.length == 0 ? null : (values.length == 1 ? values[0] : values);
+    }
     
     private String getMetadataValue(Metadata metadata, String key)
     {
diff --git a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/content/metadata/TikaAutoMetadataExtracterTest.java b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/content/metadata/TikaAutoMetadataExtracterTest.java
index 269016fbd5..1643418c93 100644
--- a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/content/metadata/TikaAutoMetadataExtracterTest.java
+++ b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/content/metadata/TikaAutoMetadataExtracterTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -274,6 +275,7 @@ public void testImageVideo() throws Throwable {
       // Check regular Tika properties
       assertEquals(QUICK_TITLE, p.get(Metadata.COMMENT));
       assertEquals("canon-55-250, moscow-birds, serbor", p.get(Metadata.SUBJECT));
+      assertTrue(Arrays.equals(new String[] { "canon-55-250", "moscow-birds", "serbor" }, (String[]) p.get("dc:subject")));
       // Check namespace'd Tika properties
       assertEquals("12.54321", p.get("geo:lat"));
       assertEquals("-54.1234", p.get("geo:long"));