diff --git a/biz.aQute.bndlib/src/aQute/bnd/service/Registry.java b/biz.aQute.bndlib/src/aQute/bnd/service/Registry.java
index b149d81d09..39e531718c 100644
--- a/biz.aQute.bndlib/src/aQute/bnd/service/Registry.java
+++ b/biz.aQute.bndlib/src/aQute/bnd/service/Registry.java
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ public interface Registry {
 	 * @param <T>
 	 * @param c
 	 * @param tags
-	 * @return all plugins matching the given class and any of the given tags.
-	 *         If no tags are given, all plugins are returned without filtering.
+	 * @return All plugins that have a tag that matches at least one of the
+     *         given tags or have no tags.
 	 */
 	default <T> List<T> getPlugins(Class<T> c, String... tags) {
 
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ default <T> List<T> getPlugins(Class<T> c, String... tags) {
 		}
 
 		return getPlugins(c).stream()
-			.filter(repo -> repo instanceof Tagged taggedRepo && taggedRepo.getTags()
-				.includesAny(tags))
+			.filter(plugin -> (plugin instanceof Tagged taggedPlugin) ? taggedPlugin.getTags()
+				.includesAny(tags) : true)
 			.collect(Collectors.toList());
 	}
 
diff --git a/biz.aQute.bndlib/src/aQute/bnd/service/RepositoryPlugin.java b/biz.aQute.bndlib/src/aQute/bnd/service/RepositoryPlugin.java
index 36ff3e63b0..433e7ca505 100644
--- a/biz.aQute.bndlib/src/aQute/bnd/service/RepositoryPlugin.java
+++ b/biz.aQute.bndlib/src/aQute/bnd/service/RepositoryPlugin.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public interface RepositoryPlugin extends Tagged {
 	 * tags are set at the repo definition in build.bnd That means it is
 	 * consider
 	 */
-	Tags DEFAULT_REPO_TAGS = Tags.of(Constants.REPOTAGS_RESOLVE);
+	Tags DEFAULT_REPO_TAGS = Tags.NO_TAGS;
 
 	/**
 	 * Options used to steer the put operation
diff --git a/biz.aQute.bndlib/src/aQute/bnd/service/tags/Tags.java b/biz.aQute.bndlib/src/aQute/bnd/service/tags/Tags.java
index 367fb6581a..24a4e7c4c1 100644
--- a/biz.aQute.bndlib/src/aQute/bnd/service/tags/Tags.java
+++ b/biz.aQute.bndlib/src/aQute/bnd/service/tags/Tags.java
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 import java.util.TreeSet;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import aQute.libg.glob.Glob;
+
 /**
  * A set of tags. A tag is a string-token which can be attached to an entity for
  * categorization and filtering. Typically these entities then implement the
@@ -110,7 +112,7 @@ public String toString() {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @param tags
+	 * @param tags (globs)
 	 * @return <code>true</code> if any of the given tags is included in the
 	 *         current set of tags, otherwise returns <code>false</code>. Also
 	 *         if the current set of tags is empty, also <code>true</code> is
@@ -126,13 +128,19 @@ public boolean includesAny(String... tags) {
 			return true;
 		}
 
-		for (String tag : tags) {
-			if (contains(tag)) {
+		for (String tagGlob : tags) {
+			if (matchesAny(new Glob(tagGlob))) {
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
 
 		return false;
+
+	}
+
+	private boolean matchesAny(Glob glob) {
+		return internalSet.stream()
+			.anyMatch(s -> glob.matches(s));
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/biz.aQute.repository/test/aQute/bnd/repository/maven/provider/WorkspaceTest.java b/biz.aQute.repository/test/aQute/bnd/repository/maven/provider/WorkspaceTest.java
index 5ba383ac81..6838756b81 100644
--- a/biz.aQute.repository/test/aQute/bnd/repository/maven/provider/WorkspaceTest.java
+++ b/biz.aQute.repository/test/aQute/bnd/repository/maven/provider/WorkspaceTest.java
@@ -75,9 +75,10 @@ public void testEnv() throws Exception {
 
 		Repository repo = repos.get(0);
 		assertTrue(repo instanceof Tagged);
-		assertEquals(1, ((Tagged) repo).getTags()
+		assertEquals(0, ((Tagged) repo).getTags()
 			.size());
-		assertEquals(Constants.REPOTAGS_RESOLVE, new ArrayList<>(((Tagged) repo).getTags()).get(0));
+		assertTrue(((Tagged) repo).getTags()
+			.includesAny(Constants.REPOTAGS_RESOLVE));
 
 	}