diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/doltdb.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/doltdb.go
index 133d74ea7da..be4cca5304f 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/doltdb.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdb/doltdb.go
@@ -594,6 +594,56 @@ func (ddb *DoltDB) ResolveTag(ctx context.Context, tagRef ref.TagRef) (*Tag, err
 	return NewTag(ctx, tagRef.GetPath(), ds, ddb.vrw, ddb.ns)
 }
 
+// TagResolver is used to late load tag metadata resolution. There are situations where we need to list all the tags, but
+// don't necessarily need to load their metadata. See GetTagResolvers
+type TagResolver struct {
+	ddb *DoltDB
+	ref ref.TagRef
+	h   hash.Hash
+}
+
+// Addr returns the hash of the object storing the Tag data. It is loaded and deserialize by the Resolve method.
+func (tr *TagResolver) Addr() hash.Hash {
+	return tr.h
+}
+
+// Resolve resolves the tag reference to a *Tag, complete with its metadata.
+func (tr *TagResolver) Resolve(ctx context.Context) (*Tag, error) {
+	return tr.ddb.ResolveTag(ctx, tr.ref)
+}
+
+// GetTagResolvers takes a slice of TagRefs and returns the corresponding Tag objects.
+func (ddb *DoltDB) GetTagResolvers(ctx context.Context, tagRefs []ref.DoltRef) ([]TagResolver, error) {
+	datasets, err := ddb.db.Datasets(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	tagMap := make(map[string]ref.TagRef)
+	for _, tagRef := range tagRefs {
+		if tr, ok := tagRef.(ref.TagRef); ok {
+			tagMap[tagRef.String()] = tr
+		} else {
+			panic(fmt.Sprintf("runtime error: expected TagRef, got %T", tagRef))
+		}
+	}
+
+	results := make([]TagResolver, 0, len(tagRefs))
+
+	err = datasets.IterAll(ctx, func(id string, addr hash.Hash) error {
+		if val, ok := tagMap[id]; ok {
+			tr := TagResolver{ddb: ddb, ref: val, h: addr}
+			results = append(results, tr)
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return results, nil
+}
+
 // ResolveWorkingSet takes a WorkingSetRef and returns the corresponding WorkingSet object.
 func (ddb *DoltDB) ResolveWorkingSet(ctx context.Context, workingSetRef ref.WorkingSetRef) (*WorkingSet, error) {
 	ds, err := ddb.db.GetDataset(ctx, workingSetRef.String())
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/remotes.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/remotes.go
index 7f1472bc8e8..780b175f5c1 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/remotes.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/remotes.go
@@ -338,11 +338,8 @@ func Clone(ctx context.Context, srcDB, destDB *doltdb.DoltDB, eventCh chan<- pul
 // been fetched into the destination DB.
 // todo: potentially too expensive to iterate over all srcDB tags
 func FetchFollowTags(ctx context.Context, tempTableDir string, srcDB, destDB *doltdb.DoltDB, progStarter ProgStarter, progStopper ProgStopper) error {
-	err := IterResolvedTags(ctx, srcDB, func(tag *doltdb.Tag) (stop bool, err error) {
-		tagHash, err := tag.GetAddr()
-		if err != nil {
-			return true, err
-		}
+	err := IterUnresolvedTags(ctx, srcDB, func(tag *doltdb.TagResolver) (stop bool, err error) {
+		tagHash := tag.Addr()
 
 		has, err := destDB.Has(ctx, tagHash)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -353,7 +350,12 @@ func FetchFollowTags(ctx context.Context, tempTableDir string, srcDB, destDB *do
 			return false, nil
 		}
 
-		cmHash, err := tag.Commit.HashOf()
+		t, err := tag.Resolve(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return true, err
+		}
+
+		cmHash, err := t.Commit.HashOf()
 		if err != nil {
 			return true, err
 		}
@@ -378,7 +380,7 @@ func FetchFollowTags(ctx context.Context, tempTableDir string, srcDB, destDB *do
 
 		newCtx, cancelFunc := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 		wg, statsCh := progStarter(newCtx)
-		err = FetchTag(ctx, tempTableDir, srcDB, destDB, tag, statsCh)
+		err = FetchTag(ctx, tempTableDir, srcDB, destDB, t, statsCh)
 		progStopper(cancelFunc, wg, statsCh)
 		if err == nil {
 			cli.Println()
@@ -390,7 +392,7 @@ func FetchFollowTags(ctx context.Context, tempTableDir string, srcDB, destDB *do
 			return true, err
 		}
 
-		err = destDB.SetHead(ctx, tag.GetDoltRef(), tagHash)
+		err = destDB.SetHead(ctx, t.GetDoltRef(), tagHash)
 
 		return false, err
 	})
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/tag.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/tag.go
index 3dc7b40ab2a..1580ad43808 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/tag.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/tag.go
@@ -135,6 +135,29 @@ func IterResolvedTags(ctx context.Context, ddb *doltdb.DoltDB, cb func(tag *dolt
 			break
 		}
 	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// IterUnresolvedTags iterates over tags in dEnv.DoltDB, and calls cb() for each with an unresovled Tag.
+func IterUnresolvedTags(ctx context.Context, ddb *doltdb.DoltDB, cb func(tag *doltdb.TagResolver) (stop bool, err error)) error {
+	tagRefs, err := ddb.GetTags(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	tagResolvers, err := ddb.GetTagResolvers(ctx, tagRefs)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
+	for _, tagResolver := range tagResolvers {
+		stop, err := cb(&tagResolver)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if stop {
+			break
+		}
+	}
 	return nil
 }