diff --git a/lib/philomena/images.ex b/lib/philomena/images.ex
index fc1d2b94..c0fb09fc 100644
--- a/lib/philomena/images.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena/images.ex
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ defmodule Philomena.Images do
   alias Philomena.Images.Image
   alias Philomena.Images.Hider
   alias Philomena.Images.Uploader
+  alias Philomena.Images.Tagging
   alias Philomena.ImageFeatures.ImageFeature
   alias Philomena.SourceChanges.SourceChange
   alias Philomena.TagChanges.TagChange
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ defmodule Philomena.Images do
     Multi.new
     |> Multi.run(:image, fn repo, _chg ->
       image
-      |> repo.preload(:tags, force: true)
+      |> repo.preload(:tags)
       |> Image.tag_changeset(%{}, old_tags, new_tags)
       |> repo.update()
       |> case do
@@ -363,6 +364,48 @@ defmodule Philomena.Images do
   end
   def unhide_image(image), do: {:ok, image}
 
+  def batch_update(image_ids, added_tags, removed_tags, tag_change_attributes) do
+    added_tags = Enum.map(added_tags, & &1.id)
+    removed_tags = Enum.map(removed_tags, & &1.id)
+
+    # Change everything in one go, ignoring any validation errors
+
+    # Note: computing the Cartesian product
+    insertions =
+      for tag_id <- added_tags, image_id <- image_ids do
+        %{tag_id: tag_id, image_id: image_id}
+      end
+
+    deletions =
+      Tagging
+      |> where([t], t.image_id in ^image_ids and t.tag_id in ^removed_tags)
+      |> select([t], [t.image_id, t.tag_id])
+
+    now = NaiveDateTime.utc_now() |> NaiveDateTime.truncate(:second)
+    tag_change_attributes = Map.merge(tag_change_attributes, %{created_at: now, updated_at: now})
+
+    Repo.transaction fn ->
+      {added_count, inserted} = Repo.insert_all(Tagging, insertions, on_conflict: :nothing, returning: [:image_id, :tag_id])
+      {removed_count, deleted} = Repo.delete_all(deletions)
+
+      inserted = Enum.map(inserted, &[&1.image_id, &1.tag_id])
+
+      added_changes = Enum.map(inserted, fn [image_id, tag_id] ->
+        Map.merge(tag_change_attributes, %{image_id: image_id, tag_id: tag_id, added: true})
+      end)
+
+      removed_changes = Enum.map(deleted, fn [image_id, tag_id] ->
+        Map.merge(tag_change_attributes, %{image_id: image_id, tag_id: tag_id, added: false})
+      end)
+
+      changes = added_changes ++ removed_changes
+
+      Repo.insert_all(TagChange, changes)
+      Repo.update_all(where(Tag, [t], t.id in ^added_tags), inc: [images_count: added_count])
+      Repo.update_all(where(Tag, [t], t.id in ^removed_tags), inc: [images_count: -removed_count])
+    end
+  end
+
   @doc """
   Deletes a Image.
 
diff --git a/lib/philomena/users/ability.ex b/lib/philomena/users/ability.ex
index 0d767e38..c3ff4f33 100644
--- a/lib/philomena/users/ability.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena/users/ability.ex
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ defimpl Canada.Can, for: [Atom, Philomena.Users.User] do
   # Users and anonymous users can...
   #
 
+  # Batch tag
+  def can?(%User{role_map: %{"Tag" => "batch_update"}}, :batch_update, Tag), do: true
+
   # Edit their description and personal title
   def can?(%User{id: id}, :edit_description, %User{id: id}), do: true
   def can?(%User{id: id}, :edit_title, %User{id: id}), do: true
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/controllers/admin/batch/tag_controller.ex b/lib/philomena_web/controllers/admin/batch/tag_controller.ex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e4677bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/controllers/admin/batch/tag_controller.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+defmodule PhilomenaWeb.Admin.Batch.TagController do
+  use PhilomenaWeb, :controller
+
+  alias Philomena.Tags.Tag
+  alias Philomena.Tags
+  alias Philomena.Images
+  alias Philomena.Repo
+  import Ecto.Query
+
+  plug :verify_authorized
+  plug PhilomenaWeb.UserAttributionPlug
+
+  def update(conn, %{"tags" => tags, "image_ids" => image_ids}) do
+    tags = Tag.parse_tag_list(tags)
+
+    added_tag_names = Enum.reject(tags, &String.starts_with?(&1, "-"))
+    removed_tag_names =
+      tags
+      |> Enum.filter(&String.starts_with?(&1, "-"))
+      |> Enum.map(&String.slice(&1, 1..-1))
+
+    added_tags =
+      Tag
+      |> where([t], t.name in ^added_tag_names)
+      |> Repo.all()
+
+    removed_tags =
+      Tag
+      |> where([t], t.name in ^removed_tag_names)
+      |> Repo.all()
+
+    attributes = conn.assigns.attributes
+    attributes = %{
+      ip: attributes[:ip],
+      fingerprint: attributes[:fingerprint],
+      user_agent: attributes[:user_agent],
+      referrer: attributes[:referrer],
+      user_id: attributes[:user].id
+    }
+
+    image_ids = Enum.map(image_ids, &String.to_integer/1)
+
+    case Images.batch_update(image_ids, added_tags, removed_tags, attributes) do
+      {:ok, _} ->
+        Images.reindex_images(image_ids)
+        Tags.reindex_tags(added_tags ++ removed_tags)
+
+        json(conn, %{succeeded: image_ids, failed: []})
+
+      _error ->
+        json(conn, %{succeeded: [], failed: image_ids})
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp verify_authorized(conn, _opts) do
+    case Canada.Can.can?(conn.assigns.current_user, :batch_update, Tag) do
+      true   -> conn
+      _false -> PhilomenaWeb.NotAuthorizedPlug.call(conn)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/router.ex b/lib/philomena_web/router.ex
index 219eec95..ea0747c8 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/router.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/router.ex
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.Router do
       resources "/users", UserController, only: [:index, :edit, :update] do
         resources "/avatar", User.AvatarController, only: [:delete], singleton: true
       end
+
+      resources "/batch/tags", Batch.TagController, only: [:update], singleton: true
     end
 
     resources "/duplicate_reports", DuplicateReportController, only: [] do
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/templates/image/_quick_tag.html.slime b/lib/philomena_web/templates/image/_quick_tag.html.slime
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9483853a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/templates/image/_quick_tag.html.slime
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+a.js-quick-tag href="#" title="Add tags to the images on this page"
+  i.fa.fa-tags
+  span.hide-mobile.hide-limited-desktop<> Tag
+a.js-quick-tag--abort.hidden href="#"
+  i.fa.fa-exclamation-triangle
+  span.hide-mobile.hide-limited-desktop<> Abort Tagging
+a.js-quick-tag--submit.hidden href="#"
+  i.fa.fa-tags
+  span.hide-mobile.hide-limited-desktop<> Submit Tag Changes
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/templates/image/index.html.slime b/lib/philomena_web/templates/image/index.html.slime
index cb6583e9..ac425361 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/templates/image/index.html.slime
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/templates/image/index.html.slime
@@ -12,8 +12,12 @@ elixir:
   section.block__header.flex
     span.block__header__title.hide-mobile
       => header
+
     = pagination
 
+    .flex__right
+      = quick_tag @conn
+
   = info_row @conn, tags
 
   .block__content.js-resizable-media-container
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/views/image_view.ex b/lib/philomena_web/views/image_view.ex
index 696b60fb..a4a27c43 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/views/image_view.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/views/image_view.ex
@@ -156,6 +156,12 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.ImageView do
     render PhilomenaWeb.TagView, "_tags_row.html", conn: conn, tags: tags
   end
 
+  def quick_tag(conn) do
+    if can?(conn, :batch_update, Tag) do
+      render PhilomenaWeb.ImageView, "_quick_tag.html", conn: conn
+    end
+  end
+
   def deleter(%{deleter: %{name: name}}), do: name
   def deleter(_image), do: "System"