diff --git a/storage/src/main/java/org/zstack/storage/volume/InstantiateVolumeForNewCreatedVmExtension.java b/storage/src/main/java/org/zstack/storage/volume/InstantiateVolumeForNewCreatedVmExtension.java
index 926063df1eb..b165106d351 100755
--- a/storage/src/main/java/org/zstack/storage/volume/InstantiateVolumeForNewCreatedVmExtension.java
+++ b/storage/src/main/java/org/zstack/storage/volume/InstantiateVolumeForNewCreatedVmExtension.java
@@ -208,9 +208,12 @@ public void preInstantiateVmResource(VmInstanceSpec spec, Completion completion)
         } else if (image.getInventory() != null && ImageMediaType.RootVolumeTemplate.toString().equals(image.getInventory().getMediaType())) {
             InstantiateVolumeMsg rmsg = fillMsg(new InstantiateRootVolumeMsg(), spec.getDestRootVolume(), spec);
             ((InstantiateRootVolumeMsg) rmsg).setTemplateSpec(image);
+            rmsg.setSystemTags(spec.getRootVolumeSystemTags());
             msgs.add(rmsg);
         } else {
-            msgs.add(fillMsg(new InstantiateVolumeMsg(), spec.getDestRootVolume(), spec));
+            InstantiateVolumeMsg rmsg = fillMsg(new InstantiateVolumeMsg(), spec.getDestRootVolume(), spec);
+            rmsg.setSystemTags(spec.getRootVolumeSystemTags());
+            msgs.add(rmsg);
         }
 
         if (spec.getDataVolumeTemplateUuids() != null) {
diff --git a/tag/src/main/java/org/zstack/tag/EphemeralPatternSystemTag.java b/tag/src/main/java/org/zstack/tag/EphemeralPatternSystemTag.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9ba80b05b51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tag/src/main/java/org/zstack/tag/EphemeralPatternSystemTag.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package org.zstack.tag;
+
+import org.zstack.header.tag.TagConstant;
+
+public class EphemeralPatternSystemTag extends PatternedSystemTag {
+    public EphemeralPatternSystemTag(String tagFormat, Class resourceClass) {
+        super(String.format("%s::%s", TagConstant.EPHEMERAL_TAG_PREFIX, tagFormat), resourceClass);
+    }
+
+    public String getTagFormatWithoutEphemeralPrefix() {
+        return tagFormat.substring(String.format("%s::", TagConstant.EPHEMERAL_TAG_PREFIX).length());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tag/src/main/java/org/zstack/tag/TagManagerImpl.java b/tag/src/main/java/org/zstack/tag/TagManagerImpl.java
index e7c8a49e3cc..bd9da27ed57 100755
--- a/tag/src/main/java/org/zstack/tag/TagManagerImpl.java
+++ b/tag/src/main/java/org/zstack/tag/TagManagerImpl.java
@@ -95,7 +95,13 @@ private void initSystemTags() throws IllegalAccessException {
                             f.getDeclaringClass(), f.getName()));
                 }
 
-                if (PatternedSystemTag.class.isAssignableFrom(f.getType())) {
+                if (EphemeralPatternSystemTag.class.isAssignableFrom(f.getType())) {
+                    EphemeralPatternSystemTag ptag = new EphemeralPatternSystemTag(((EphemeralPatternSystemTag) stag).getTagFormatWithoutEphemeralPrefix(), stag.getResourceClass());
+                    ptag.setValidators(stag.getValidators());
+                    f.set(null, ptag);
+                    systemTags.add(ptag);
+                    stag = ptag;
+                } else if (PatternedSystemTag.class.isAssignableFrom(f.getType())) {
                     PatternedSystemTag ptag = new PatternedSystemTag(stag.getTagFormat(), stag.getResourceClass());
                     ptag.setValidators(stag.getValidators());
                     f.set(null, ptag);