diff --git a/builtin/tag.c b/builtin/tag.c
index fe0a8ab944..00382a56f5 100644
--- a/builtin/tag.c
+++ b/builtin/tag.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static int git_tag_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 
 	if (starts_with(var, "column."))
 		return git_column_config(var, value, "tag", &colopts);
-	return git_default_config(var, value, cb);
+	return git_color_default_config(var, value, cb);
 }
 
 static void write_tag_body(int fd, const struct object_id *oid)
diff --git a/t/t6300-for-each-ref.sh b/t/t6300-for-each-ref.sh
index 6358134805..09f2b7799d 100755
--- a/t/t6300-for-each-ref.sh
+++ b/t/t6300-for-each-ref.sh
@@ -441,6 +441,11 @@ test_expect_success '--color can override tty check' '
 	test_cmp expected.color actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'color.ui=always does not override tty check' '
+	git -c color.ui=always for-each-ref --format="$color_format" >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected.bare actual
+'
+
 cat >expected <<\EOF
 heads/master
 tags/master
diff --git a/t/t7004-tag.sh b/t/t7004-tag.sh
index b90db1bf74..62aa322846 100755
--- a/t/t7004-tag.sh
+++ b/t/t7004-tag.sh
@@ -1925,6 +1925,12 @@ test_expect_success '--color overrides auto-color' '
 	test_cmp expect.color actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'color.ui=always overrides auto-color' '
+	git -c color.ui=always tag $color_args >actual.raw &&
+	test_decode_color <actual.raw >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect.color actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'setup --merged test tags' '
 	git tag mergetest-1 HEAD~2 &&
 	git tag mergetest-2 HEAD~1 &&