diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_vpc_net.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_vpc_net.py
index 88016982fb..f52a781459 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_vpc_net.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_vpc_net.py
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ except ImportError:
     pass  # Handled by AnsibleAWSModule
 
 from ansible.module_utils.aws.core import AnsibleAWSModule
-from ansible.module_utils.ec2 import boto3_conn, get_aws_connection_info, ec2_argument_spec, ansible_dict_to_boto3_tag_list, camel_dict_to_snake_dict
+from ansible.module_utils.ec2 import (boto3_conn, get_aws_connection_info, ec2_argument_spec, camel_dict_to_snake_dict,
+                                      ansible_dict_to_boto3_tag_list, boto3_tag_list_to_ansible_dict)
 from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
 
 
@@ -356,6 +357,7 @@ def main():
                     module.fail_json_aws(e, "Failed to update enabled dns hostnames attribute")
 
         final_state = camel_dict_to_snake_dict(get_vpc(module, connection, vpc_id))
+        final_state['tags'] = boto3_tag_list_to_ansible_dict(final_state.get('tags', []))
         final_state['id'] = final_state.pop('vpc_id')
 
         module.exit_json(changed=changed, vpc=final_state)
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/ec2_vpc_net/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/ec2_vpc_net/tasks/main.yml
index 9e8eb5d09f..74edfe7d02 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/ec2_vpc_net/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/ec2_vpc_net/tasks/main.yml
@@ -250,6 +250,28 @@
 
     # ============================================================
 
+    - name: modify tags
+      ec2_vpc_net:
+        cidr_block: 20.0.0.0/24
+        name: "{{ resource_prefix }}"
+        dns_support: True
+        dns_hostnames: True
+        state: present
+        multi_ok: no
+        tags:
+          Ansible: Test
+        <<: *aws_connection_info
+      register: result
+
+    - name: assert the VPC has Name and Ansible tags
+      assert:
+        that:
+          - result.vpc.tags|length == 2
+          - 'result.vpc.tags.Ansible == "Test"'
+          - 'result.vpc.tags.Name == "{{ resource_prefix }}"'
+
+    # ============================================================
+
     - name: test check mode to delete a VPC
       ec2_vpc_net:
         cidr_block: 20.0.0.0/24