diff --git a/cyclonedx_py/_internal/environment.py b/cyclonedx_py/_internal/environment.py
index c6dd5f9a..21a5a3e9 100644
--- a/cyclonedx_py/_internal/environment.py
+++ b/cyclonedx_py/_internal/environment.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 from . import BomBuilder, PropertyName, PurlTypePypi
 from .cli_common import add_argument_mc_type, add_argument_pyproject
 from .utils.cdx import licenses_fixup, make_bom
-from .utils.packaging import metadata2extrefs, metadata2licenses, normalize_packagename
+from .utils.packaging import metadata2extrefs, metadata2licenses, metadata2tags, normalize_packagename
 from .utils.pep610 import PackageSourceArchive, PackageSourceVcs, packagesource2extref, packagesource4dist
 from .utils.pep639 import dist2licenses_from_files as pep639_dist2licenses_from_files
 from .utils.pyproject import pyproject2component, pyproject2dependencies, pyproject_load
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ def __add_components(self, bom: 'Bom',
                 # path of dist-package on disc? naaa... a package may have multiple files/folders on disc
             )
 
+            if hasattr(component, 'tags'):
+                component.tags.update(metadata2tags(dist_meta))
+
             # region licenses
             component.licenses.update(metadata2licenses(dist_meta, LicenseFactory(),
                                                         gather_texts=self._gather_license_texts))
diff --git a/cyclonedx_py/_internal/pipenv.py b/cyclonedx_py/_internal/pipenv.py
index 0c1d5997..15bbb2cf 100644
--- a/cyclonedx_py/_internal/pipenv.py
+++ b/cyclonedx_py/_internal/pipenv.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 from .cli_common import add_argument_mc_type, add_argument_pyproject
 from .utils.args import arparse_split
 from .utils.cdx import make_bom
-from .utils.packaging import normalize_packagename
+from .utils.packaging import normalize_packagename, to_tags
 from .utils.pyproject import pyproject_file2component
 from .utils.secret import redact_auth_from_url
 
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ def _make_bom(self, root_c: Optional['Component'],
                         version=package_data['version'][2:] if 'version' in package_data else None,
                         external_references=self.__make_extrefs(package_name, package_data, source_urls),
                     )
+                    if hasattr(component, 'tags'):
+                        component.tags.update(to_tags(package_data.get('keywords')))
                     component.purl = PackageURL(
                         type=PurlTypePypi,
                         name=component.name,
diff --git a/cyclonedx_py/_internal/poetry.py b/cyclonedx_py/_internal/poetry.py
index d3eaa493..de47b164 100644
--- a/cyclonedx_py/_internal/poetry.py
+++ b/cyclonedx_py/_internal/poetry.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 from . import BomBuilder, PropertyName, PurlTypePypi
 from .cli_common import add_argument_mc_type
 from .utils.cdx import make_bom
-from .utils.packaging import normalize_packagename
+from .utils.packaging import normalize_packagename, to_tags
 from .utils.poetry import poetry2component
 from .utils.secret import redact_auth_from_url
 from .utils.toml import toml_loads
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ def __make_component4lock(self, package: 'T_NameDict') -> 'Component':
         is_vcs = source.get('type') in self.__PACKAGE_SRC_VCS
         is_local = source.get('type') in self.__PACKAGE_SRC_LOCAL
 
-        return Component(
+        component = Component(
             bom_ref=f'{package["name"]}@{package["version"]}',
             name=package['name'],
             version=package.get('version'),
@@ -433,6 +433,12 @@ def __make_component4lock(self, package: 'T_NameDict') -> 'Component':
             ) if not is_local else None
         )
 
+        if hasattr(component, 'tags'):
+            component.tags.update(to_tags(package.get('keywords')))
+        self._logger.debug('component created: %r', component)
+
+        return component
+
     def __purl_qualifiers4lock(self, package: 'T_NameDict') -> 'T_NameDict':
         # see https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec/blob/master/PURL-SPECIFICATION.rst
         qs = {}
diff --git a/cyclonedx_py/_internal/utils/packaging.py b/cyclonedx_py/_internal/utils/packaging.py
index 0b51003e..ce318ffd 100644
--- a/cyclonedx_py/_internal/utils/packaging.py
+++ b/cyclonedx_py/_internal/utils/packaging.py
@@ -33,6 +33,22 @@
     from ..py_interop.packagemetadata import PackageMetadata
 
 
+_KEYWORDS_SPLIT_MATCHER = re_compile(r'[;, ]+')
+
+
+def metadata2tags(metadata: 'PackageMetadata') -> Generator[str, None, None]:
+    """
+    Generate tags from metadata keywords.
+    """
+    keywords_string = metadata.get('Keywords', '')
+    if keywords_string:
+        yield from (
+            tag
+            for tag in (s.strip() for s in _KEYWORDS_SPLIT_MATCHER.split(keywords_string))
+            if tag
+        )
+
+
 def metadata2licenses(metadata: 'PackageMetadata', lfac: 'LicenseFactory',
                       gather_texts: bool
                       ) -> Generator['License', None, None]: