diff --git a/mayan/apps/tags/apps.py b/mayan/apps/tags/apps.py
index 7a95c81e33..6830d952ff 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/tags/apps.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/tags/apps.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from .permissions import (
     permission_tag_attach, permission_tag_delete, permission_tag_edit,
     permission_tag_remove, permission_tag_view
 )
-from .widgets import widget_inline_tags, widget_single_tag
+from .widgets import widget_document_tags, widget_single_tag
 
 
 class TagsApp(MayanAppConfig):
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ class TagsApp(MayanAppConfig):
 
         SourceColumn(
             source=Document, label=_('Tags'),
-            func=lambda context: widget_inline_tags(context['object'])
+            func=lambda context: widget_document_tags(
+                document=context['object'], user=context['request'].user
+            )
         )
 
         SourceColumn(
diff --git a/mayan/apps/tags/tests/literals.py b/mayan/apps/tags/tests/literals.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aac298922d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mayan/apps/tags/tests/literals.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+TEST_TAG_LABEL = 'test tag'
+TEST_TAG_LABEL_ALTERNATE = 'test tag alternate'
+TEST_TAG_COLOR = '#001122'
+TEST_TAG_COLOR_ALTERNATE = '#221100'
diff --git a/mayan/apps/tags/tests/test_api.py b/mayan/apps/tags/tests/test_api.py
index 0e21e12fd0..bbbe399b63 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/tags/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/tags/tests/test_api.py
@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
 from documents.models import DocumentType
 from documents.tests import (
     TEST_ADMIN_EMAIL, TEST_ADMIN_PASSWORD, TEST_ADMIN_USERNAME,
-    TEST_DOCUMENT_TYPE, TEST_SMALL_DOCUMENT_PATH,
+    TEST_DOCUMENT_TYPE, TEST_SMALL_DOCUMENT_PATH
 )
 
 from ..models import Tag
 
-TEST_TAG_LABEL = 'test tag'
-TEST_TAG_LABEL_ALTERNATE = 'test tag alternate'
-TEST_TAG_COLOR = '#001122'
-TEST_TAG_COLOR_ALTERNATE = '#221100'
+from .literals import (
+    TEST_TAG_COLOR, TEST_TAG_COLOR_ALTERNATE, TEST_TAG_LABEL,
+    TEST_TAG_LABEL_ALTERNATE
+)
 
 
 class TagAPITestCase(APITestCase):
diff --git a/mayan/apps/tags/tests/test_models.py b/mayan/apps/tags/tests/test_models.py
index 6f0109259a..601e19dd39 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/tags/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/tags/tests/test_models.py
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ from django.core.files.base import File
 from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
 
 from documents.models import DocumentType
-from documents.tests import TEST_DOCUMENT_PATH, TEST_DOCUMENT_TYPE
+from documents.tests import TEST_DOCUMENT_TYPE, TEST_SMALL_DOCUMENT_PATH
 
 from ..models import Tag
 
-TAG_COLOR = '#FF0000'
+from .literals import TEST_TAG_COLOR, TEST_TAG_LABEL
 
 
 @override_settings(OCR_AUTO_OCR=False)
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class TagTestCase(TestCase):
             label=TEST_DOCUMENT_TYPE
         )
 
-        with open(TEST_DOCUMENT_PATH) as file_object:
+        with open(TEST_SMALL_DOCUMENT_PATH) as file_object:
             self.document = self.document_type.new_document(
                 file_object=File(file_object)
             )
@@ -28,14 +28,12 @@ class TagTestCase(TestCase):
         self.document_type.delete()
 
     def runTest(self):
-        tag = Tag(label='test', color=TAG_COLOR)
-        tag.save()
-        self.assertEqual(tag.label, 'test')
+        tag = Tag.objects.create(color=TEST_TAG_COLOR, label=TEST_TAG_LABEL)
+        self.assertEqual(tag.label, TEST_TAG_LABEL)
         self.assertEqual(tag.get_color_code(), 'red')
 
     def test_addition_and_deletion_of_documents(self):
-        tag = Tag(label='test', color=TAG_COLOR)
-        tag.save()
+        tag = Tag.objects.create(color=TEST_TAG_COLOR, label=TEST_TAG_LABEL)
 
         tag.documents.add(self.document)
 
diff --git a/mayan/apps/tags/tests/test_views.py b/mayan/apps/tags/tests/test_views.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46d6446dbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mayan/apps/tags/tests/test_views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
+from django.core.files import File
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+from django.test.client import Client
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+from documents.models import DocumentType
+from documents.permissions import permission_document_view
+from documents.tests import TEST_DOCUMENT_TYPE, TEST_SMALL_DOCUMENT_PATH
+from permissions import Permission
+from permissions.models import Role
+from permissions.tests.literals import (
+    TEST_GROUP, TEST_ROLE, TEST_USER_PASSWORD, TEST_USER_USERNAME
+)
+
+from ..models import Tag
+from ..permissions import permission_tag_view
+
+from .literals import TEST_TAG_COLOR, TEST_TAG_LABEL
+
+
+class TagViewTestCase(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.user = get_user_model().objects.create_user(
+            username=TEST_USER_USERNAME, password=TEST_USER_PASSWORD
+        )
+        self.group = Group.objects.create(name=TEST_GROUP)
+        self.role = Role.objects.create(label=TEST_ROLE)
+        Permission.invalidate_cache()
+
+        self.document_type = DocumentType.objects.create(
+            label=TEST_DOCUMENT_TYPE
+        )
+
+        with open(TEST_SMALL_DOCUMENT_PATH) as file_object:
+            self.document = self.document_type.new_document(
+                file_object=File(file_object)
+            )
+
+        self.client = Client()
+        # Login the admin user
+        logged_in = self.client.login(
+            username=TEST_USER_USERNAME, password=TEST_USER_PASSWORD
+        )
+        self.assertTrue(logged_in)
+        self.assertTrue(self.user.is_authenticated())
+
+        self.tag = Tag.objects.create(
+            color=TEST_TAG_COLOR, label=TEST_TAG_LABEL
+        )
+
+        self.tag.documents.add(self.document)
+
+        self.group.user_set.add(self.user)
+        self.role.groups.add(self.group)
+        self.role.permissions.add(permission_document_view.stored_permission)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.group.delete()
+        self.role.delete()
+        self.tag.delete()
+        self.user.delete()
+        self.document_type
+
+    def test_document_tags_widget_no_permissions(self):
+        response = self.client.get(reverse('documents:document_list'))
+        self.assertNotContains(response, text=TEST_TAG_LABEL, status_code=200)
+
+    def test_document_tags_widget_with_permissions(self):
+        self.role.permissions.add(permission_tag_view.stored_permission)
+        response = self.client.get(reverse('documents:document_list'))
+        self.assertContains(
+            response, text=TEST_TAG_LABEL.replace(' ', ' '),
+            status_code=200
+        )
diff --git a/mayan/apps/tags/widgets.py b/mayan/apps/tags/widgets.py
index 1a26e34914..ccd104b102 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/tags/widgets.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/tags/widgets.py
@@ -1,16 +1,31 @@
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
+from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 
+from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
 from django.utils.html import escape
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 
+from acls.models import AccessControlList
+from permissions import Permission
 
-def widget_inline_tags(document):
+from .permissions import permission_tag_view
+
+
+def widget_document_tags(document, user):
     """
     A tag widget that displays the tags for the given document
     """
     tags_template = []
 
-    for tag in document.attached_tags().all():
+    tags = document.attached_tags().all()
+
+    try:
+        Permission.check_permissions(user, (permission_tag_view,))
+    except PermissionDenied:
+        tags = AccessControlList.objects.filter_by_access(
+            permission_tag_view, user, tags
+        )
+
+    for tag in tags:
         tags_template.append(widget_single_tag(tag))
 
     return mark_safe(''.join(tags_template))