diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/scm/plugin.xml b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/scm/plugin.xml
index 1132395c09..140e77ffa0 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/scm/plugin.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/scm/plugin.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     <tags>
       <tag>git</tag>
       <tag>scm</tag>
+      <tag>vcs</tag>
       <tag>dvcs</tag>
     </tags>
   </information>
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/scm/plugin.xml b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/scm/plugin.xml
index 6e5e01f95f..f84ec3147d 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/scm/plugin.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/scm/plugin.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
       <tag>mercurial</tag>
       <tag>hg</tag>
       <tag>scm</tag>
+      <tag>vcs</tag>
       <tag>dvcs</tag>
     </tags>
   </information>
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/scm/plugin.xml b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/scm/plugin.xml
index 9fe105e5bd..929891e8ce 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/scm/plugin.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/scm/plugin.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     <tags>
       <tag>subversion</tag>
       <tag>scm</tag>
+      <tag>vcs</tag>
       <tag>svn</tag>
     </tags>
   </information>