diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/ResetCommandTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/ResetCommandTest.java
index f10aaf5..27c3549 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/ResetCommandTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/ResetCommandTest.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
  */
 package org.eclipse.jgit.api;
 
+import static org.eclipse.jgit.api.ResetCommand.ResetType.HARD;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
@@ -305,6 +306,25 @@ public void testPathsResetWithRef() throws Exception {
 		assertFalse(inIndex(untrackedFile.getName()));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testHardResetOnTag() throws Exception {
+		setupRepository();
+		String tagName = "initialtag";
+		git.tag().setName(tagName).setObjectId(secondCommit)
+				.setMessage("message").call();
+
+		DirCacheEntry preReset = DirCache.read(db.getIndexFile(), db.getFS())
+				.getEntry(indexFile.getName());
+		assertNotNull(preReset);
+
+		git.add().addFilepattern(untrackedFile.getName()).call();
+
+		git.reset().setRef(tagName).setMode(HARD).call();
+
+		ObjectId head = db.resolve(Constants.HEAD);
+		assertTrue(head.equals(secondCommit));
+	}
+
 	private void assertReflog(ObjectId prevHead, ObjectId head)
 			throws IOException {
 		// Check the reflog for HEAD
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/ResetCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/ResetCommand.java
index 60776f9..422056b 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/ResetCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/ResetCommand.java
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public Ref call() throws IOException {
 			// resolve the ref to a commit
 			final ObjectId commitId;
 			try {
-				commitId = repo.resolve(ref);
+				commitId = repo.resolve(ref + "^{commit}");
 				if (commitId == null) {
 					// @TODO throw an InvalidRefNameException. We can't do that
 					// now because this would break the API