diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index e6d0834..bcfa125 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -332,6 +332,16 @@ Check a VCS repo for new commits. The version returned is currently not related
 vcs
   The url of the remote VCS repo, using the same syntax with a VCS url in PKGBUILD (`Pacman`_'s build script). The first VCS url found in the source array of the PKGBUILD will be used if this is left blank. (Note: for a blank ``vcs`` setting to work correctly, the PKGBUILD has to be in a directory with the name of the software under the path where nvchecker is run. Also, all the commands, if any, needed when sourcing the PKGBUILD need to be installed).
 
+use_max_tag
+  Set this to ``true`` to check for the max tag. Currently only supported for ``git``.
+  This option returns the biggest tag sorted by ``pkg_resources.parse_version``.
+
+ignored_tags
+  Ignore certain tags while computing the max tag. Tags are separate by
+  whitespaces. This option must be used together with ``use_max_tag``. This can
+  be useful to avoid some known badly versioned tags, so the newer tags won't
+  be "overridden" by the old broken ones.
+
 Other
 -----
 More to come. Send me a patch or pull request if you can't wait and have written one yourself :-)
diff --git a/nvchecker/source/vcs.py b/nvchecker/source/vcs.py
index b2481f7..d8835b9 100644
--- a/nvchecker/source/vcs.py
+++ b/nvchecker/source/vcs.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ from functools import partial
 import tornado.process
 from tornado.ioloop import IOLoop
 
+from pkg_resources import parse_version
+
 import os.path as _path
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -27,19 +29,34 @@ def _parse_oldver(oldver):
 
 def get_version(name, conf, callback):
   vcs = conf['vcs']
+  use_max_tag = conf.getboolean('use_max_tag', False)
+  ignored_tags = conf.get("ignored_tags", "").split()
   oldver = conf.get('oldver')
   cmd = _cmd_prefix + [name, vcs]
+  if use_max_tag:
+    cmd += ["get_tags"]
   p = tornado.process.Subprocess(cmd, io_loop=IOLoop.instance(),
                                  stdout=tornado.process.Subprocess.STREAM)
-  p.set_exit_callback(partial(_command_done, name, oldver, callback, p))
+  p.set_exit_callback(partial(_command_done, name, oldver, use_max_tag, ignored_tags, callback, p))
 
-def _command_done(name, oldver, callback, process, status):
+def _command_done(name, oldver, use_max_tag, ignored_tags, callback, process, status):
   if status != 0:
     logger.error('%s: command exited with %d.', name, status)
     callback(name, None)
   else:
-    process.stdout.read_until_close(partial(_got_version_from_cmd,
-                                            callback, name, oldver))
+    if use_max_tag:
+      process.stdout.read_until_close(partial(_got_tags_from_cmd,
+                                              callback, name, ignored_tags))
+    else:
+      process.stdout.read_until_close(partial(_got_version_from_cmd,
+                                              callback, name, oldver))
+
+def _got_tags_from_cmd(callback, name, ignored_tags, output):
+  output = output.strip().decode('latin1')
+  data = [tag for tag in output.split("\n") if tag not in ignored_tags]
+  data.sort(key=parse_version)
+  version = data[-1]
+  callback(name, version)
 
 def _got_version_from_cmd(callback, name, oldver_str, output):
   output = output.strip().decode('latin1')
diff --git a/nvchecker/source/vcs.sh b/nvchecker/source/vcs.sh
index a807cf1..3e7339f 100644
--- a/nvchecker/source/vcs.sh
+++ b/nvchecker/source/vcs.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ exec >&2
 
 dir=$1
 vcs=$2
+get_tags=$3
 
 parse_vcs_url() {
     local _url=$1
@@ -101,6 +102,15 @@ bzr_get_version() {
     bzr revno -q "${_extra_arg[@]}" "${_url}"
 }
 
+git_get_tags() {
+    local _url=$1
+    git ls-remote "$_url" | grep -oP '(?<=refs/tags/)[^^]*$'
+}
+
 cd "${dir}"
 get_vcs "${vcs}" components || exit 1
-eval "${components[0]}_get_version"' ${components[@]:1}' >&3
+if [[ "x$get_tags" == "xget_tags" ]]; then
+  eval "${components[0]}_get_tags"' ${components[@]:1}' >&3
+else
+  eval "${components[0]}_get_version"' ${components[@]:1}' >&3
+fi
diff --git a/tests/test_vcs.py b/tests/test_vcs.py
index 092f22b..f6a224d 100644
--- a/tests/test_vcs.py
+++ b/tests/test_vcs.py
@@ -16,3 +16,15 @@ class VCSTest(ExternalVersionTestCase):
     def test_mercurial(self):
         os.path.exists("example") or os.mkdir("example")
         self.assertEqual(self.sync_get_version("example", {"vcs": "hg+https://bitbucket.org/pil0t/testrepo"}), "1.1.84679e29c7d9")
+
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(shutil.which("git") is None,
+                        reason="requires git command")
+    def test_git_max_tag(self):
+        os.path.exists("example") or os.mkdir("example")
+        self.assertEqual(self.sync_get_version("example", {"vcs": "git+https://github.com/harry-sanabria/ReleaseTestRepo.git", "use_max_tag": 1}), "second_release")
+
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(shutil.which("git") is None,
+                        reason="requires git command")
+    def test_git_max_tag_with_ignored_tags(self):
+        os.path.exists("example") or os.mkdir("example")
+        self.assertEqual(self.sync_get_version("example", {"vcs": "git+https://github.com/harry-sanabria/ReleaseTestRepo.git", "use_max_tag": 1, "ignored_tags": "second_release release3"}), "first_release")