diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index f129378..f769730 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ bitbucket
 branch
   Which branch to track? Default is the repository's default.
 
+use_max_tag
+  Set this to ``true`` to check for the max tag on BitBucket. Will return the biggest one
+  sorted by ``pkg_resources.parse_version``.
+
 Check GitCafe
 -------------
 Check `GitCafe <https://gitcafe.com/>`_ for updates. The version returned is in date format ``%Y%m%d``, e.g. ``20130701``.
diff --git a/nvchecker/source/bitbucket.py b/nvchecker/source/bitbucket.py
index 7124927..5179e69 100644
--- a/nvchecker/source/bitbucket.py
+++ b/nvchecker/source/bitbucket.py
@@ -2,20 +2,31 @@ import os
 import json
 from functools import partial
 
+from pkg_resources import parse_version
 from tornado.httpclient import AsyncHTTPClient, HTTPRequest
 
 # doc: https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BITBUCKET/commits+or+commit+Resource
 BITBUCKET_URL = 'https://bitbucket.org/api/2.0/repositories/%s/commits/%s'
+BITBUCKET_MAX_TAG = 'https://bitbucket.org/api/1.0/repositories/%s/tags'
 
 def get_version(name, conf, callback):
   repo = conf.get('bitbucket')
   br = conf.get('branch', '')
-  url = BITBUCKET_URL % (repo, br)
+  use_max_tag = conf.getboolean('use_max_tag', False)
+  if use_max_tag:
+    url = BITBUCKET_MAX_TAG % repo
+  else:
+    url = BITBUCKET_URL % (repo, br)
   request = HTTPRequest(url, user_agent='lilydjwg/nvchecker')
   AsyncHTTPClient().fetch(request,
-                          callback=partial(_bitbucket_done, name, callback))
+                          callback=partial(_bitbucket_done, name, use_max_tag, callback))
 
-def _bitbucket_done(name, callback, res):
+def _bitbucket_done(name, use_max_tag, callback, res):
   data = json.loads(res.body.decode('utf-8'))
-  version = data['values'][0]['date'].split('T', 1)[0].replace('-', '')
+  if use_max_tag:
+    data = list(data)
+    data.sort(key=parse_version)
+    version = data[-1]
+  else:
+    version = data['values'][0]['date'].split('T', 1)[0].replace('-', '')
   callback(name, version)
diff --git a/tests/test_bitbucket.py b/tests/test_bitbucket.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69fb242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_bitbucket.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from tests.helper import ExternalVersionTestCase
+
+
+class BitBucketTest(ExternalVersionTestCase):
+    def test_bitbucket(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.sync_get_version("example", {"bitbucket": "prawee/git-tag"}), "20150303")
+
+    def test_bitbucket_max_tag(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.sync_get_version("example", {"bitbucket": "prawee/git-tag", "use_max_tag": 1}), "1.7.0")