diff --git a/kojihub/repos.py b/kojihub/repos.py
index 9a7fd03f..adedbe64 100644
--- a/kojihub/repos.py
+++ b/kojihub/repos.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def check_repo_queue():
         return
 
     clauses = [['repo_id', 'IS', None], ['active', 'IS', True]]
-    fields = ('*', 'task_state')
+    fields = ('*', 'task_state', 'tag_name')
     waiting = RepoQueueQuery(clauses, fields=fields, opts={'order': 'priority,id'}).execute()
     logger.debug('Got %i waiting repo requests', len(waiting))
 
@@ -369,7 +369,8 @@ def repo_queue_task(req):
         kwargs['event'] = req['at_event']
     # otherwise any new repo will satisfy any valid min_event
 
-    args = koji.encode_args(req['tag_id'], **kwargs)
+    tagspec = {'id': req['tag_id'], 'name': req['tag_name']}
+    args = koji.encode_args(tagspec, **kwargs)
     taskopts = {'priority': 15, 'channel': 'createrepo'}
     user_id = kojihub.get_id('users', context.opts['RepoQueueUser'], strict=False)
     # TODO should we error if user doesn't exist
diff --git a/tests/test_hub/test_repo_requests.py b/tests/test_hub/test_repo_requests.py
index 38ff4cc8..fabea530 100644
--- a/tests/test_hub/test_repo_requests.py
+++ b/tests/test_hub/test_repo_requests.py
@@ -581,7 +581,8 @@ class TestSymlink(BaseTest):
 class TestQueueTask(BaseTest):
 
     def test_queue_task(self):
-        req = {'id': 100, 'tag_id': 42, 'min_event': None, 'at_event': None, 'opts': None}
+        req = {'id': 100, 'tag_id': 42, 'tag_name': 'tag 100',
+               'min_event': None, 'at_event': None, 'opts': None}
         req['opts'] = {}
 
         repos.repo_queue_task(req)
@@ -589,7 +590,8 @@ class TestQueueTask(BaseTest):
         self.make_task.assert_called_once()
 
     def test_queue_task_event(self):
-        req = {'id': 100, 'tag_id': 42, 'min_event': None, 'at_event': 101010, 'opts': None}
+        req = {'id': 100, 'tag_id': 42, 'tag_name': 'tag 100',
+               'min_event': None, 'at_event': 101010, 'opts': None}
         req['opts'] = {}
 
         repos.repo_queue_task(req)