diff --git a/aws-rds-globalcluster/src/main/java/software/amazon/rds/globalcluster/BaseHandlerStd.java b/aws-rds-globalcluster/src/main/java/software/amazon/rds/globalcluster/BaseHandlerStd.java
index c779c757..aeb088d5 100644
--- a/aws-rds-globalcluster/src/main/java/software/amazon/rds/globalcluster/BaseHandlerStd.java
+++ b/aws-rds-globalcluster/src/main/java/software/amazon/rds/globalcluster/BaseHandlerStd.java
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ protected ProgressEvent<ResourceModel, CallbackContext> removeFromGlobalCluster(
 
   protected ProgressEvent<ResourceModel, CallbackContext> createGlobalClusterWithSourceDBCluster(final AmazonWebServicesClientProxy proxy,
                                                                                                  final ProxyClient<RdsClient> proxyClient,
-                                                                                                 final ProgressEvent<ResourceModel, CallbackContext> progress) {
+                                                                                                 final ProgressEvent<ResourceModel, CallbackContext> progress,
+                                                                                                 final Tagging.TagSet tagSet) {
 
     if(progress.getCallbackContext().isGlobalClusterCreated()) return progress;
     //check if sourceDbCluster is not null and is in format of Identifier
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ protected ProgressEvent<ResourceModel, CallbackContext> createGlobalClusterWithS
             .done((describeDbClusterRequest, describeDbClusterResponse, proxyClient2, resourceModel, callbackContext) -> {
               final String arn = describeDbClusterResponse.dbClusters().get(0).dbClusterArn();
               try {
-                proxyClient2.injectCredentialsAndInvokeV2(Translator.createGlobalClusterRequest(resourceModel, arn, Tagging.TagSet.emptySet()), proxyClient2.client()::createGlobalCluster);
+                proxyClient2.injectCredentialsAndInvokeV2(Translator.createGlobalClusterRequest(resourceModel, arn, tagSet), proxyClient2.client()::createGlobalCluster);
                 callbackContext.setGlobalClusterCreated(true);
               } catch (GlobalClusterAlreadyExistsException e) {
                 throw new CfnAlreadyExistsException(e);
@@ -210,7 +211,8 @@ protected ProgressEvent<ResourceModel, CallbackContext> createGlobalClusterWithS
 
   protected ProgressEvent<ResourceModel, CallbackContext> createGlobalCluster(final AmazonWebServicesClientProxy proxy,
                                                                                                  final ProxyClient<RdsClient> proxyClient,
-                                                                                                 final ProgressEvent<ResourceModel, CallbackContext> progress) {
+                                                                                                 final ProgressEvent<ResourceModel, CallbackContext> progress,
+                                                                                                 final Tagging.TagSet tagSet) {
 
       return proxy.initiate("rds::create-global-cluster", proxyClient, progress.getResourceModel(), progress.getCallbackContext())
               // request to create global cluster
diff --git a/aws-rds-globalcluster/src/main/java/software/amazon/rds/globalcluster/Translator.java b/aws-rds-globalcluster/src/main/java/software/amazon/rds/globalcluster/Translator.java
index 7bacf3ad..2b6df294 100644
--- a/aws-rds-globalcluster/src/main/java/software/amazon/rds/globalcluster/Translator.java
+++ b/aws-rds-globalcluster/src/main/java/software/amazon/rds/globalcluster/Translator.java
@@ -20,8 +20,13 @@
 
 public class Translator {
 
+<<<<<<< HEAD
   static CreateGlobalClusterRequest createGlobalClusterRequest(final ResourceModel model) {
     return createGlobalClusterRequest(model, null, Tagging.TagSet.emptySet());
+=======
+  static CreateGlobalClusterRequest createGlobalClusterRequest(final ResourceModel model, final Tagging.TagSet tagSet) {
+    return createGlobalClusterRequest(model, null, tagSet);
+>>>>>>> d618efc (add tagging parameter for createGlobalCluster)
   }
 
   static CreateGlobalClusterRequest createGlobalClusterRequest(final ResourceModel model, String dbClusterArn, final Tagging.TagSet tagSet) {
@@ -86,4 +91,16 @@ static DescribeDbClustersRequest describeDbClustersRequest(final ResourceModel m
             .dbClusterIdentifier(model.getSourceDBClusterIdentifier())
             .build();
   }
+ 
+  static Set<software.amazon.awssdk.services.rds.model.Tag> translateTagsToSdk(
+            final Collection<Tag> tags
+    ) {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(tags).orElse(Collections.emptySet())
+                .stream()
+                .map(tag -> software.amazon.awssdk.services.rds.model.Tag.builder()
+                        .key(tag.getKey())
+                        .value(tag.getValue())
+                        .build())
+                .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+    }
 }