diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index f1eba2d96d5027107e3393d4094d98eb08913c08..859339ca0478de971435e4821c1c7acf62f23830 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ TAGS: $(BUILT_SOURCES)
 	find . -path './lib/*.py' -o -path './scripts/gnt-*' -o \
 	  -path './daemons/ganeti-*' -o -path './tools/*' -o \
 	  -path './qa/*.py' | \
-	  etags -
+	  etags -l python -
 
 .PHONY: coverage
 coverage: $(BUILT_SOURCES) $(python_tests)