diff --git a/include/nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp b/include/nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp
index 8f55e1959..0212d24c6 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ namespace detail
 /// how to treat CBOR tags
 enum class cbor_tag_handler_t
 {
-    error,  ///< throw a parse_error exception in case of a tag
-    ignore   ///< ignore tags
+    error,   ///< throw a parse_error exception in case of a tag
+    ignore,  ///< ignore tags
+    store    ///< store tags as binary type
 };
 
 /*!
@@ -722,30 +723,31 @@ class binary_reader
 
                     case cbor_tag_handler_t::ignore:
                     {
+                        // ignore binary subtype
                         switch (current)
                         {
                             case 0xD8:
                             {
-                                std::uint8_t len{};
-                                get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len);
+                                std::uint8_t subtype_to_ignore{};
+                                get_number(input_format_t::cbor, subtype_to_ignore);
                                 break;
                             }
                             case 0xD9:
                             {
-                                std::uint16_t len{};
-                                get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len);
+                                std::uint16_t subtype_to_ignore{};
+                                get_number(input_format_t::cbor, subtype_to_ignore);
                                 break;
                             }
                             case 0xDA:
                             {
-                                std::uint32_t len{};
-                                get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len);
+                                std::uint32_t subtype_to_ignore{};
+                                get_number(input_format_t::cbor, subtype_to_ignore);
                                 break;
                             }
                             case 0xDB:
                             {
-                                std::uint64_t len{};
-                                get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len);
+                                std::uint64_t subtype_to_ignore{};
+                                get_number(input_format_t::cbor, subtype_to_ignore);
                                 break;
                             }
                             default:
@@ -754,6 +756,47 @@ class binary_reader
                         return parse_cbor_internal(true, tag_handler);
                     }
 
+                    case cbor_tag_handler_t::store:
+                    {
+                        binary_t b;
+                        // use binary subtype and store in binary container
+                        switch (current)
+                        {
+                            case 0xD8:
+                            {
+                                std::uint8_t subtype{};
+                                get_number(input_format_t::cbor, subtype);
+                                b.set_subtype(detail::conditional_static_cast<typename binary_t::subtype_type>(subtype));
+                                break;
+                            }
+                            case 0xD9:
+                            {
+                                std::uint16_t subtype{};
+                                get_number(input_format_t::cbor, subtype);
+                                b.set_subtype(detail::conditional_static_cast<typename binary_t::subtype_type>(subtype));
+                                break;
+                            }
+                            case 0xDA:
+                            {
+                                std::uint32_t subtype{};
+                                get_number(input_format_t::cbor, subtype);
+                                b.set_subtype(detail::conditional_static_cast<typename binary_t::subtype_type>(subtype));
+                                break;
+                            }
+                            case 0xDB:
+                            {
+                                std::uint64_t subtype{};
+                                get_number(input_format_t::cbor, subtype);
+                                b.set_subtype(detail::conditional_static_cast<typename binary_t::subtype_type>(subtype));
+                                break;
+                            }
+                            default:
+                                break;
+                        }
+                        get();
+                        return get_cbor_binary(b) && sax->binary(b);
+                    }
+
                     default:                 // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
                         JSON_ASSERT(false); // NOLINT(cert-dcl03-c,hicpp-static-assert,misc-static-assert) LCOV_EXCL_LINE
                         return false;        // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index 1d69fb63f..b7304f346 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -8269,8 +8269,9 @@ namespace detail
 /// how to treat CBOR tags
 enum class cbor_tag_handler_t
 {
-    error,  ///< throw a parse_error exception in case of a tag
-    ignore   ///< ignore tags
+    error,   ///< throw a parse_error exception in case of a tag
+    ignore,  ///< ignore tags
+    store    ///< store tags as binary type
 };
 
 /*!
@@ -8961,30 +8962,31 @@ class binary_reader
 
                     case cbor_tag_handler_t::ignore:
                     {
+                        // ignore binary subtype
                         switch (current)
                         {
                             case 0xD8:
                             {
-                                std::uint8_t len{};
-                                get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len);
+                                std::uint8_t subtype_to_ignore{};
+                                get_number(input_format_t::cbor, subtype_to_ignore);
                                 break;
                             }
                             case 0xD9:
                             {
-                                std::uint16_t len{};
-                                get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len);
+                                std::uint16_t subtype_to_ignore{};
+                                get_number(input_format_t::cbor, subtype_to_ignore);
                                 break;
                             }
                             case 0xDA:
                             {
-                                std::uint32_t len{};
-                                get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len);
+                                std::uint32_t subtype_to_ignore{};
+                                get_number(input_format_t::cbor, subtype_to_ignore);
                                 break;
                             }
                             case 0xDB:
                             {
-                                std::uint64_t len{};
-                                get_number(input_format_t::cbor, len);
+                                std::uint64_t subtype_to_ignore{};
+                                get_number(input_format_t::cbor, subtype_to_ignore);
                                 break;
                             }
                             default:
@@ -8993,6 +8995,47 @@ class binary_reader
                         return parse_cbor_internal(true, tag_handler);
                     }
 
+                    case cbor_tag_handler_t::store:
+                    {
+                        binary_t b;
+                        // use binary subtype and store in binary container
+                        switch (current)
+                        {
+                            case 0xD8:
+                            {
+                                std::uint8_t subtype{};
+                                get_number(input_format_t::cbor, subtype);
+                                b.set_subtype(detail::conditional_static_cast<typename binary_t::subtype_type>(subtype));
+                                break;
+                            }
+                            case 0xD9:
+                            {
+                                std::uint16_t subtype{};
+                                get_number(input_format_t::cbor, subtype);
+                                b.set_subtype(detail::conditional_static_cast<typename binary_t::subtype_type>(subtype));
+                                break;
+                            }
+                            case 0xDA:
+                            {
+                                std::uint32_t subtype{};
+                                get_number(input_format_t::cbor, subtype);
+                                b.set_subtype(detail::conditional_static_cast<typename binary_t::subtype_type>(subtype));
+                                break;
+                            }
+                            case 0xDB:
+                            {
+                                std::uint64_t subtype{};
+                                get_number(input_format_t::cbor, subtype);
+                                b.set_subtype(detail::conditional_static_cast<typename binary_t::subtype_type>(subtype));
+                                break;
+                            }
+                            default:
+                                break;
+                        }
+                        get();
+                        return get_cbor_binary(b) && sax->binary(b);
+                    }
+
                     default:                 // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
                         JSON_ASSERT(false); // NOLINT(cert-dcl03-c,hicpp-static-assert,misc-static-assert) LCOV_EXCL_LINE
                         return false;        // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
diff --git a/test/src/unit-cbor.cpp b/test/src/unit-cbor.cpp
index 19cdf1879..1660cf945 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-cbor.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-cbor.cpp
@@ -2488,12 +2488,20 @@ TEST_CASE("examples from RFC 7049 Appendix A")
 
         // 0xd8
         CHECK(json::to_cbor(json::binary(std::vector<uint8_t> {}, 0x42)) == std::vector<uint8_t> {0xd8, 0x42, 0x40});
+        CHECK(!json::from_cbor(json::to_cbor(json::binary(std::vector<uint8_t> {}, 0x42)), true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::ignore).get_binary().has_subtype());
+        CHECK(json::from_cbor(json::to_cbor(json::binary(std::vector<uint8_t> {}, 0x42)), true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::store).get_binary().subtype() == 0x42);
         // 0xd9
         CHECK(json::to_cbor(json::binary(std::vector<uint8_t> {}, 1000)) == std::vector<uint8_t> {0xd9, 0x03, 0xe8, 0x40});
+        CHECK(!json::from_cbor(json::to_cbor(json::binary(std::vector<uint8_t> {}, 1000)), true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::ignore).get_binary().has_subtype());
+        CHECK(json::from_cbor(json::to_cbor(json::binary(std::vector<uint8_t> {}, 1000)), true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::store).get_binary().subtype() == 1000);
         // 0xda
         CHECK(json::to_cbor(json::binary(std::vector<uint8_t> {}, 394216)) == std::vector<uint8_t> {0xda, 0x00, 0x06, 0x03, 0xe8, 0x40});
+        CHECK(!json::from_cbor(json::to_cbor(json::binary(std::vector<uint8_t> {}, 394216)), true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::ignore).get_binary().has_subtype());
+        CHECK(json::from_cbor(json::to_cbor(json::binary(std::vector<uint8_t> {}, 394216)), true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::store).get_binary().subtype() == 394216);
         // 0xdb
         CHECK(json::to_cbor(json::binary(std::vector<uint8_t> {}, 8589934590)) == std::vector<uint8_t> {0xdb, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xfe, 0x40});
+        CHECK(!json::from_cbor(json::to_cbor(json::binary(std::vector<uint8_t> {}, 8589934590)), true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::ignore).get_binary().has_subtype());
+        CHECK(json::from_cbor(json::to_cbor(json::binary(std::vector<uint8_t> {}, 8589934590)), true, true, json::cbor_tag_handler_t::store).get_binary().subtype() == 8589934590);
     }
 
     SECTION("arrays")