diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bf50e5686..96fd2bb93 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     "screwdriver-artifact-bookend": "^1.0.1",
     "screwdriver-build-bookend": "^2.0.1",
     "screwdriver-config-parser": "^3.3.0",
-    "screwdriver-data-schema": "^16.12.1",
+    "screwdriver-data-schema": "^16.14.1",
     "screwdriver-datastore-sequelize": "^2.0.0",
     "screwdriver-executor-docker": "^2.2.2",
     "screwdriver-executor-k8s": "^10.3.3",
diff --git a/plugins/templates/README.md b/plugins/templates/README.md
index f24fc9f42..5424b4ed7 100644
--- a/plugins/templates/README.md
+++ b/plugins/templates/README.md
@@ -34,7 +34,17 @@ server.register({
 
 #### Get single template
 
-`GET /templates/{id}`
+You can get a single template by providing the template name and the specific version or the tag.
+
+`GET /templates/{name}/{tag}` or `GET /templates/{name}/{version}`
+
+**Arguments**
+
+'name', 'tag' or 'version'
+
+* `name` - Name of the template
+* `tag` - Tag of the template (e.g. `stable`, `latest`, etc)
+* `version` - Version of the template
 
 #### Create a template
 Create a template will store the template data (`config`, `name`, `version`, `description`, `maintainer`, `labels`) into the datastore.
diff --git a/plugins/templates/get.js b/plugins/templates/get.js
index 97dda2b38..7b09f7e3e 100644
--- a/plugins/templates/get.js
+++ b/plugins/templates/get.js
@@ -5,27 +5,59 @@ const joi = require('joi');
 const schema = require('screwdriver-data-schema');
 const getSchema = schema.models.template.get;
 const baseSchema = schema.models.template.base;
+const versionRegex = schema.config.regex.VERSION;
+const versionSchema = joi.reach(baseSchema, 'version');
 
 module.exports = () => ({
     method: 'GET',
-    path: '/templates/{name}/{version}',
+    path: '/templates/{name}/{versionOrTag}',
     config: {
-        description: 'Get a single template',
+        description: 'Get a single template given template name and version or tag',
         notes: 'Returns a template record',
         tags: ['api', 'templates'],
         handler: (request, reply) => {
-            const factory = request.server.app.templateFactory;
-
-            return factory.getTemplate({
-                name: request.params.name,
-                version: request.params.version
-            }).then((template) => {
-                if (!template) {
-                    throw boom.notFound('Template does not exist');
+            const versionOrTag = request.params.versionOrTag;
+            const templateFactory = request.server.app.templateFactory;
+
+            // check if version or tag
+            const isVersion = versionOrTag.match(versionRegex);
+
+            return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+                // if tag, get template tag version
+                if (!isVersion) {
+                    const templateTagFactory = request.server.app.templateTagFactory;
+
+                    return templateTagFactory.get({
+                        name: request.params.name,
+                        tag: request.params.versionOrTag
+                    })
+                    .then((templateTag) => {
+                        if (!templateTag) {
+                            return reject(boom.notFound(`Template ${request.params.name} ` +
+                                `does not exist with tag ${request.params.versionOrTag}`));
+                        }
+
+                        return resolve(templateTag.version);
+                    });
                 }
 
-                return reply(template);
+                // otherwise just return the version
+                return resolve(versionOrTag);
             })
+            .then(version =>
+                // get the template
+                templateFactory.getTemplate({
+                    name: request.params.name,
+                    version
+                }).then((template) => {
+                    if (!template) {
+                        throw boom.notFound(`Template ${request.params.name} ` +
+                            `does not exist with version ${version}`);
+                    }
+
+                    return reply(template);
+                })
+            )
             .catch(err => reply(boom.wrap(err)));
         },
         response: {
@@ -34,7 +66,10 @@ module.exports = () => ({
         validate: {
             params: {
                 name: joi.reach(baseSchema, 'name'),
-                version: joi.reach(baseSchema, 'version')
+                versionOrTag: joi.alternatives().try(
+                    versionSchema,
+                    joi.reach(schema.models.templateTag.base, 'tag')
+                )
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/plugins/templates.test.js b/test/plugins/templates.test.js
index a15c262be..463814650 100644
--- a/test/plugins/templates.test.js
+++ b/test/plugins/templates.test.js
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ const getPipelineMocks = (pipelines) => {
 
 describe('template plugin test', () => {
     let templateFactoryMock;
+    let templateTagFactoryMock;
     let pipelineFactoryMock;
     let plugin;
     let server;
@@ -71,6 +72,9 @@ describe('template plugin test', () => {
             list: sinon.stub(),
             getTemplate: sinon.stub()
         };
+        templateTagFactoryMock = {
+            get: sinon.stub()
+        };
         pipelineFactoryMock = {
             get: sinon.stub()
         };
@@ -81,6 +85,7 @@ describe('template plugin test', () => {
         server = new hapi.Server();
         server.app = {
             templateFactory: templateFactoryMock,
+            templateTagFactory: templateTagFactoryMock,
             pipelineFactory: pipelineFactoryMock
         };
         server.connection({
@@ -147,7 +152,7 @@ describe('template plugin test', () => {
         });
     });
 
-    describe('GET /templates/name/version', () => {
+    describe('GET /templates/name/versionOrTag', () => {
         let options;
 
         beforeEach(() => {
@@ -157,7 +162,32 @@ describe('template plugin test', () => {
             };
         });
 
-        it('returns 200 and all templates', () => {
+        it('returns 200 and a template when given the template name and version', () => {
+            templateFactoryMock.getTemplate.resolves(testtemplate);
+
+            return server.inject(options).then((reply) => {
+                assert.deepEqual(reply.result, testtemplate);
+                assert.calledWith(templateFactoryMock.getTemplate, {
+                    name: 'screwdriver/build',
+                    version: '1.7.3'
+                });
+                assert.equal(reply.statusCode, 200);
+            });
+        });
+
+        it('returns 200 and a template when given the template name and tag', () => {
+            const testTagTemplate = {
+                id: 1,
+                name: 'template_namespace/nodejs_main',
+                tag: 'stable',
+                version: '1.7.3'
+            };
+
+            options = {
+                method: 'GET',
+                url: '/templates/screwdriver%2Fbuild/stable'
+            };
+            templateTagFactoryMock.get.resolves(testTagTemplate);
             templateFactoryMock.getTemplate.resolves(testtemplate);
 
             return server.inject(options).then((reply) => {
@@ -178,6 +208,18 @@ describe('template plugin test', () => {
             });
         });
 
+        it('returns 404 when template tag does not exist', () => {
+            options = {
+                method: 'GET',
+                url: '/templates/screwdriver%2Fbuild/stable'
+            };
+            templateTagFactoryMock.get.resolves(null);
+
+            return server.inject(options).then((reply) => {
+                assert.equal(reply.statusCode, 404);
+            });
+        });
+
         it('returns 500 when datastore fails', () => {
             templateFactoryMock.getTemplate.rejects(new Error('some error'));