diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ff20a144..ea49b253 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mitchellh/cli v1.1.2
 	github.com/russross/blackfriday v1.6.0
 	github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.10.0
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190628153133-6cdbf07be9d0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a4872d58..58b5f0f8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190312170243-e65039ee4138/go.mod h1:LCzVGOaR6xXOjkQ3
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190425150028-36563e24a262/go.mod h1:RgjU9mgBXZiqYHBnxXauZ1Gv1EHHAz9KjViQ78xBX0Q=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190506145303-2d16b83fe98c/go.mod h1:RgjU9mgBXZiqYHBnxXauZ1Gv1EHHAz9KjViQ78xBX0Q=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190606124116-d0a3d012864b/go.mod h1:/rFqwRUd4F7ZHNgwSSTFct+R/Kf4OFW1sUzUTQQTgfc=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190628153133-6cdbf07be9d0 h1:Dh6fw+p6FyRl5x/FvNswO1ji0lIGzm3KP8Y9VkS9PTE=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190628153133-6cdbf07be9d0/go.mod h1:/rFqwRUd4F7ZHNgwSSTFct+R/Kf4OFW1sUzUTQQTgfc=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543 h1:E7g+9GITq07hpfrRu66IVDexMakfv52eLZ2CXBWiKr4=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
diff --git a/internal/cmd/generate.go b/internal/cmd/generate.go
index a653253c..d130efcc 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/generate.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/generate.go
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-docs/internal/provider"
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/buildutil"
 )
 
 type generateCmd struct {
 	commonCmd
 
 	flagLegacySidebar bool
+	buildTags         string
 }
 
 func (cmd *generateCmd) Synopsis() string {
@@ -18,12 +21,22 @@ func (cmd *generateCmd) Synopsis() string {
 }
 
 func (cmd *generateCmd) Help() string {
-	return `Usage: tfplugindocs generate`
+	buf := bytes.Buffer{}
+	flags := cmd.Flags()
+	flags.SetOutput(&buf)
+	// PrintDefaults implicitly prints to output
+	// thus our buffer
+	flags.PrintDefaults()
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`Usage: tfplugindocs generate [options]
+Available options:
+%s
+`, buf.String())
 }
 
 func (cmd *generateCmd) Flags() *flag.FlagSet {
 	fs := flag.NewFlagSet("generate", flag.ExitOnError)
 	fs.BoolVar(&cmd.flagLegacySidebar, "legacy-sidebar", false, "generate the legacy .erb sidebar file")
+	fs.StringVar(&cmd.buildTags, "tags", "", buildutil.TagsFlagDoc)
 	return fs
 }
 
@@ -39,7 +52,7 @@ func (cmd *generateCmd) Run(args []string) int {
 }
 
 func (cmd *generateCmd) runInternal() error {
-	err := provider.Generate(cmd.ui, cmd.flagLegacySidebar)
+	err := provider.Generate(cmd.ui, cmd.flagLegacySidebar, cmd.buildTags)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to generate website: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/provider/generate.go b/internal/provider/generate.go
index a8e782ca..b4c0cb3d 100644
--- a/internal/provider/generate.go
+++ b/internal/provider/generate.go
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ var (
 
 type generator struct {
 	legacySidebar bool
-
-	ui cli.Ui
+	tags          string
+	ui            cli.Ui
 }
 
 func (g *generator) infof(format string, a ...interface{}) {
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ func (g *generator) warnf(format string, a ...interface{}) {
 	g.ui.Warn(fmt.Sprintf(format, a...))
 }
 
-func Generate(ui cli.Ui, legacySidebar bool) error {
+func Generate(ui cli.Ui, legacySidebar bool, tags string) error {
 	g := &generator{
 		legacySidebar: legacySidebar,
-
-		ui: ui,
+		tags:          tags,
+		ui:            ui,
 	}
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func (g *generator) Generate(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	g.infof("exporting schema from Terraform")
-	providerSchema, err := g.terraformProviderSchema(ctx, providerName)
+	providerSchema, err := g.terraformProviderSchema(ctx, providerName, g.tags)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ func (g *generator) renderStaticWebsite(providerName string, providerSchema *tfj
 	g.infof("rendering templated website to static markdown")
 
 	err = filepath.Walk(websiteTmp, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+
 		if info.IsDir() {
 			// skip directories
 			return nil
@@ -458,7 +459,7 @@ func (g *generator) renderStaticWebsite(providerName string, providerSchema *tfj
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (g *generator) terraformProviderSchema(ctx context.Context, providerName string) (*tfjson.ProviderSchema, error) {
+func (g *generator) terraformProviderSchema(ctx context.Context, providerName string, tags string) (*tfjson.ProviderSchema, error) {
 	var err error
 
 	shortName := providerShortName(providerName)
@@ -481,7 +482,11 @@ func (g *generator) terraformProviderSchema(ctx context.Context, providerName st
 	case "windows":
 		outFile = outFile + ".exe"
 	}
-	buildCmd := exec.Command("go", "build", "-o", outFile)
+	args := []string{"build", "-o", outFile}
+	if tags != "" {
+		args = append(args, "-tags", tags)
+	}
+	buildCmd := exec.Command("go", args...)
 	// TODO: constrain env here to make it a little safer?
 	_, err = runCmd(buildCmd)
 	if err != nil {