diff --git a/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/focusTagItemOnDisabledPicker_2018-05-10-06-48.json b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/focusTagItemOnDisabledPicker_2018-05-10-06-48.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..573b3e49d5d09e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/focusTagItemOnDisabledPicker_2018-05-10-06-48.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+      "comment": "Added an addtional prop in IPickerItemProps for allowing focus on tagItem when picker is disabled",
+      "type": "patch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+  "email": "veloiya@microsoft.com"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/TagPicker/TagItem.tsx b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/TagPicker/TagItem.tsx
index ef1173ad814c5d..25bef38f4381e5 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/TagPicker/TagItem.tsx
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/TagPicker/TagItem.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ import { ITag } from './TagPicker';
 import * as stylesImport from './TagItem.scss';
 const styles: any = stylesImport;
 
-export const TagItem = (props: IPickerItemProps<ITag>) => (
+export interface ITagItemProps extends IPickerItemProps<ITag> {
+  enableTagFocusInDisabledPicker?: boolean;
+}
+
+export const TagItem = (props: ITagItemProps) => (
   <div
     className={ css('ms-TagItem',
       styles.root,
@@ -17,7 +21,7 @@ export const TagItem = (props: IPickerItemProps<ITag>) => (
     role={ 'listitem' }
     key={ props.index }
     data-selection-index={ props.index }
-    data-is-focusable={ !props.disabled && true }
+    data-is-focusable={ (props.enableTagFocusInDisabledPicker || !props.disabled) && true }
   >
     <span className={ css('ms-TagItem-text', styles.tagItemText) } aria-label={ props.children as string }>{ props.children }</span>
     { !props.disabled &&
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/TagPicker/TagPicker.tsx b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/TagPicker/TagPicker.tsx
index 8edd8e8c2641dd..f5993c3a1f83dc 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/TagPicker/TagPicker.tsx
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/pickers/TagPicker/TagPicker.tsx
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ import {
 /* tslint:enable */
 import { BasePicker } from '../BasePicker';
 import { IBasePickerProps } from '../BasePicker.types';
-import { TagItem } from './TagItem';
-import { IPickerItemProps } from '../PickerItem.types';
+import { TagItem, ITagItemProps } from './TagItem';
 import * as stylesImport from './TagItem.scss';
 const styles: any = stylesImport;
 
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ export interface ITagPickerProps extends IBasePickerProps<ITag> {
 
 export class TagPicker extends BasePicker<ITag, ITagPickerProps> {
   protected static defaultProps = {
-    onRenderItem: (props: IPickerItemProps<ITag>) => { return <TagItem { ...props }>{ props.item.name }</TagItem>; },
+    onRenderItem: (props: ITagItemProps) => { return <TagItem { ...props }>{ props.item.name }</TagItem>; },
     onRenderSuggestionsItem: (props: ITag) => <div className={ css('ms-TagItem-TextOverflow', styles.tagItemTextOverflow) }> { props.name } </div>
   };
 }