diff --git a/moto/ec2/models.py b/moto/ec2/models.py
index effad6047..a9e9f0ad7 100644
--- a/moto/ec2/models.py
+++ b/moto/ec2/models.py
@@ -84,6 +84,15 @@ class TaggedEC2Instance(object):
         tags = ec2_backend.describe_tags(self.id)
         return tags
 
+    def get_filter_value(self, filter_name):
+        tags = self.get_tags()
+
+        if filter_name.startswith('tag:'):
+            tagname = filter_name.split('tag:')[1]
+            for tag in tags:
+                if tag['key'] == tagname:
+                    return tag['value']
+
 
 class NetworkInterface(object):
     def __init__(self, subnet, private_ip_address, device_index=0, public_ip_auto_assign=True, group_ids=None):
@@ -1142,10 +1151,15 @@ class VPC(TaggedEC2Instance):
 
             return self.dhcp_options.id
 
-        msg = "The filter '{0}' for DescribeVPCs has not been" \
-              " implemented in Moto yet. Feel free to open an issue at" \
-              " https://github.com/spulec/moto/issues".format(filter_name)
-        raise NotImplementedError(msg)
+        filter_value = super(VPC, self).get_filter_value(filter_name)
+
+        if not filter_value:
+            msg = "The filter '{0}' for DescribeVPCs has not been" \
+                  " implemented in Moto yet. Feel free to open an issue at" \
+                  " https://github.com/spulec/moto/issues".format(filter_name)
+            raise NotImplementedError(msg)
+
+        return filter_value
 
 
 class VPCBackend(object):
diff --git a/tests/test_ec2/test_vpcs.py b/tests/test_ec2/test_vpcs.py
index b7eed9bc0..66af6adac 100644
--- a/tests/test_ec2/test_vpcs.py
+++ b/tests/test_ec2/test_vpcs.py
@@ -110,4 +110,22 @@ def test_vpc_get_by_dhcp_options_id():
     vpcs.should.have.length_of(2)
     vpc_ids = map(lambda v: v.id, vpcs)
     vpc1.id.should.be.within(vpc_ids)
+    vpc2.id.should.be.within(vpc_ids)
+
+
+@mock_ec2
+def test_vpc_get_by_tag():
+    conn = boto.connect_vpc()
+    vpc1 = conn.create_vpc("10.0.0.0/16")
+    vpc2 = conn.create_vpc("10.0.0.0/16")
+    vpc3 = conn.create_vpc("10.0.0.0/24")
+
+    vpc1.add_tag('Name', 'TestVPC')
+    vpc2.add_tag('Name', 'TestVPC')
+    vpc3.add_tag('Name', 'TestVPC2')
+
+    vpcs = conn.get_all_vpcs(filters={'tag:Name': 'TestVPC'})
+    vpcs.should.have.length_of(2)
+    vpc_ids = map(lambda v: v.id, vpcs)
+    vpc1.id.should.be.within(vpc_ids)
     vpc2.id.should.be.within(vpc_ids)
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