diff --git a/tools/ts-api-guardian/lib/cli.ts b/tools/ts-api-guardian/lib/cli.ts
index b16a15903a..72f6fbcf07 100644
--- a/tools/ts-api-guardian/lib/cli.ts
+++ b/tools/ts-api-guardian/lib/cli.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ export function startCli() {
   const options: SerializationOptions = {
     stripExportPattern: [].concat(argv['stripExportPattern']),
     allowModuleIdentifiers: [].concat(argv['allowModuleIdentifiers']),
+    exportTags: {required: [], banned: [], toCopy: ['deprecated', 'experimental']},
+    memberTags: {required: [], banned: [], toCopy: ['deprecated', 'experimental']},
+    paramTags: {required: [], banned: [], toCopy: ['deprecated', 'experimental']}
   };
 
   for (const error of errors) {
diff --git a/tools/ts-api-guardian/lib/serializer.ts b/tools/ts-api-guardian/lib/serializer.ts
index 194cfd7745..b3c37518eb 100644
--- a/tools/ts-api-guardian/lib/serializer.ts
+++ b/tools/ts-api-guardian/lib/serializer.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,23 @@ const baseTsOptions: ts.CompilerOptions = {
   moduleResolution: ts.ModuleResolutionKind.Classic
 };
 
+export interface JsDocTagOptions {
+  /**
+   * An array of names of jsdoc tags that must exist.
+   */
+  required?: string[];
+
+  /**
+   * An array of names of jsdoc tags that must not exist.
+   */
+  banned?: string[];
+
+  /**
+   * An array of names of jsdoc tags that will be copied to the serialized code.
+   */
+  toCopy?: string[];
+}
+
 export interface SerializationOptions {
   /**
    * Removes all exports matching the regular expression.
@@ -31,6 +48,15 @@ export interface SerializationOptions {
    * whitelisting angular.
    */
   allowModuleIdentifiers?: string[];
+
+  /** The jsdoc tag options for top level exports */
+  exportTags?: JsDocTagOptions;
+
+  /** The jsdoc tag options for properties/methods/etc of exports */
+  memberTags?: JsDocTagOptions;
+
+  /** The jsdoc tag options for parameters of members/functions */
+  paramTags?: JsDocTagOptions;
 }
 
 export type DiagnosticSeverity = 'warn' | 'error' | 'none';
@@ -46,6 +72,14 @@ export function publicApiInternal(
   // the path needs to be normalized with forward slashes in order to work within Windows.
   const entrypoint = path.normalize(fileName).replace(/\\/g, '/');
 
+  // Setup default tag options
+  options = {
+    ...options,
+    exportTags: applyDefaultTagOptions(options.exportTags),
+    memberTags: applyDefaultTagOptions(options.memberTags),
+    paramTags: applyDefaultTagOptions(options.paramTags)
+  };
+
   if (!entrypoint.match(/\.d\.ts$/)) {
     throw new Error(`Source file "${fileName}" is not a declaration file`);
   }
@@ -115,12 +149,9 @@ class ResolvedDeclarationEmitter {
           output += '\n';
         }
 
-        // Print stability annotation
-        const sourceText = decl.getSourceFile().text;
-        const trivia = sourceText.substr(decl.pos, decl.getLeadingTriviaWidth());
-        const match = stabilityAnnotationPattern.exec(trivia);
-        if (match) {
-          output += `/** @${match[1]} */\n`;
+        const jsdocComment = this.processJsDocTags(decl, this.options.exportTags);
+        if (jsdocComment) {
+          output += jsdocComment + '\n';
         }
 
         output += stripEmptyLines(this.emitNode(decl)) + '\n';
@@ -254,13 +285,13 @@ class ResolvedDeclarationEmitter {
                                .map(n => this.emitNode(n))
                                .join('');
 
-      // Print stability annotation for fields
+      // Print stability annotation for fields and parmeters
       if (ts.isParameter(node) || node.kind in memberDeclarationOrder) {
-        const trivia = sourceText.substr(node.pos, node.getLeadingTriviaWidth());
-        const match = stabilityAnnotationPattern.exec(trivia);
-        if (match) {
+        const tagOptions = ts.isParameter(node) ? this.options.paramTags : this.options.memberTags;
+        const jsdocComment = this.processJsDocTags(node, tagOptions);
+        if (jsdocComment) {
           // Add the annotation after the leading whitespace
-          output = output.replace(/^(\n\s*)/, `$1/** @${match[1]} */ `);
+          output = output.replace(/^(\n\s*)/, `$1${jsdocComment} `);
         }
       }
 
@@ -276,6 +307,56 @@ class ResolvedDeclarationEmitter {
       return sourceText.substring(tail, node.end);
     }
   }
+
+  private processJsDocTags(node: ts.Node, tagOptions: JsDocTagOptions) {
+    const jsDocTags = getJsDocTags(node);
+    const missingRequiredTags =
+        tagOptions.required.filter(requiredTag => jsDocTags.every(tag => tag !== requiredTag));
+    if (missingRequiredTags.length) {
+      this.diagnostics.push({
+        type: 'error',
+        message: createErrorMessage(
+            node, 'Required jsdoc tags - ' +
+                missingRequiredTags.map(tag => `"@${tag}"`).join(', ') +
+                ` - are missing on ${getName(node)}.`)
+      });
+    }
+    const bannedTagsFound =
+        tagOptions.banned.filter(bannedTag => jsDocTags.some(tag => tag === bannedTag));
+    if (bannedTagsFound.length) {
+      this.diagnostics.push({
+        type: 'error',
+        message: createErrorMessage(
+            node, 'Banned jsdoc tags - ' + bannedTagsFound.map(tag => `"@${tag}"`).join(', ') +
+                ` - were found on ${getName(node)}.`)
+      });
+    }
+    const tagsToCopy =
+        jsDocTags.filter(tag => tagOptions.toCopy.some(tagToCopy => tag === tagToCopy));
+
+    if (tagsToCopy.length === 1) {
+      return `/** @${tagsToCopy[0]} */`;
+    } else if (tagsToCopy.length > 1) {
+      return '/**\n' + tagsToCopy.map(tag => ` * @${tag}`).join('\n') + ' */\n';
+    } else {
+      return '';
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+const tagRegex = /@(\w+)/g;
+
+function getJsDocTags(node: ts.Node): string[] {
+  const sourceText = node.getSourceFile().text;
+  const trivia = sourceText.substr(node.pos, node.getLeadingTriviaWidth());
+  // We use a hash so that we don't collect duplicate jsdoc tags
+  // (e.g. if a property has a getter and setter with the same tag).
+  const jsdocTags: {[key: string]: boolean} = {};
+  let match: RegExpExecArray;
+  while (match = tagRegex.exec(trivia)) {
+    jsdocTags[match[1]] = true;
+  }
+  return Object.keys(jsdocTags);
 }
 
 function symbolCompareFunction(a: ts.Symbol, b: ts.Symbol) {
@@ -299,8 +380,6 @@ const memberDeclarationOrder: {[key: number]: number} = {
   [ts.SyntaxKind.MethodDeclaration]: 4
 };
 
-const stabilityAnnotationPattern = /@(experimental|stable|deprecated)\b/;
-
 function stripEmptyLines(text: string): string {
   return text.split('\n').filter(x => !!x.length).join('\n');
 }
@@ -349,3 +428,11 @@ function createErrorMessage(node: ts.Node, message: string): string {
 function hasModifier(node: ts.Node, modifierKind: ts.SyntaxKind): boolean {
   return !!node.modifiers && node.modifiers.some(x => x.kind === modifierKind);
 }
+
+function applyDefaultTagOptions(tagOptions: JsDocTagOptions | undefined): JsDocTagOptions {
+  return {required: [], banned: [], toCopy: [], ...tagOptions};
+}
+
+function getName(node: any) {
+  return '`' + (node.name && node.name.text ? node.name.text : node.getText()) + '`';
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/ts-api-guardian/test/unit_test.ts b/tools/ts-api-guardian/test/unit_test.ts
index faa1ab903a..7b26aa31ba 100644
--- a/tools/ts-api-guardian/test/unit_test.ts
+++ b/tools/ts-api-guardian/test/unit_test.ts
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ describe('unit test', () => {
     check({'file.d.ts': input}, expected);
   });
 
-  it('should keep stability annotations of exports in docstrings', () => {
+  it('should copy specified jsdoc tags of exports in docstrings', () => {
     const input = `
       /**
        * @deprecated This is useless now
@@ -428,14 +428,14 @@ describe('unit test', () => {
       /** @experimental */
       export declare const b: string;
 
-      /** @stable */
       export declare var c: number;
     `;
-    check({'file.d.ts': input}, expected);
+    check({'file.d.ts': input}, expected, {exportTags: {toCopy: ['deprecated', 'experimental']}});
   });
 
-  it('should keep stability annotations of fields in docstrings', () => {
+  it('should copy specified jsdoc tags of fields in docstrings', () => {
     const input = `
+      /** @otherTag */
       export declare class A {
         /**
          * @stable
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ describe('unit test', () => {
         value: number;
         /**
          * @experimental
+         * @otherTag
          */
         constructor();
         /**
@@ -453,12 +454,107 @@ describe('unit test', () => {
     `;
     const expected = `
       export declare class A {
-        /** @stable */ value: number;
+        value: number;
         /** @experimental */ constructor();
         /** @deprecated */ foo(): void;
       }
     `;
-    check({'file.d.ts': input}, expected);
+    check({'file.d.ts': input}, expected, {memberTags: {toCopy: ['deprecated', 'experimental']}});
+  });
+
+  it('should copy specified jsdoc tags of parameters in docstrings', () => {
+    const input = `
+      export declare class A {
+        foo(str: string, /** @deprecated */ value: number): void;
+      }
+    `;
+    const expected = `
+      export declare class A {
+        foo(str: string, /** @deprecated */ value: number): void;
+      }
+    `;
+    check({'file.d.ts': input}, expected, {paramTags: {toCopy: ['deprecated', 'experimental']}});
+  });
+
+  it('should throw on using banned jsdoc tags on exports', () => {
+    const input = `
+      /**
+       * @stable
+       */
+      export declare class A {
+        value: number;
+      }
+    `;
+    checkThrows(
+        {'file.d.ts': input},
+        'file.d.ts(4,1): error: Banned jsdoc tags - "@stable" - were found on `A`.',
+        {exportTags: {banned: ['stable']}});
+  });
+
+  it('should throw on using banned jsdoc tags on fields', () => {
+    const input = `
+      export declare class A {
+        /**
+         * @stable
+         */
+        value: number;
+      }
+    `;
+    checkThrows(
+        {'file.d.ts': input},
+        'file.d.ts(5,3): error: Banned jsdoc tags - "@stable" - were found on `value`.',
+        {memberTags: {banned: ['stable']}});
+  });
+
+  it('should throw on using banned jsdoc tags on parameters', () => {
+    const input = `
+      export declare class A {
+        foo(/** @stable */ param: number): void;
+      }
+    `;
+    checkThrows(
+        {'file.d.ts': input},
+        'file.d.ts(2,22): error: Banned jsdoc tags - "@stable" - were found on `param`.',
+        {paramTags: {banned: ['stable']}});
+  });
+
+  it('should throw on missing required jsdoc tags on exports', () => {
+    const input = `
+      /** @experimental */
+      export declare class A {
+        value: number;
+      }
+    `;
+    checkThrows(
+        {'file.d.ts': input},
+        'file.d.ts(2,1): error: Required jsdoc tags - "@stable" - are missing on `A`.',
+        {exportTags: {required: ['stable']}});
+  });
+
+  it('should throw on missing required jsdoc tags on fields', () => {
+    const input = `
+      /** @experimental */
+      export declare class A {
+        value: number;
+      }
+    `;
+    checkThrows(
+        {'file.d.ts': input},
+        'file.d.ts(3,3): error: Required jsdoc tags - "@stable" - are missing on `value`.',
+        {memberTags: {required: ['stable']}});
+  });
+
+  it('should throw on missing required jsdoc tags on parameters', () => {
+    const input = `
+      /** @experimental */
+      export declare class A {
+        foo(param: number): void;
+      }
+    `;
+    checkThrows(
+        {'file.d.ts': input},
+        'file.d.ts(3,7): error: Required jsdoc tags - "@stable" - are missing on `param`.',
+        {paramTags: {required: ['stable']}});
   });
 });
 
@@ -487,8 +583,10 @@ function check(
   chai.assert.equal(actual.trim(), stripExtraIndentation(expected).trim());
 }
 
-function checkThrows(files: {[name: string]: string}, error: string) {
-  chai.assert.throws(() => { publicApiInternal(getMockHost(files), 'file.d.ts', {}); }, error);
+function checkThrows(
+    files: {[name: string]: string}, error: string, options: SerializationOptions = {}) {
+  chai.assert.throws(
+      () => { publicApiInternal(getMockHost(files), 'file.d.ts', {}, options); }, error);
 }
 
 function stripExtraIndentation(text: string) {