diff --git a/OsmAnd-java/src/main/java/net/osmand/osm/edit/Entity.java b/OsmAnd-java/src/main/java/net/osmand/osm/edit/Entity.java
index 7bb8edbf49b..183d29245bf 100644
--- a/OsmAnd-java/src/main/java/net/osmand/osm/edit/Entity.java
+++ b/OsmAnd-java/src/main/java/net/osmand/osm/edit/Entity.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 
 public abstract class Entity implements Serializable {
-	public enum EntityType {
+    public enum EntityType {
 		NODE,
 		WAY,
 		RELATION,
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ public boolean equals(Object obj) {
 	private int version;
 	private double latitude;
 	private double longitude;
+	private boolean isTiger;
 	public static final int MODIFY_UNKNOWN = 0;
 	public static final int MODIFY_DELETED = -1;
 	public static final int MODIFY_MODIFIED = 1;
@@ -200,6 +201,9 @@ public String putTagNoLC(String key, String value) {
 		if (tags == null) {
 			tags = new LinkedHashMap<String, String>();
 		}
+		if (key.equals("tiger:osmand") && value.equals("yes")) {
+			isTiger = true;
+		}
 		return tags.put(key, value);
 	}
 
@@ -352,4 +356,8 @@ public boolean compareEntity(Entity thatObj) {
 					Algorithms.objectEquals(this.tags, thatObj.tags);
 		}
 	}
+
+	public boolean isTiger() {
+		return isTiger;
+	}
 }