diff --git a/lib/philomena/images.ex b/lib/philomena/images.ex
index 12bdf399d..569993c82 100644
--- a/lib/philomena/images.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena/images.ex
@@ -265,15 +265,25 @@ defmodule Philomena.Images do
     |> Repo.transaction()
   end
 
+  def update_locked_tags(%Image{} = image, attrs) do
+    new_tags = Tags.get_or_create_tags(attrs["tag_input"])
+
+    image
+    |> Repo.preload(:locked_tags)
+    |> Image.locked_tags_changeset(attrs, new_tags)
+    |> Repo.update()
+  end
+
   def update_tags(%Image{} = image, attribution, attrs) do
     old_tags = Tags.get_or_create_tags(attrs["old_tag_input"])
     new_tags = Tags.get_or_create_tags(attrs["tag_input"])
 
     Multi.new()
     |> Multi.run(:image, fn repo, _chg ->
+      image = repo.preload(image, [:tags, :locked_tags])
+
       image
-      |> repo.preload(:tags)
-      |> Image.tag_changeset(%{}, old_tags, new_tags)
+      |> Image.tag_changeset(%{}, old_tags, new_tags, image.locked_tags)
       |> repo.update()
       |> case do
         {:ok, image} ->
diff --git a/lib/philomena/images/image.ex b/lib/philomena/images/image.ex
index 3d559d098..bbb7cba84 100644
--- a/lib/philomena/images/image.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena/images/image.ex
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ defmodule Philomena.Images.Image do
     has_many :favers, through: [:faves, :user]
     has_many :hiders, through: [:hides, :user]
     many_to_many :tags, Tag, join_through: "image_taggings", on_replace: :delete
+    many_to_many :locked_tags, Tag, join_through: "image_tag_locks", on_replace: :delete
     has_one :intensity, ImageIntensity
     has_many :galleries, through: [:gallery_interactions, :image]
 
@@ -179,14 +180,20 @@ defmodule Philomena.Images.Image do
     |> validate_format(:source_url, ~r/\Ahttps?:\/\//)
   end
 
-  def tag_changeset(image, attrs, old_tags, new_tags) do
+  def tag_changeset(image, attrs, old_tags, new_tags, excluded_tags \\ []) do
     image
     |> cast(attrs, [])
-    |> TagDiffer.diff_input(old_tags, new_tags)
+    |> TagDiffer.diff_input(old_tags, new_tags, excluded_tags)
     |> TagValidator.validate_tags()
     |> cache_changeset()
   end
 
+  def locked_tags_changeset(image, attrs, locked_tags) do
+    image
+    |> cast(attrs, [])
+    |> put_assoc(:locked_tags, locked_tags)
+  end
+
   def dnp_changeset(image, user) do
     image
     |> change()
diff --git a/lib/philomena/images/tag_differ.ex b/lib/philomena/images/tag_differ.ex
index 93d4ef6d2..831d28a40 100644
--- a/lib/philomena/images/tag_differ.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena/images/tag_differ.ex
@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@ defmodule Philomena.Images.TagDiffer do
   alias Philomena.Tags.Tag
   alias Philomena.Repo
 
-  def diff_input(changeset, old_tags, new_tags) do
+  def diff_input(changeset, old_tags, new_tags, excluded_tags) do
+    excluded_ids = Enum.map(excluded_tags, & &1.id)
+
     old_set = to_set(old_tags)
     new_set = to_set(new_tags)
 
     tags = changeset |> get_field(:tags)
-    added_tags = added_set(old_set, new_set)
-    removed_tags = removed_set(old_set, new_set)
+    added_tags = added_set(old_set, new_set, excluded_ids)
+    removed_tags = removed_set(old_set, new_set, excluded_ids)
 
     {tags, actually_added, actually_removed} = apply_changes(tags, added_tags, removed_tags)
 
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ defmodule Philomena.Images.TagDiffer do
     |> put_assoc(:tags, tags)
   end
 
-  defp added_set(old_set, new_set) do
+  defp added_set(old_set, new_set, excluded_ids) do
     # new_tags - old_tags
     added_set =
       new_set
@@ -40,12 +42,16 @@ defmodule Philomena.Images.TagDiffer do
       |> Enum.filter(fn {_k, v} -> v.namespace == "oc" end)
       |> get_oc_tag()
 
-    Map.merge(added_and_implied_set, oc_set)
+    added_and_implied_set
+    |> Map.merge(oc_set)
+    |> Map.drop(excluded_ids)
   end
 
-  defp removed_set(old_set, new_set) do
+  defp removed_set(old_set, new_set, excluded_ids) do
     # old_tags - new_tags
-    old_set |> Map.drop(Map.keys(new_set))
+    old_set
+    |> Map.drop(Map.keys(new_set))
+    |> Map.drop(excluded_ids)
   end
 
   defp get_oc_tag([]), do: Map.new()
diff --git a/lib/philomena/images/tag_lock.ex b/lib/philomena/images/tag_lock.ex
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc5e3d4c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/philomena/images/tag_lock.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+defmodule Philomena.Images.TagLock do
+  use Ecto.Schema
+  import Ecto.Changeset
+
+  alias Philomena.Images.Image
+  alias Philomena.Tags.Tag
+
+  @primary_key false
+
+  schema "image_tag_locks" do
+    belongs_to :image, Image, primary_key: true
+    belongs_to :tag, Tag, primary_key: true
+  end
+
+  @doc false
+  def changeset(tag_lock, attrs) do
+    tag_lock
+    |> cast(attrs, [])
+    |> validate_required([])
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/controllers/image/tag_controller.ex b/lib/philomena_web/controllers/image/tag_controller.ex
index e21d042f5..a13c11ac4 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/controllers/image/tag_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/controllers/image/tag_controller.ex
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.Image.TagController do
   plug :load_and_authorize_resource,
     model: Image,
     id_name: "image_id",
-    preload: [:user, tags: :aliases]
+    preload: [:user, :locked_tags, tags: :aliases]
 
   def update(conn, %{"image" => image_params}) do
     attributes = conn.assigns.attributes
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/controllers/image/tag_lock_controller.ex b/lib/philomena_web/controllers/image/tag_lock_controller.ex
index e4193ca12..06017d38a 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/controllers/image/tag_lock_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/controllers/image/tag_lock_controller.ex
@@ -4,8 +4,27 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.Image.TagLockController do
   alias Philomena.Images.Image
   alias Philomena.Images
 
-  plug PhilomenaWeb.CanaryMapPlug, create: :hide, delete: :hide
-  plug :load_and_authorize_resource, model: Image, id_name: "image_id", persisted: true
+  plug PhilomenaWeb.CanaryMapPlug, show: :hide, update: :hide, create: :hide, delete: :hide
+
+  plug :load_and_authorize_resource,
+    model: Image,
+    id_name: "image_id",
+    persisted: true,
+    preload: [:locked_tags]
+
+  def show(conn, _params) do
+    changeset = Images.change_image(conn.assigns.image)
+
+    render(conn, "show.html", title: "Locking image tags", changeset: changeset)
+  end
+
+  def update(conn, %{"image" => image_attrs}) do
+    {:ok, image} = Images.update_locked_tags(conn.assigns.image, image_attrs)
+
+    conn
+    |> put_flash(:info, "Successfully updated list of locked tags.")
+    |> redirect(to: Routes.image_path(conn, :show, image))
+  end
 
   def create(conn, _params) do
     {:ok, image} = Images.lock_tags(conn.assigns.image, true)
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/controllers/image_controller.ex b/lib/philomena_web/controllers/image_controller.ex
index eecd5c722..31e1d0743 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/controllers/image_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/controllers/image_controller.ex
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.ImageController do
         [i, _],
         _ in fragment("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM source_changes s WHERE s.image_id = ?", i.id)
       )
-      |> preload([:deleter, user: [awards: :badge], tags: :aliases])
+      |> preload([:deleter, :locked_tags, user: [awards: :badge], tags: :aliases])
       |> select([i, t, s], {i, t.count, s.count})
       |> Repo.one()
       |> case do
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/router.ex b/lib/philomena_web/router.ex
index 39f1dd298..2479a2d15 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/router.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/router.ex
@@ -212,7 +212,9 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.Router do
         only: [:create, :delete],
         singleton: true
 
-      resources "/tag_lock", Image.TagLockController, only: [:create, :delete], singleton: true
+      resources "/tag_lock", Image.TagLockController,
+        only: [:show, :update, :create, :delete],
+        singleton: true
     end
 
     resources "/forums", ForumController, only: [] do
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/templates/image/_options.html.slime b/lib/philomena_web/templates/image/_options.html.slime
index 31efc9ddb..020a7bcb2 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/templates/image/_options.html.slime
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/templates/image/_options.html.slime
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@
         - else
           = button_to "Unlock tag editing", Routes.image_tag_lock_path(@conn, :delete, @image), method: "delete", class: "button"
 
-      = if @image.hidden_from_users and can?(@conn, :destroy, @image) do
-        br
-        .flex.flex--spaced-out
-          = button_to "Destroy image", Routes.image_destroy_path(@conn, :create, @image), method: "post", class: "button button--state-danger", data: [confirm: "This action is IRREVERSIBLE. Are you sure?"]
+      br
+      .flex.flex--spaced-out
+        = link "Lock specific tags", to: Routes.image_tag_lock_path(@conn, :show, @image), class: "button"
+        = if @image.hidden_from_users and can?(@conn, :destroy, @image) do
+            = button_to "Destroy image", Routes.image_destroy_path(@conn, :create, @image), method: "post", class: "button button--state-danger", data: [confirm: "This action is IRREVERSIBLE. Are you sure?"]
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/templates/image/_tags.html.slime b/lib/philomena_web/templates/image/_tags.html.slime
index ae3cf38c9..ed586fd95 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/templates/image/_tags.html.slime
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/templates/image/_tags.html.slime
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
   .js-imageform class=form_class
     = if can?(@conn, :edit_metadata, @image) and !@conn.assigns.current_ban do
 
+      = if Enum.any?(@image.locked_tags) do
+        .block.block--fixed.block--warning
+          i.fa.fa-lock>
+          ' The following tags have been restricted on this image:
+          code= Enum.map_join(@image.locked_tags, ", ", & &1.name)
+
       = form_for @changeset, Routes.image_tag_path(@conn, :update, @image), [id: "tags-form", method: "put", data: [remote: true]], fn f ->
         = if @changeset.action do
           .alert.alert-danger
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/templates/image/tag_lock/show.html.slime b/lib/philomena_web/templates/image/tag_lock/show.html.slime
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81a52cdfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/templates/image/tag_lock/show.html.slime
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+- tag_input = Enum.map_join(@image.locked_tags, ", ", & &1.name)
+
+h1
+  | Editing locked tags on image #
+  = @image.id
+
+= form_for @changeset, Routes.image_tag_lock_path(@conn, :update, @image), fn f ->
+  .field
+    = render PhilomenaWeb.TagView, "_tag_editor.html", f: f, name: :tag_input, type: :edit, extra: [value: tag_input]
+    = error_tag f, :tag_input
+
+  .actions
+    = submit "Update", class: "button", autocomplete: "off", data: [disable_with: "Please wait..."]
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/views/image/tag_lock_view.ex b/lib/philomena_web/views/image/tag_lock_view.ex
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..044965be2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/views/image/tag_lock_view.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+defmodule PhilomenaWeb.Image.TagLockView do
+  use PhilomenaWeb, :view
+end
diff --git a/priv/repo/migrations/20210301012137_add_tag_locks.exs b/priv/repo/migrations/20210301012137_add_tag_locks.exs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..160ff1796
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/repo/migrations/20210301012137_add_tag_locks.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+defmodule Philomena.Repo.Migrations.AddTagLocks do
+  use Ecto.Migration
+
+  def change do
+    create table("image_tag_locks", primary_key: false) do
+      add :image_id, references(:images, on_delete: :delete_all), null: false
+      add :tag_id, references(:tags, on_delete: :delete_all), null: false
+    end
+
+    create index("image_tag_locks", [:image_id, :tag_id], unique: true)
+    create index("image_tag_locks", [:tag_id])
+  end
+end
diff --git a/priv/repo/structure.sql b/priv/repo/structure.sql
index a886498b1..980129d31 100644
--- a/priv/repo/structure.sql
+++ b/priv/repo/structure.sql
@@ -858,6 +858,16 @@ CREATE TABLE public.image_subscriptions (
 );
 
 
+--
+-- Name: image_tag_locks; Type: TABLE; Schema: public; Owner: -
+--
+
+CREATE TABLE public.image_tag_locks (
+    image_id bigint NOT NULL,
+    tag_id bigint NOT NULL
+);
+
+
 --
 -- Name: image_taggings; Type: TABLE; Schema: public; Owner: -
 --
@@ -2796,6 +2806,20 @@ CREATE INDEX image_intensities_index ON public.image_intensities USING btree (nw
 CREATE UNIQUE INDEX image_sources_image_id_source_index ON public.image_sources USING btree (image_id, source);
 
 
+--
+-- Name: image_tag_locks_image_id_tag_id_index; Type: INDEX; Schema: public; Owner: -
+--
+
+CREATE UNIQUE INDEX image_tag_locks_image_id_tag_id_index ON public.image_tag_locks USING btree (image_id, tag_id);
+
+
+--
+-- Name: image_tag_locks_tag_id_index; Type: INDEX; Schema: public; Owner: -
+--
+
+CREATE INDEX image_tag_locks_tag_id_index ON public.image_tag_locks USING btree (tag_id);
+
+
 --
 -- Name: index_adverts_on_restrictions; Type: INDEX; Schema: public; Owner: -
 --
@@ -4772,6 +4796,22 @@ ALTER TABLE ONLY public.image_sources
     ADD CONSTRAINT image_sources_image_id_fkey FOREIGN KEY (image_id) REFERENCES public.images(id);
 
 
+--
+-- Name: image_tag_locks image_tag_locks_image_id_fkey; Type: FK CONSTRAINT; Schema: public; Owner: -
+--
+
+ALTER TABLE ONLY public.image_tag_locks
+    ADD CONSTRAINT image_tag_locks_image_id_fkey FOREIGN KEY (image_id) REFERENCES public.images(id) ON DELETE CASCADE;
+
+
+--
+-- Name: image_tag_locks image_tag_locks_tag_id_fkey; Type: FK CONSTRAINT; Schema: public; Owner: -
+--
+
+ALTER TABLE ONLY public.image_tag_locks
+    ADD CONSTRAINT image_tag_locks_tag_id_fkey FOREIGN KEY (tag_id) REFERENCES public.tags(id) ON DELETE CASCADE;
+
+
 --
 -- Name: user_tokens user_tokens_user_id_fkey; Type: FK CONSTRAINT; Schema: public; Owner: -
 --
@@ -4802,3 +4842,4 @@ INSERT INTO public."schema_migrations" (version) VALUES (20200817213256);
 INSERT INTO public."schema_migrations" (version) VALUES (20200905214139);
 INSERT INTO public."schema_migrations" (version) VALUES (20201124224116);
 INSERT INTO public."schema_migrations" (version) VALUES (20210121200815);
+INSERT INTO public."schema_migrations" (version) VALUES (20210301012137);