diff --git a/core/images/down-arrow.tid b/core/images/down-arrow.tid
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..afd9e699f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/images/down-arrow.tid
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+title: $:/core/images/down-arrow
+
+<svg class="tw-image-down-arrow" viewBox="441 306 59 45" width="24pt" height="22pt"><path d="M 441 306 L 470.25 351 L 499.5 306 Z"/></svg>
diff --git a/core/ui/TagsEditor.tid b/core/ui/TagsEditor.tid
index 09c2749e1..3f20483b4 100644
--- a/core/ui/TagsEditor.tid
+++ b/core/ui/TagsEditor.tid
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: $:/core/ui/TagsEditor
 <$fieldmangler><div class="tw-edit-tags-list"><$list filter="[is[current]tags[]sort[title]]"><$setstyle name="background-color" value={{!!color}} class="tw-tag-label"><$view field="title" format="text" /><$button message="tw-remove-tag" class="btn-invisible tw-remove-tag-button">&times;</$button></$setstyle>
 </$list></div>
 
-<div class="tw-add-tag">Add a new tag: <span class="tw-add-tag-name"><$edit tiddler="$:/NewTagName" type="input" default="" placeholder="tag name" focusSet="$:/state/tagsAutoComplete" qualifyTiddlerTitles="yes"/></span><$button popup="$:/state/tagsAutoComplete" qualifyTiddlerTitles="yes">drop</$button> <span class="tw-add-tag-button"><$button message="tw-add-tag" param={{$:/NewTagName}} set="$:/NewTagName" setTo="" class="">add</$button></span></div>
+<div class="tw-add-tag">Add a new tag: <span class="tw-add-tag-name"><$edit tiddler="$:/NewTagName" type="input" default="" placeholder="tag name" focusSet="$:/state/tagsAutoComplete" qualifyTiddlerTitles="yes"/></span> <$button popup="$:/state/tagsAutoComplete" qualifyTiddlerTitles="yes" class="btn-invisible">{{$:/core/images/down-arrow}}</$button> <span class="tw-add-tag-button"><$button message="tw-add-tag" param={{$:/NewTagName}} set="$:/NewTagName" setTo="" class="">add</$button></span></div>
 
 <div class="tw-tags-autocomplete-wrapper">
 <$reveal state="$:/state/tagsAutoComplete" qualifyTiddlerTitles="yes" type="nomatch" text="" default="" class="tw-tags-autocomplete">
diff --git a/themes/tiddlywiki/snowwhite/base.tid b/themes/tiddlywiki/snowwhite/base.tid
index aaa2a707d..9ff86f9b1 100644
--- a/themes/tiddlywiki/snowwhite/base.tid
+++ b/themes/tiddlywiki/snowwhite/base.tid
@@ -511,6 +511,11 @@ canvas.tw-edit-bitmapeditor  {
 	color: #999;
 }
 
+.tw-add-tag svg {
+	height: 1em;
+	fill: #999;
+}
+
 .tw-add-tag-name {
 	display: inline-block;
 	width: 15%;