1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ansible/cli/playbook.py b/lib/ansible/cli/playbook.py
index 9c091a67..e63785b0 100755
--- a/lib/ansible/cli/playbook.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/cli/playbook.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from ansible import context
 from ansible.cli.arguments import option_helpers as opt_help
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.executor.playbook_executor import PlaybookExecutor
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes
 from ansible.playbook.block import Block
 from ansible.plugins.loader import add_all_plugin_dirs
 from ansible.utils.collection_loader import AnsibleCollectionConfig
@@ -67,8 +67,19 @@ class PlaybookCLI(CLI):
         self.parser.add_argument('args', help='Playbook(s)', metavar='playbook', nargs='+')
 
     def post_process_args(self, options):
+
+        # for listing, we need to know if user had tag input
+        # capture here as parent function sets defaults for tags
+        havetags = bool(options.tags or options.skip_tags)
+
         options = super(PlaybookCLI, self).post_process_args(options)
 
+        if options.listtags:
+            # default to all tags (including never), when listing tags
+            # unless user specified tags
+            if not havetags:
+                options.tags = ['never', 'all']
+
         display.verbosity = options.verbosity
         self.validate_conflicts(options, runas_opts=True, fork_opts=True)