diff --git a/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/DependencyInjection/SwaggerGenOptionsExtensions.cs b/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/DependencyInjection/SwaggerGenOptionsExtensions.cs
index 2239084555..e03819bea7 100644
--- a/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/DependencyInjection/SwaggerGenOptionsExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/DependencyInjection/SwaggerGenOptionsExtensions.cs
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ public static void IncludeXmlComments(
             swaggerGenOptions.SchemaFilter<XmlCommentsSchemaFilter>(xmlDoc);
 
             if (includeControllerXmlComments)
-                swaggerGenOptions.DocumentFilter<XmlCommentsDocumentFilter>(xmlDoc);
+                swaggerGenOptions.DocumentFilter<XmlCommentsDocumentFilter>(xmlDoc, swaggerGenOptions.SwaggerGeneratorOptions);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/XmlComments/XmlCommentsDocumentFilter.cs b/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/XmlComments/XmlCommentsDocumentFilter.cs
index 2ce004eebc..35685136a5 100644
--- a/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/XmlComments/XmlCommentsDocumentFilter.cs
+++ b/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/XmlComments/XmlCommentsDocumentFilter.cs
@@ -13,20 +13,27 @@ public class XmlCommentsDocumentFilter : IDocumentFilter
         private const string SummaryTag = "summary";
 
         private readonly XPathNavigator _xmlNavigator;
+        private readonly SwaggerGeneratorOptions _options;
 
         public XmlCommentsDocumentFilter(XPathDocument xmlDoc)
+            : this(xmlDoc, null)
+        {
+        }
+
+        public XmlCommentsDocumentFilter(XPathDocument xmlDoc, SwaggerGeneratorOptions options)
         {
             _xmlNavigator = xmlDoc.CreateNavigator();
+            _options = options;
         }
 
         public void Apply(OpenApiDocument swaggerDoc, DocumentFilterContext context)
         {
             // Collect (unique) controller names and types in a dictionary
             var controllerNamesAndTypes = context.ApiDescriptions
-                .Select(apiDesc => apiDesc.ActionDescriptor as ControllerActionDescriptor)
-                .Where(actionDesc => actionDesc != null)
-                .GroupBy(actionDesc => actionDesc.ControllerName)
-                .Select(group => new KeyValuePair<string, Type>(group.Key, group.First().ControllerTypeInfo.AsType()));
+                .Select(apiDesc => new { ApiDesc = apiDesc, ActionDesc = apiDesc.ActionDescriptor as ControllerActionDescriptor })
+                .Where(x => x.ActionDesc != null)
+                .GroupBy(x => _options?.TagsSelector(x.ApiDesc).FirstOrDefault() ?? x.ActionDesc.ControllerName)
+                .Select(group => new KeyValuePair<string, Type>(group.Key, group.First().ActionDesc.ControllerTypeInfo.AsType()));
 
             foreach (var nameAndType in controllerNamesAndTypes)
             {
diff --git a/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/XmlComments/XmlCommentsDocumentFilterTests.cs b/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/XmlComments/XmlCommentsDocumentFilterTests.cs
index 4f3b28a3ad..c92fab0425 100644
--- a/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/XmlComments/XmlCommentsDocumentFilterTests.cs
+++ b/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/XmlComments/XmlCommentsDocumentFilterTests.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 using System.Xml.XPath;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.IO;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Controllers;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
 using Microsoft.OpenApi.Models;
 using Xunit;
 using Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.TestSupport;
@@ -51,5 +55,114 @@ private static XmlCommentsDocumentFilter Subject()
                 return new XmlCommentsDocumentFilter(new XPathDocument(xmlComments));
             }
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Uses_Proper_Tag_Name()
+        {
+            var expectedTagName = "AliasControllerWithXmlComments";
+            var options = new SwaggerGeneratorOptions();
+            var document = new OpenApiDocument();
+            var filterContext = new DocumentFilterContext(
+                new[]
+                {
+                    new ApiDescription
+                    {
+                        ActionDescriptor = new ControllerActionDescriptor
+                        {
+                            ControllerTypeInfo = typeof(FakeControllerWithXmlComments).GetTypeInfo(),
+                            ControllerName = nameof(FakeControllerWithXmlComments),
+                            RouteValues = new Dictionary<string, string> { { "controller", expectedTagName } }
+                        }
+                    },
+                    new ApiDescription
+                    {
+                        ActionDescriptor = new ControllerActionDescriptor
+                        {
+                            ControllerTypeInfo = typeof(FakeControllerWithXmlComments).GetTypeInfo(),
+                            ControllerName = nameof(FakeControllerWithXmlComments),
+                            RouteValues = new Dictionary<string, string> { { "controller", expectedTagName } }
+                        }
+                    }
+                },
+                null,
+                null);
+
+            Subject(options).Apply(document, filterContext);
+
+            var tag = Assert.Single(document.Tags);
+            Assert.Equal(expectedTagName, tag.Name);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Uses_Proper_Tag_Name_With_Custom_TagSelector()
+        {
+            var expectedTagName = "AliasControllerWithXmlComments";
+            var options = new SwaggerGeneratorOptions { TagsSelector = apiDesc => new[] { expectedTagName } };
+            var document = new OpenApiDocument();
+            var filterContext = new DocumentFilterContext(
+                new[]
+                {
+                    new ApiDescription
+                    {
+                        ActionDescriptor = new ControllerActionDescriptor
+                        {
+                            ControllerTypeInfo = typeof(FakeControllerWithXmlComments).GetTypeInfo(),
+                            ControllerName = nameof(FakeControllerWithXmlComments),
+                        }
+                    },
+                    new ApiDescription
+                    {
+                        ActionDescriptor = new ControllerActionDescriptor
+                        {
+                            ControllerTypeInfo = typeof(FakeControllerWithXmlComments).GetTypeInfo(),
+                            ControllerName = nameof(FakeControllerWithXmlComments),
+                        }
+                    }
+                },
+                null,
+                null);
+
+            Subject(options).Apply(document, filterContext);
+
+            var tag = Assert.Single(document.Tags);
+            Assert.Equal(expectedTagName, tag.Name);
+        }
+
+        private static XmlCommentsDocumentFilter Subject(SwaggerGeneratorOptions options)
+        {
+            using (var xmlComments = File.OpenText($"{typeof(FakeControllerWithXmlComments).Assembly.GetName().Name}.xml"))
+            {
+                return new XmlCommentsDocumentFilter(new XPathDocument(xmlComments), options);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Ensure_IncludeXmlComments_Adds_Filter_To_Options()
+        {
+            var services = new ServiceCollection();
+            services.AddSingleton<IWebHostEnvironment, DummyHostEnvironment>();
+            services.AddSwaggerGen(c =>
+            {
+                c.IncludeXmlComments(
+                    $"{typeof(FakeControllerWithXmlComments).Assembly.GetName().Name}.xml",
+                    includeControllerXmlComments: true);
+            });
+
+            using var provider = services.BuildServiceProvider();
+            var options = provider.GetService<Microsoft.Extensions.Options.IOptions<SwaggerGeneratorOptions>>().Value;
+
+            Assert.NotNull(options);
+            Assert.Contains(options.DocumentFilters, x => x is XmlCommentsDocumentFilter);
+        }
+
+        private sealed class DummyHostEnvironment : IWebHostEnvironment
+        {
+            public string WebRootPath { get; set; }
+            public IFileProvider WebRootFileProvider { get; set; }
+            public string ApplicationName { get; set; }
+            public IFileProvider ContentRootFileProvider { get; set; }
+            public string ContentRootPath { get; set; }
+            public string EnvironmentName { get; set; }
+        }
     }
 }