diff --git a/src/node_crypto.cc b/src/node_crypto.cc
index 7e7222996f941d..68efa676f0c475 100644
--- a/src/node_crypto.cc
+++ b/src/node_crypto.cc
@@ -3806,9 +3806,17 @@ void CipherBase::SetAuthTag(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
     return env->ThrowError("Attempting to set auth tag in unsupported state");
   }
 
-  // FIXME(bnoordhuis) Throw when buffer length is not a valid tag size.
+  // Restrict GCM tag lengths according to NIST 800-38d, page 9.
+  unsigned int tag_len = Buffer::Length(args[0]);
+  if (tag_len > 16 || (tag_len < 12 && tag_len != 8 && tag_len != 4)) {
+    ProcessEmitWarning(cipher->env(),
+        "Permitting authentication tag lengths of %u bytes is deprecated. "
+        "Valid GCM tag lengths are 4, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16.",
+        tag_len);
+  }
+
   // Note: we don't use std::max() here to work around a header conflict.
-  cipher->auth_tag_len_ = Buffer::Length(args[0]);
+  cipher->auth_tag_len_ = tag_len;
   if (cipher->auth_tag_len_ > sizeof(cipher->auth_tag_))
     cipher->auth_tag_len_ = sizeof(cipher->auth_tag_);
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-crypto-authenticated.js b/test/parallel/test-crypto-authenticated.js
index c03aa0efce54e0..df6b4316390594 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-crypto-authenticated.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-crypto-authenticated.js
@@ -335,6 +335,14 @@ const errMessages = {
 
 const ciphers = crypto.getCiphers();
 
+common.expectWarning('Warning', (common.hasFipsCrypto ? [] : [
+  'Use Cipheriv for counter mode of aes-192-gcm'
+]).concat(
+  [0, 1, 2, 6, 9, 10, 11, 17]
+  .map((i) => `Permitting authentication tag lengths of ${i} bytes is ` +
+            'deprecated. Valid GCM tag lengths are 4, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16.')
+));
+
 for (const i in TEST_CASES) {
   const test = TEST_CASES[i];
 
@@ -476,3 +484,14 @@ for (const i in TEST_CASES) {
   assert.throws(() => encrypt.setAAD(Buffer.from('123', 'ascii')),
                 errMessages.state);
 }
+
+// GCM only supports specific authentication tag lengths, invalid lengths should
+// produce warnings.
+{
+  for (const length of [0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17]) {
+    const decrypt = crypto.createDecipheriv('aes-256-gcm',
+                                            'FxLKsqdmv0E9xrQhp0b1ZgI0K7JFZJM8',
+                                            'qkuZpJWCewa6Szih');
+    decrypt.setAuthTag(Buffer.from('1'.repeat(length)));
+  }
+}