diff --git a/build.lua b/build.lua
index 3e718cd..2befdc7 100644
--- a/build.lua
+++ b/build.lua
@@ -5,4 +5,9 @@ module = "geometry"
 
 unpackfiles = {'geometry.dtx'}
 
-textfiles = {"README.md","changes.txt"}
\ No newline at end of file
+textfiles = {"README.md","changes.txt"}
+
+checkruns=2
+
+checkengines={"luatex"}
+stdengine="luatex"
diff --git a/changes.txt b/changes.txt
index e45a91f..4a8ee64 100644
--- a/changes.txt
+++ b/changes.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2025-11-16 
+  * tag cropmarks are artifacts, see https://github.com/latex3/tagging-project/issues/1064
+  
+  
 2020-01-02 Release 5.9
   * Include German translation (previously distributed as geometry-de on ctan)
   * Use iftex versions of \ifxetex, \ifpdf
diff --git a/geometry.dtx b/geometry.dtx
index 3287a9b..32f997a 100644
--- a/geometry.dtx
+++ b/geometry.dtx
@@ -3395,13 +3395,25 @@ the derived files: geometry.{sty,ins,drv}, geometry-samples.tex.
 %
 %    Macros for the page frames and cropmarks.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
-\def\Gm@cropmark(#1,#2,#3,#4){%
-  \begin{picture}(0,0)
-    \setlength\unitlength{1truemm}%
-    \linethickness{0.25pt}%
-    \put(#3,0){\line(#1,0){17}}%
-    \put(0,#4){\line(0,#2){17}}%
-  \end{picture}}%
+\IfDocumentMetadataTF
+ {
+   \def\Gm@cropmark(#1,#2,#3,#4){%
+     \begin{picture}[artifact](0,0)
+       \setlength\unitlength{1truemm}%
+       \linethickness{0.25pt}%
+       \put(#3,0){\line(#1,0){17}}%
+       \put(0,#4){\line(0,#2){17}}%
+     \end{picture}}%
+ }  
+ {
+    \def\Gm@cropmark(#1,#2,#3,#4){%
+     \begin{picture}(0,0)
+       \setlength\unitlength{1truemm}%
+       \linethickness{0.25pt}%
+       \put(#3,0){\line(#1,0){17}}%
+       \put(0,#4){\line(0,#2){17}}%
+     \end{picture}}% 
+ }  
 \providecommand*\vb@xt@{\vbox to}%
 \def\Gm@vrule{\vrule width 0.2pt height\textheight depth\z@}%
 \def\Gm@hrule{\hrule height 0.2pt depth\z@ width\textwidth}%
diff --git a/testfiles/tagging1064-2.lvt b/testfiles/tagging1064-2.lvt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2012e11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testfiles/tagging1064-2.lvt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+\input{regression-test}
+\documentclass{article}
+\usepackage[layoutsize={8in,8in},showcrop]{geometry}
+
+\title{geometry tagging test}
+\begin{document}
+\START
+some text
+
+\end{document}
diff --git a/testfiles/tagging1064-2.tlg b/testfiles/tagging1064-2.tlg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a60d8b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testfiles/tagging1064-2.tlg
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+This is a generated file for the l3build validation system.
+Don't change this file in any respect.
+[1
+] (tagging1064-2.aux)
diff --git a/testfiles/tagging1064.lvt b/testfiles/tagging1064.lvt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f21e039
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testfiles/tagging1064.lvt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+\DocumentMetadata{tagging=on}
+\input{regression-test}
+\documentclass{article}
+\usepackage[layoutsize={8in,8in},showcrop]{geometry}
+
+\title{geometry tagging test}
+\begin{document}
+\START
+some text
+
+\end{document}
diff --git a/testfiles/tagging1064.tlg b/testfiles/tagging1064.tlg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c442fb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testfiles/tagging1064.tlg
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+This is a generated file for the l3build validation system.
+Don't change this file in any respect.
+[1
+]<<latex-list-css.html>><<latex-align-css.html>> (tagging1064.aux)
+Package tagpdf Info: Finalizing the tagging structure:
+(tagpdf)             Writing out ~6 structure objects
+(tagpdf)             with ~7 'MC' leaf nodes.
+(tagpdf)             Be patient if there are lots of objects!
+Package tagpdf Info: writing ParentTree
+Package tagpdf Info: writing IDTree
+Package tagpdf Info: writing RoleMap
+Package tagpdf Info: writing ClassMap
+Package tagpdf Info: writing NameSpaces
+Package tagpdf Info: writing StructElems
+Package tagpdf Info: writing Root