diff --git a/jobspec/parse.go b/jobspec/parse.go
index b751c191a..7c63a4287 100644
--- a/jobspec/parse.go
+++ b/jobspec/parse.go
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ func parseJob(result *structs.Job, obj *hclobj.Object) error {
 	if err := hcl.DecodeObject(&m, obj); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	delete(m, "meta")
 
 	// Set the name to the object key
 	result.Name = obj.Key
@@ -83,6 +84,20 @@ func parseJob(result *structs.Job, obj *hclobj.Object) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// Parse out meta fields. These are in HCL as a list so we need
+	// to iterate over them and merge them.
+	if metaO := obj.Get("meta", false); metaO != nil {
+		for _, o := range metaO.Elem(false) {
+			var m map[string]interface{}
+			if err := hcl.DecodeObject(&m, o); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if err := mapstructure.WeakDecode(m, &result.Meta); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	// If we have tasks outside, do those
 	if o := obj.Get("task", false); o != nil {
 		var tasks []*structs.Task
diff --git a/jobspec/parse_test.go b/jobspec/parse_test.go
index 14ddf90c3..ab68c90d7 100644
--- a/jobspec/parse_test.go
+++ b/jobspec/parse_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 				AllAtOnce:   true,
 				Datacenters: []string{"us2", "eu1"},
 
+				Meta: map[string]string{
+					"foo": "bar",
+				},
+
 				TaskGroups: []*structs.TaskGroup{
 					&structs.TaskGroup{
 						Name:  "outside",
diff --git a/jobspec/test-fixtures/basic.hcl b/jobspec/test-fixtures/basic.hcl
index 8b2b1e03e..175997182 100644
--- a/jobspec/test-fixtures/basic.hcl
+++ b/jobspec/test-fixtures/basic.hcl
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ job "binstore-storagelocker" {
     all_at_once = true
     datacenters = ["us2", "eu1"]
 
+    meta {
+        foo = "bar"
+    }
+
     task "outside" {
         driver = "java"
         config {