diff --git a/consul/base.py b/consul/base.py
index 0c86d406..ee6ab254 100755
--- a/consul/base.py
+++ b/consul/base.py
@@ -819,6 +819,7 @@ def register(
                     tags=None,
                     check=None,
                     token=None,
+                    meta=None,
                     # *deprecated* use check parameter
                     script=None,
                     interval=None,
@@ -848,6 +849,9 @@ def register(
                 Note this call will return successful even if the token doesn't
                 have permissions to register this service.
 
+                *meta* specifies arbitrary KV metadata linked to the service
+                formatted as {k1:v1, k2:v2}.
+
                 *script*, *interval*, *ttl*, *http*, and *timeout* arguments
                 are deprecated. use *check* instead.
 
@@ -873,7 +877,8 @@ def register(
                     payload['port'] = port
                 if tags:
                     payload['tags'] = tags
-
+                if meta:
+                    payload['meta'] = meta
                 if check:
                     payload['check'] = check
 
diff --git a/tests/test_base.py b/tests/test_base.py
index cd894146..ef76a9fa 100755
--- a/tests/test_base.py
+++ b/tests/test_base.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import collections
+import json
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -62,6 +63,14 @@ def _should_support_node_meta(c):
     )
 
 
+def _should_support_meta(c):
+    return (
+        # agent
+        lambda **kw: c.agent.service.register('foo', **kw),
+        lambda **kw: c.agent.service.register('foo', 'bar', **kw),
+    )
+
+
 class TestIndex(object):
     """
     Tests read requests that should support blocking on an index
@@ -107,6 +116,18 @@ def test_node_meta(self):
                 sorted([('node-meta', 'net:1'), ('node-meta', 'env:prod')])
 
 
+class TestMeta(object):
+    """
+    Tests read requests that should support meta
+    """
+
+    def test_meta(self):
+        c = Consul()
+        for r in _should_support_meta(c):
+            d = json.loads(r(meta={'env': 'prod', 'net': 1}).data)
+            assert sorted(d['meta']) == sorted({'env': 'prod', 'net': 1})
+
+
 class TestCB(object):
 
     def test_status_200_passes(self):