diff --git a/lib/Elastica/Type/Mapping.php b/lib/Elastica/Type/Mapping.php
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 42cb98e8dc..b281a5dd99
--- a/lib/Elastica/Type/Mapping.php
+++ b/lib/Elastica/Type/Mapping.php
@@ -71,6 +71,17 @@ public function setProperties(array $properties)
         return $this->setParam('properties', $properties);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the mapping _meta
+     * @param array $meta metadata
+     * @return \Elastica\Type\Mapping Mapping object
+     * @link http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/mapping/meta.html
+     */
+    public function setMeta(array $meta)
+    {
+        return $this->setParam('_meta', $meta);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns mapping type
      *
diff --git a/test/lib/Elastica/Test/Type/MappingTest.php b/test/lib/Elastica/Test/Type/MappingTest.php
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index e885b816b9..c7ec859c19
--- a/test/lib/Elastica/Test/Type/MappingTest.php
+++ b/test/lib/Elastica/Test/Type/MappingTest.php
@@ -245,4 +245,19 @@ public function testDynamicTemplate()
             'Indexing status of the multiname.org not available. Dynamic mapping not fully applied!');
         $this->assertEquals('not_analyzed', $newMapping['person']['properties']['multiname']['fields']['org']['index']);
     }
+
+    public function testSetMeta()
+    {
+        $index = $this->_createIndex();
+        $type = $index->getType('test');
+        $mapping = new Mapping($type, array(
+            'firstname' => array('type' => 'string', 'store' => 'yes'),
+            'lastname' => array('type' => 'string')
+        ));
+        $mapping->setMeta(array('class' => 'test'));
+        $type->setMapping($mapping);
+
+        $mappingData = $type->getMapping();
+        $this->assertEquals('test', $mappingData['test']['_meta']['class']);
+    }
 }