diff --git a/lib/agent.js b/lib/agent.js
index 1154b9b4c..313d2ff45 100644
--- a/lib/agent.js
+++ b/lib/agent.js
@@ -559,6 +559,9 @@ function getSnapshotData(snapshot) {
     v: snapshot.v,
     data: snapshot.data
   };
+  if (snapshot.m) {
+    data.m = snapshot.m;
+  }
   if (types.defaultType !== types.map[snapshot.type]) {
     data.type = snapshot.type;
   }
diff --git a/lib/backend.js b/lib/backend.js
index 923dc33b3..e4707fbe8 100644
--- a/lib/backend.js
+++ b/lib/backend.js
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ Backend.prototype.subscribe = function(agent, index, id, version, options, callb
     if (version == null) {
       // Subscribing from null means that the agent doesn't have a document
       // and needs to fetch it as well as subscribing
-      backend.fetch(agent, index, id, function(err, snapshot) {
+      backend.fetch(agent, index, id, {snapshotOptions: {metadata: true}}, function(err, snapshot) {
         if (err) {
           stream.destroy();
           return callback(err);
diff --git a/lib/client/doc.js b/lib/client/doc.js
index ac6b7881f..c95c1d0a1 100644
--- a/lib/client/doc.js
+++ b/lib/client/doc.js
@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@ Doc.prototype.ingestSnapshot = function(snapshot, callback) {
   this.data = (this.type && this.type.deserialize) ?
     this.type.deserialize(snapshot.data) :
     snapshot.data;
+  if (snapshot.m) {
+    this.meta = snapshot.m;
+  }
   this.emit('load');
   callback && callback();
 };