diff --git a/lib/Config/Migrator.php b/lib/Config/Migrator.php
index 7038655b5e..6489590f3d 100644
--- a/lib/Config/Migrator.php
+++ b/lib/Config/Migrator.php
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ class Migrator {
       'count_total int(11) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,',
       'count_processed int(11) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,',
       'count_to_process int(11) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,',
+      'meta longtext,',
       'created_at TIMESTAMP NULL,',
       'updated_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,',
       'deleted_at TIMESTAMP NULL,',
diff --git a/lib/Models/SendingQueue.php b/lib/Models/SendingQueue.php
index 21d67bb423..f443aaeb73 100644
--- a/lib/Models/SendingQueue.php
+++ b/lib/Models/SendingQueue.php
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ class SendingQueue extends Model {
         json_encode($this->encodeEmojisInBody($this->newsletter_rendered_body))
       );
     }
+    if(!Helpers::isJson($this->meta)) {
+      $this->set(
+        'meta',
+        json_encode($this->meta)
+      );
+    }
     parent::save();
     $this->newsletter_rendered_body = $this->getNewsletterRenderedBody();
     return $this;
@@ -86,6 +92,10 @@ class SendingQueue extends Model {
       $rendered_newsletter;
   }
 
+  function getMeta() {
+    return (Helpers::isJson($this->meta)) ? json_decode($this->meta, true) : $this->meta;
+  }
+
   function encodeEmojisInBody($newsletter_rendered_body) {
     if(is_array($newsletter_rendered_body)) {
       foreach($newsletter_rendered_body as $key => $value) {
@@ -126,6 +136,7 @@ class SendingQueue extends Model {
   function asArray() {
     $model = parent::asArray();
     $model['newsletter_rendered_body'] = $this->getNewsletterRenderedBody();
+    $model['meta'] = $this->getMeta();
     return $model;
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/Tasks/Sending.php b/lib/Tasks/Sending.php
index 8baa9e4f82..632267d9f6 100644
--- a/lib/Tasks/Sending.php
+++ b/lib/Tasks/Sending.php
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ class Sending {
     'newsletter_rendered_body',
     'count_total',
     'count_processed',
-    'count_to_process'
+    'count_to_process',
+    'meta'
   );
 
   private $common_fields = array(
diff --git a/tests/unit/Models/SendingQueueTest.php b/tests/unit/Models/SendingQueueTest.php
index eac1833017..572c97ff72 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Models/SendingQueueTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Models/SendingQueueTest.php
@@ -96,6 +96,22 @@ class SendingQueueTest extends \MailPoetTest {
     expect(json_decode($queue->newsletter_rendered_body, true))->equals($data);
   }
 
+  function testItJsonEncodesMetaWhenSaving() {
+    $queue = SendingQueue::create();
+    $meta = array(
+      'some' => 'value'
+    );
+    $queue->task_id = 0;
+    $queue->newsletter_id = 1;
+    $queue->meta = $meta;
+    $queue->save();
+
+    $queue = SendingQueue::findOne($queue->id);
+
+    expect(Helpers::isJson($queue->meta))->true();
+    expect(json_decode($queue->meta, true))->equals($meta);
+  }
+
   function testItReencodesSerializedObjectToJsonEncoded() {
     $queue = $this->queue;
     $newsletter_rendered_body = $this->rendered_body;