diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 38d94ca3d..0765c39d6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ IMPROVEMENTS:
  * api: Added JSON representation of rules to policy endpoint response [[GH-6017](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/pull/6017)]
  * api: Update policy endpoint to permit anonymous access [[GH-6021](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/6021)]
  * build: Updated to Go 1.12.13 [[GH-6606](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/6606)]
+ * consul: Add support for service `canary_meta`
  * cli: Show full ID in node and alloc individual status views [[GH-6425](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/6425)]
  * client: Enable setting tags on Consul Connect sidecar service [[GH-6448](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/6448)]
  * client: Added support for downloading artifacts from Google Cloud Storage [[GH-6692](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/pull/6692)]
diff --git a/api/services.go b/api/services.go
index 8630126ce..6b1220ea3 100644
--- a/api/services.go
+++ b/api/services.go
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ type Service struct {
 	CheckRestart *CheckRestart `mapstructure:"check_restart"`
 	Connect      *ConsulConnect
 	Meta         map[string]string
+	CanaryMeta   map[string]string
 }
 
 // Canonicalize the Service by ensuring its name and address mode are set. Task
diff --git a/command/agent/consul/catalog_testing.go b/command/agent/consul/catalog_testing.go
index 621d41439..235f419ce 100644
--- a/command/agent/consul/catalog_testing.go
+++ b/command/agent/consul/catalog_testing.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	log "github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/helper"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/api"
 )
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ func (c *MockAgent) Services() (map[string]*api.AgentService, error) {
 			ID:                v.ID,
 			Service:           v.Name,
 			Tags:              make([]string, len(v.Tags)),
+			Meta:              helper.CopyMapStringString(v.Meta),
 			Port:              v.Port,
 			Address:           v.Address,
 			EnableTagOverride: v.EnableTagOverride,
diff --git a/command/agent/consul/client.go b/command/agent/consul/client.go
index e7480a8b7..88965c6f9 100644
--- a/command/agent/consul/client.go
+++ b/command/agent/consul/client.go
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ func agentServiceUpdateRequired(reg *api.AgentServiceRegistration, svc *api.Agen
 		reg.Port == svc.Port &&
 		reg.Address == svc.Address &&
 		reg.Name == svc.Service &&
-		reflect.DeepEqual(reg.Tags, svc.Tags))
+		reflect.DeepEqual(reg.Tags, svc.Tags) &&
+		reflect.DeepEqual(reg.Meta, svc.Meta))
 }
 
 // operations are submitted to the main loop via commit() for synchronizing
@@ -713,9 +714,17 @@ func (c *ServiceClient) serviceRegs(ops *operations, service *structs.Service, w
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid Consul Connect configuration for service %q: %v", service.Name, err)
 	}
 
-	meta := make(map[string]string, len(service.Meta))
-	for k, v := range service.Meta {
-		meta[k] = v
+	var meta map[string]string
+	if task.Canary && len(service.CanaryMeta) > 0 {
+		meta = make(map[string]string, len(service.CanaryMeta)+1)
+		for k, v := range service.CanaryMeta {
+			meta[k] = v
+		}
+	} else {
+		meta = make(map[string]string, len(service.Meta)+1)
+		for k, v := range service.Meta {
+			meta[k] = v
+		}
 	}
 
 	// This enables the consul UI to show that Nomad registered this service
diff --git a/command/agent/consul/unit_test.go b/command/agent/consul/unit_test.go
index 3cc702f00..65ab5aa66 100644
--- a/command/agent/consul/unit_test.go
+++ b/command/agent/consul/unit_test.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ func testWorkload() *WorkloadServices {
 				Name:      "taskname-service",
 				PortLabel: "x",
 				Tags:      []string{"tag1", "tag2"},
+				Meta:      map[string]string{"meta1": "foo"},
 			},
 		},
 		Networks: []*structs.NetworkResource{
@@ -1077,6 +1078,73 @@ func TestConsul_CanaryTags_NoTags(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Len(ctx.FakeConsul.services, 0)
 }
 
+// TestConsul_CanaryMeta asserts CanaryMeta are used when Canary=true
+func TestConsul_CanaryMeta(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	require := require.New(t)
+	ctx := setupFake(t)
+
+	canaryMeta := map[string]string{"meta1": "canary"}
+	canaryMeta["external-source"] = "nomad"
+	ctx.Task.Canary = true
+	ctx.Task.Services[0].CanaryMeta = canaryMeta
+
+	require.NoError(ctx.ServiceClient.RegisterTask(ctx.Task))
+	require.NoError(ctx.syncOnce())
+	require.Len(ctx.FakeConsul.services, 1)
+	for _, service := range ctx.FakeConsul.services {
+		require.Equal(canaryMeta, service.Meta)
+	}
+
+	// Disable canary and assert meta are not the canary meta
+	origTask := ctx.Task.Copy()
+	ctx.Task.Canary = false
+	require.NoError(ctx.ServiceClient.UpdateTask(origTask, ctx.Task))
+	require.NoError(ctx.syncOnce())
+	require.Len(ctx.FakeConsul.services, 1)
+	for _, service := range ctx.FakeConsul.services {
+		require.NotEqual(canaryMeta, service.Meta)
+	}
+
+	ctx.ServiceClient.RemoveTask(ctx.Task)
+	require.NoError(ctx.syncOnce())
+	require.Len(ctx.FakeConsul.services, 0)
+}
+
+// TestConsul_CanaryMeta_NoMeta asserts Meta are used when Canary=true and there
+// are no specified canary meta
+func TestConsul_CanaryMeta_NoMeta(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	require := require.New(t)
+	ctx := setupFake(t)
+
+	meta := map[string]string{"meta1": "foo"}
+	meta["external-source"] = "nomad"
+	ctx.Task.Canary = true
+	ctx.Task.Services[0].Meta = meta
+
+	require.NoError(ctx.ServiceClient.RegisterTask(ctx.Task))
+	require.NoError(ctx.syncOnce())
+	require.Len(ctx.FakeConsul.services, 1)
+	for _, service := range ctx.FakeConsul.services {
+		require.Equal(meta, service.Meta)
+	}
+
+	// Disable canary and assert meta dont change
+	origTask := ctx.Task.Copy()
+	ctx.Task.Canary = false
+	require.NoError(ctx.ServiceClient.UpdateTask(origTask, ctx.Task))
+	require.NoError(ctx.syncOnce())
+	require.Len(ctx.FakeConsul.services, 1)
+	for _, service := range ctx.FakeConsul.services {
+		require.Equal(meta, service.Meta)
+	}
+
+	ctx.ServiceClient.RemoveTask(ctx.Task)
+	require.NoError(ctx.syncOnce())
+	require.Len(ctx.FakeConsul.services, 0)
+}
+
 // TestConsul_PeriodicSync asserts that Nomad periodically reconciles with
 // Consul.
 func TestConsul_PeriodicSync(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/command/agent/job_endpoint.go b/command/agent/job_endpoint.go
index 808e3ff14..1ce796eb2 100644
--- a/command/agent/job_endpoint.go
+++ b/command/agent/job_endpoint.go
@@ -834,6 +834,7 @@ func ApiTaskToStructsTask(apiTask *api.Task, structsTask *structs.Task) {
 				CanaryTags:  service.CanaryTags,
 				AddressMode: service.AddressMode,
 				Meta:        helper.CopyMapStringString(service.Meta),
+				CanaryMeta:  helper.CopyMapStringString(service.CanaryMeta),
 			}
 
 			if l := len(service.Checks); l != 0 {
@@ -1012,6 +1013,7 @@ func ApiServicesToStructs(in []*api.Service) []*structs.Service {
 			CanaryTags:  s.CanaryTags,
 			AddressMode: s.AddressMode,
 			Meta:        helper.CopyMapStringString(s.Meta),
+			CanaryMeta:  helper.CopyMapStringString(s.CanaryMeta),
 		}
 
 		if l := len(s.Checks); l != 0 {
diff --git a/jobspec/parse_service.go b/jobspec/parse_service.go
index 783b006bc..a974527f0 100644
--- a/jobspec/parse_service.go
+++ b/jobspec/parse_service.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ func parseService(o *ast.ObjectItem) (*api.Service, error) {
 		"check_restart",
 		"connect",
 		"meta",
+		"canary_meta",
 	}
 	if err := helper.CheckHCLKeys(o.Val, valid); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ func parseService(o *ast.ObjectItem) (*api.Service, error) {
 	delete(m, "check_restart")
 	delete(m, "connect")
 	delete(m, "meta")
+	delete(m, "canary_meta")
 
 	if err := mapstructure.WeakDecode(m, &service); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -122,6 +124,20 @@ func parseService(o *ast.ObjectItem) (*api.Service, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Parse out canary_meta fields. These are in HCL as a list so we need
+	// to iterate over them and merge them.
+	if metaO := listVal.Filter("canary_meta"); len(metaO.Items) > 0 {
+		for _, o := range metaO.Elem().Items {
+			var m map[string]interface{}
+			if err := hcl.DecodeObject(&m, o.Val); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			if err := mapstructure.WeakDecode(m, &service.CanaryMeta); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	return &service, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/jobspec/parse_test.go b/jobspec/parse_test.go
index 9bac757df..d4cea8803 100644
--- a/jobspec/parse_test.go
+++ b/jobspec/parse_test.go
@@ -218,7 +218,13 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 									{
 										Tags:       []string{"foo", "bar"},
 										CanaryTags: []string{"canary", "bam"},
-										PortLabel:  "http",
+										Meta: map[string]string{
+											"abc": "123",
+										},
+										CanaryMeta: map[string]string{
+											"canary": "boom",
+										},
+										PortLabel: "http",
 										Checks: []api.ServiceCheck{
 											{
 												Name:        "check-name",
diff --git a/jobspec/test-fixtures/basic.hcl b/jobspec/test-fixtures/basic.hcl
index 19b8a5964..57aeba418 100644
--- a/jobspec/test-fixtures/basic.hcl
+++ b/jobspec/test-fixtures/basic.hcl
@@ -169,6 +169,14 @@ job "binstore-storagelocker" {
       }
 
       service {
+        meta {
+          abc = "123"
+        }
+
+        canary_meta {
+          canary = "boom"
+        }
+
         tags        = ["foo", "bar"]
         canary_tags = ["canary", "bam"]
         port        = "http"
diff --git a/nomad/structs/services.go b/nomad/structs/services.go
index abc79256e..e3b40c279 100644
--- a/nomad/structs/services.go
+++ b/nomad/structs/services.go
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ type Service struct {
 	Checks     []*ServiceCheck   // List of checks associated with the service
 	Connect    *ConsulConnect    // Consul Connect configuration
 	Meta       map[string]string // Consul service meta
+	CanaryMeta map[string]string // Consul service meta when it is a canary
 }
 
 // Copy the stanza recursively. Returns nil if nil.
@@ -354,6 +355,7 @@ func (s *Service) Copy() *Service {
 	ns.Connect = s.Connect.Copy()
 
 	ns.Meta = helper.CopyMapStringString(s.Meta)
+	ns.CanaryMeta = helper.CopyMapStringString(s.CanaryMeta)
 
 	return ns
 }
@@ -466,6 +468,9 @@ func (s *Service) Hash(allocID, taskName string, canary bool) string {
 	if len(s.Meta) > 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(h, "%v", s.Meta)
 	}
+	if len(s.CanaryMeta) > 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintf(h, "%v", s.CanaryMeta)
+	}
 
 	// Vary ID on whether or not CanaryTags will be used
 	if canary {
@@ -526,6 +531,10 @@ OUTER:
 		return false
 	}
 
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(s.CanaryMeta, o.CanaryMeta) {
+		return false
+	}
+
 	if !helper.CompareSliceSetString(s.Tags, o.Tags) {
 		return false
 	}
diff --git a/website/source/docs/job-specification/service.html.md b/website/source/docs/job-specification/service.html.md
index 4b2a59c01..7e616777d 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/job-specification/service.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/job-specification/service.html.md
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Connect][connect] integration.
   this service when the service is part of an allocation that is currently a
   canary. Once the canary is promoted, the registered tags will be updated to
   those specified in the `tags` parameter. If this is not supplied, the
-  registered tags will be equal to that of the `tags parameter.
+  registered tags will be equal to that of the `tags` parameter.
 
 - `address_mode` `(string: "auto")` - Specifies what address (host or
   driver-specific) this service should advertise.  This setting is supported in
@@ -151,6 +151,13 @@ Connect][connect] integration.
 - `meta` <code>([Meta][]: nil)</code> - Specifies a key-value map that annotates
   the Consul service with user-defined metadata.
 
+- `canary_meta` <code>([Meta][]: nil)</code> - Specifies a key-value map that
+  annotates the Consul service with user-defined metadata when the service is
+  part of an allocation that is currently a canary. Once the canary is
+  promoted, the registered meta will be updated to those specified in the
+  `meta` parameter. If this is not supploed, the registered meta will be set to
+  that of the `meta` parameter.
+
 ### `check` Parameters
 
 Note that health checks run inside the task. If your task is a Docker container,