diff --git a/stdlib/Artifacts/src/Artifacts.jl b/stdlib/Artifacts/src/Artifacts.jl
index 47812fb993428..d6526775f763c 100644
--- a/stdlib/Artifacts/src/Artifacts.jl
+++ b/stdlib/Artifacts/src/Artifacts.jl
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ function _artifact_str(__module__, artifacts_toml, name, path_tail, artifact_dic
             if nameof(lazyartifacts) in (:Pkg, :Artifacts)
                 Base.depwarn("using Pkg instead of using LazyArtifacts is deprecated", :var"@artifact_str", force=true)
             end
-            return jointail(lazyartifacts.ensure_artifact_installed(string(name), artifacts_toml; platform), path_tail)
+            return jointail(lazyartifacts.ensure_artifact_installed(string(name), meta, artifacts_toml; platform), path_tail)
         end
         error("Artifact $(repr(name)) is a lazy artifact; package developers must call `using LazyArtifacts` in $(__module__) before using lazy artifacts.")
     end