diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eb792491..0db25be3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ Allowed values are as follows
 |**[`templateParameters`](#)**|`{Boolean\|Object\|Function}`|``| Allows to overwrite the parameters used in the template |
 |**[`inject`](#)**|`{Boolean\|String}`|`true`|`true \|\| 'head' \|\| 'body' \|\| false` Inject all assets into the given `template` or `templateContent`. When passing `true` or `'body'` all javascript resources will be placed at the bottom of the body element. `'head'` will place the scripts in the head element|
 |**[`favicon`](#)**|`{String}`|``|Adds the given favicon path to the output HTML|
+|**[`meta`](#)**|`{Object}`|`{}`|Allows to inject `meta`-tags. E.g. `meta: {viewport: 'width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no'}`|
 |**[`minify`](#)**|`{Boolean\|Object}`|`true`|Pass [html-minifier](https://github.com/kangax/html-minifier#options-quick-reference)'s options as object to minify the output|
 |**[`hash`](#)**|`{Boolean}`|`false`|If `true` then append a unique `webpack` compilation hash to all included scripts and CSS files. This is useful for cache busting|
 |**[`cache`](#)**|`{Boolean}`|`true`|Emit the file only if it was changed|
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index d7844eaf..a826f276 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class HtmlWebpackPlugin {
       showErrors: true,
       chunks: 'all',
       excludeChunks: [],
+      meta: {},
       title: 'Webpack App',
       xhtml: false
     }, options);
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ class HtmlWebpackPlugin {
           const html = result.html;
           const assets = result.assets;
           // Prepare script and link tags
-          const assetTags = self.generateAssetTags(assets);
+          const assetTags = self.generateHtmlTags(assets);
           const pluginArgs = {head: assetTags.head, body: assetTags.body, plugin: self, chunks: chunks, outputName: self.childCompilationOutputName};
           // Allow plugins to change the assetTag definitions
           return applyPluginsAsyncWaterfall('html-webpack-plugin-alter-asset-tags', true, pluginArgs)
@@ -482,15 +483,44 @@ class HtmlWebpackPlugin {
     return assets;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Generate meta tags
+   */
+  getMetaTags () {
+    if (this.options.meta === false) {
+      return [];
+    }
+    // Make tags self-closing in case of xhtml
+    // Turn { "viewport" : "width=500, initial-scale=1" } into
+    // [{ name:"viewport" content:"width=500, initial-scale=1" }]
+    const selfClosingTag = !!this.options.xhtml;
+    const metaTagAttributeObjects = Object.keys(this.options.meta).map((metaName) => {
+      const metaTagContent = this.options.meta[metaName];
+      return (typeof metaTagContent === 'object') ? metaTagContent : {
+        name: metaName,
+        content: metaTagContent
+      };
+    });
+    // Turn [{ name:"viewport" content:"width=500, initial-scale=1" }] into
+    // the html-webpack-plugin tag structure
+    return metaTagAttributeObjects.map((metaTagAttributes) => {
+      return {
+        tagName: 'meta',
+        voidTag: true,
+        selfClosingTag: selfClosingTag,
+        attributes: metaTagAttributes
+      };
+    });
+  }
+
   /**
    * Injects the assets into the given html string
    */
-  generateAssetTags (assets) {
+  generateHtmlTags (assets) {
     // Turn script files into script tags
     const scripts = assets.js.map(scriptPath => ({
       tagName: 'script',
       closeTag: true,
-
       attributes: {
         type: 'text/javascript',
         src: scriptPath
@@ -502,14 +532,14 @@ class HtmlWebpackPlugin {
     const styles = assets.css.map(stylePath => ({
       tagName: 'link',
       selfClosingTag: selfClosingTag,
-
+      voidTag: true,
       attributes: {
         href: stylePath,
         rel: 'stylesheet'
       }
     }));
     // Injection targets
-    let head = [];
+    let head = this.getMetaTags();
     let body = [];
 
     // If there is a favicon present, add it to the head
@@ -517,6 +547,7 @@ class HtmlWebpackPlugin {
       head.push({
         tagName: 'link',
         selfClosingTag: selfClosingTag,
+        voidTag: true,
         attributes: {
           rel: 'shortcut icon',
           href: assets.favicon
@@ -541,8 +572,8 @@ class HtmlWebpackPlugin {
     const htmlRegExp = /(<html[^>]*>)/i;
     const headRegExp = /(<\/head\s*>)/i;
     const bodyRegExp = /(<\/body\s*>)/i;
-    const body = assetTags.body.map(this.createHtmlTag);
-    const head = assetTags.head.map(this.createHtmlTag);
+    const body = assetTags.body.map(this.createHtmlTag.bind(this));
+    const head = assetTags.head.map(this.createHtmlTag.bind(this));
 
     if (body.length) {
       if (bodyRegExp.test(html)) {
diff --git a/spec/BasicSpec.js b/spec/BasicSpec.js
index ca0d5158..a5b5861a 100644
--- a/spec/BasicSpec.js
+++ b/spec/BasicSpec.js
@@ -1300,6 +1300,43 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
     }, [/<link rel="shortcut icon" href="[^"]+\.ico">/], null, done);
   });
 
+  it('adds a meta tag', function (done) {
+    testHtmlPlugin({
+      entry: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/index.js'),
+      output: {
+        path: OUTPUT_DIR,
+        filename: 'index_bundle.js'
+      },
+      plugins: [
+        new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
+          meta: {
+            'viewport': {
+              'name': 'viewport',
+              'content': 'width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no'
+            }
+          }
+        })
+      ]
+    }, [/<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">/], null, done);
+  });
+
+  it('adds a meta tag with short notation', function (done) {
+    testHtmlPlugin({
+      entry: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/index.js'),
+      output: {
+        path: OUTPUT_DIR,
+        filename: 'index_bundle.js'
+      },
+      plugins: [
+        new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
+          meta: {
+            'viewport': 'width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no'
+          }
+        })
+      ]
+    }, [/<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">/], null, done);
+  });
+
   it('adds a favicon with publicPath set to /some/', function (done) {
     testHtmlPlugin({
       entry: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/index.js'),