diff --git a/migrations/message_store_postgres/content_script_version_4.nim b/migrations/message_store_postgres/content_script_version_4.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d3a6ea7cb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/message_store_postgres/content_script_version_4.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+const ContentScriptVersion_4* =
+  """
+ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS messages_backup RENAME TO messages;
+ALTER TABLE messages RENAME TO messages_backup;
+ALTER TABLE messages_backup DROP CONSTRAINT messageIndex;
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS messages (
+   pubsubTopic VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+   contentTopic VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+   payload VARCHAR,
+   version INTEGER NOT NULL,
+   timestamp BIGINT NOT NULL,
+   id VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+   messageHash VARCHAR NOT NULL,
+   storedAt BIGINT NOT NULL,
+   meta VARCHAR,
+   CONSTRAINT messageIndex PRIMARY KEY (messageHash, storedAt)
+  ) PARTITION BY RANGE (storedAt);
+
+DO $$
+DECLARE
+     min_storedAt numeric;
+     max_storedAt numeric;
+     min_storedAtSeconds integer = 0;
+     max_storedAtSeconds integer = 0;
+     partition_name TEXT;
+     create_partition_stmt TEXT;
+BEGIN
+    SELECT MIN(storedAt) into min_storedAt
+    FROM messages_backup;
+
+    SELECT MAX(storedAt) into max_storedAt
+    FROM messages_backup;
+
+    min_storedAtSeconds := min_storedAt / 1000000000;
+    max_storedAtSeconds := max_storedAt / 1000000000;
+
+    partition_name := 'messages_' || min_storedAtSeconds || '_' || max_storedAtSeconds;
+    create_partition_stmt := 'CREATE TABLE ' || partition_name ||
+                            ' PARTITION OF messages FOR VALUES FROM (' ||
+                            min_storedAt || ') TO (' || (max_storedAt + 1) || ')';
+    IF min_storedAtSeconds > 0 AND max_storedAtSeconds > 0 THEN
+    	EXECUTE create_partition_stmt USING partition_name, min_storedAt, max_storedAt;
+    END IF;
+END $$;
+
+INSERT INTO messages (
+                        pubsubTopic,
+                        contentTopic,
+                        payload,
+                        version,
+                        timestamp,
+                        id,
+                        messageHash,
+                        storedAt
+                     )
+                SELECT pubsubTopic,
+                       contentTopic,
+                       payload,
+                       version,
+                       timestamp,
+                       id,
+                       messageHash,
+                       storedAt
+                   FROM messages_backup;
+
+DROP TABLE messages_backup;
+
+UPDATE version SET version = 4 WHERE version = 3;
+
+"""
diff --git a/migrations/message_store_postgres/pg_migration_manager.nim b/migrations/message_store_postgres/pg_migration_manager.nim
index d4de18f6d9..2293f4027f 100644
--- a/migrations/message_store_postgres/pg_migration_manager.nim
+++ b/migrations/message_store_postgres/pg_migration_manager.nim
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import content_script_version_1, content_script_version_2, content_script_version_3
+import
+  content_script_version_1, content_script_version_2, content_script_version_3,
+  content_script_version_4
 
 type MigrationScript* = object
   version*: int
@@ -12,6 +14,7 @@ const PgMigrationScripts* =
     MigrationScript(version: 1, scriptContent: ContentScriptVersion_1),
     MigrationScript(version: 2, scriptContent: ContentScriptVersion_2),
     MigrationScript(version: 3, scriptContent: ContentScriptVersion_3),
+    MigrationScript(version: 4, scriptContent: ContentScriptVersion_4),
   ]
 
 proc getMigrationScripts*(currentVersion: int64, targetVersion: int64): seq[string] =
diff --git a/tests/testlib/wakucore.nim b/tests/testlib/wakucore.nim
index 0e1665697f..1001a7116b 100644
--- a/tests/testlib/wakucore.nim
+++ b/tests/testlib/wakucore.nim
@@ -47,20 +47,27 @@ export waku_core.DefaultPubsubTopic, waku_core.DefaultContentTopic
 proc fakeWakuMessage*(
     payload: string | seq[byte] = "TEST-PAYLOAD",
     contentTopic = DefaultContentTopic,
-    meta = newSeq[byte](),
+    meta: string | seq[byte] = newSeq[byte](),
     ts = now(),
     ephemeral = false,
 ): WakuMessage =
   var payloadBytes: seq[byte]
+  var metaBytes: seq[byte]
+
   when payload is string:
     payloadBytes = toBytes(payload)
   else:
     payloadBytes = payload
 
+  when meta is string:
+    metaBytes = toBytes(meta)
+  else:
+    metaBytes = meta
+
   WakuMessage(
     payload: payloadBytes,
     contentTopic: contentTopic,
-    meta: meta,
+    meta: metaBytes,
     version: 2,
     timestamp: ts,
     ephemeral: ephemeral,
diff --git a/tests/waku_archive/test_driver_postgres.nim b/tests/waku_archive/test_driver_postgres.nim
index a42cf1fb12..75afb226fa 100644
--- a/tests/waku_archive/test_driver_postgres.nim
+++ b/tests/waku_archive/test_driver_postgres.nim
@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ suite "Postgres driver":
 
   asyncTest "Insert a message":
     const contentTopic = "test-content-topic"
+    const meta = "test meta"
 
-    let msg = fakeWakuMessage(contentTopic = contentTopic)
+    let msg = fakeWakuMessage(contentTopic = contentTopic, meta = meta)
 
     let computedDigest = computeDigest(msg)
     let computedHash = computeMessageHash(DefaultPubsubTopic, msg)
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ suite "Postgres driver":
     assert toHex(computedDigest.data) == toHex(digest)
     assert toHex(actualMsg.payload) == toHex(msg.payload)
     assert toHex(computedHash) == toHex(hash)
+    assert toHex(actualMsg.meta) == toHex(msg.meta)
 
   asyncTest "Insert and query message":
     const contentTopic1 = "test-content-topic-1"
diff --git a/tests/waku_archive/test_driver_postgres_query.nim b/tests/waku_archive/test_driver_postgres_query.nim
index e4eab0a3dd..b9e33dac6e 100644
--- a/tests/waku_archive/test_driver_postgres_query.nim
+++ b/tests/waku_archive/test_driver_postgres_query.nim
@@ -133,6 +133,61 @@ suite "Postgres driver - queries":
     check:
       filteredMessages == expected[2 .. 3]
 
+  asyncTest "single content topic with meta field":
+    ## Given
+    const contentTopic = "test-content-topic"
+
+    let expected =
+      @[
+        fakeWakuMessage(@[byte 0], ts = ts(00), meta = "meta-0"),
+        fakeWakuMessage(@[byte 1], ts = ts(10), meta = "meta-1"),
+        fakeWakuMessage(
+          @[byte 2], contentTopic = contentTopic, ts = ts(20), meta = "meta-2"
+        ),
+        fakeWakuMessage(
+          @[byte 3], contentTopic = contentTopic, ts = ts(30), meta = "meta-3"
+        ),
+        fakeWakuMessage(
+          @[byte 4], contentTopic = contentTopic, ts = ts(40), meta = "meta-4"
+        ),
+        fakeWakuMessage(
+          @[byte 5], contentTopic = contentTopic, ts = ts(50), meta = "meta-5"
+        ),
+        fakeWakuMessage(
+          @[byte 6], contentTopic = contentTopic, ts = ts(60), meta = "meta-6"
+        ),
+        fakeWakuMessage(
+          @[byte 7], contentTopic = contentTopic, ts = ts(70), meta = "meta-7"
+        ),
+      ]
+    var messages = expected
+
+    shuffle(messages)
+    debug "randomized message insertion sequence", sequence = messages.mapIt(it.payload)
+
+    for msg in messages:
+      require (
+        await driver.put(
+          DefaultPubsubTopic,
+          msg,
+          computeDigest(msg),
+          computeMessageHash(DefaultPubsubTopic, msg),
+          msg.timestamp,
+        )
+      ).isOk()
+
+    ## When
+    let res = await driver.getMessages(
+      contentTopic = @[contentTopic], maxPageSize = 2, ascendingOrder = true
+    )
+
+    ## Then
+    assert res.isOk(), res.error
+
+    let filteredMessages = res.tryGet().mapIt(it[1])
+    check:
+      filteredMessages == expected[2 .. 3]
+
   asyncTest "single content topic - descending order":
     ## Given
     const contentTopic = "test-content-topic"
diff --git a/tests/waku_archive/test_driver_sqlite.nim b/tests/waku_archive/test_driver_sqlite.nim
index c53d7f2ea5..72f560ca9a 100644
--- a/tests/waku_archive/test_driver_sqlite.nim
+++ b/tests/waku_archive/test_driver_sqlite.nim
@@ -32,10 +32,11 @@ suite "SQLite driver":
   test "insert a message":
     ## Given
     const contentTopic = "test-content-topic"
+    const meta = "test meta"
 
     let driver = newSqliteArchiveDriver()
 
-    let msg = fakeWakuMessage(contentTopic = contentTopic)
+    let msg = fakeWakuMessage(contentTopic = contentTopic, meta = meta)
     let msgHash = computeMessageHash(DefaultPubsubTopic, msg)
 
     ## When
@@ -51,9 +52,9 @@ suite "SQLite driver":
     check:
       storedMsg.len == 1
       storedMsg.all do(item: auto) -> bool:
-        let (pubsubTopic, msg, _, _, hash) = item
-        msg.contentTopic == contentTopic and pubsubTopic == DefaultPubsubTopic and
-          hash == msgHash
+        let (pubsubTopic, actualMsg, _, _, hash) = item
+        actualMsg.contentTopic == contentTopic and pubsubTopic == DefaultPubsubTopic and
+          hash == msgHash and msg.meta == actualMsg.meta
 
     ## Cleanup
     (waitFor driver.close()).expect("driver to close")
diff --git a/tests/waku_archive/test_driver_sqlite_query.nim b/tests/waku_archive/test_driver_sqlite_query.nim
index f9d6a27465..6ae2ce4149 100644
--- a/tests/waku_archive/test_driver_sqlite_query.nim
+++ b/tests/waku_archive/test_driver_sqlite_query.nim
@@ -116,6 +116,67 @@ suite "SQLite driver - query by content topic":
     ## Cleanup
     (await driver.close()).expect("driver to close")
 
+  asyncTest "single content topic with meta field":
+    ## Given
+    const contentTopic = "test-content-topic"
+
+    let driver = newSqliteArchiveDriver()
+
+    let expected =
+      @[
+        fakeWakuMessage(@[byte 0], ts = ts(00), meta = "meta-0"),
+        fakeWakuMessage(@[byte 1], ts = ts(10), meta = "meta-1"),
+        fakeWakuMessage(
+          @[byte 2], contentTopic = contentTopic, ts = ts(20), meta = "meta-2"
+        ),
+        fakeWakuMessage(
+          @[byte 3], contentTopic = contentTopic, ts = ts(30), meta = "meta-3"
+        ),
+        fakeWakuMessage(
+          @[byte 4], contentTopic = contentTopic, ts = ts(40), meta = "meta-4"
+        ),
+        fakeWakuMessage(
+          @[byte 5], contentTopic = contentTopic, ts = ts(50), meta = "meta-5"
+        ),
+        fakeWakuMessage(
+          @[byte 6], contentTopic = contentTopic, ts = ts(60), meta = "meta-6"
+        ),
+        fakeWakuMessage(
+          @[byte 7], contentTopic = contentTopic, ts = ts(70), meta = "meta-7"
+        ),
+      ]
+    var messages = expected
+
+    shuffle(messages)
+    debug "randomized message insertion sequence", sequence = messages.mapIt(it.payload)
+
+    for msg in messages:
+      require (
+        await driver.put(
+          DefaultPubsubTopic,
+          msg,
+          computeDigest(msg),
+          computeMessageHash(DefaultPubsubTopic, msg),
+          msg.timestamp,
+        )
+      ).isOk()
+
+    ## When
+    let res = await driver.getMessages(
+      contentTopic = @[contentTopic], maxPageSize = 2, ascendingOrder = true
+    )
+
+    ## Then
+    check:
+      res.isOk()
+
+    let filteredMessages = res.tryGet().mapIt(it[1])
+    check:
+      filteredMessages == expected[2 .. 3]
+
+    ## Cleanup
+    (await driver.close()).expect("driver to close")
+
   asyncTest "single content topic - descending order":
     ## Given
     const contentTopic = "test-content-topic"
diff --git a/waku/factory/validator_signed.nim b/waku/factory/validator_signed.nim
index ddb45102f0..f33d362dee 100644
--- a/waku/factory/validator_signed.nim
+++ b/waku/factory/validator_signed.nim
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ proc msgHash*(pubSubTopic: string, msg: WakuMessage): array[32, byte] =
   ctx.update(msg.payload)
   ctx.update(msg.contentTopic.toBytes())
   ctx.update(msg.timestamp.uint64.toBytes(Endianness.littleEndian))
+  # ctx.update(msg.meta) meta is not included in the message hash, as the signature goes in the meta field
   ctx.update(
     if msg.ephemeral:
       @[1.byte]
diff --git a/waku/waku_archive/driver/postgres_driver/migrations.nim b/waku/waku_archive/driver/postgres_driver/migrations.nim
index a7f4814792..a3e376e0ae 100644
--- a/waku/waku_archive/driver/postgres_driver/migrations.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_archive/driver/postgres_driver/migrations.nim
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import
 logScope:
   topics = "waku archive migration"
 
-const SchemaVersion* = 3 # increase this when there is an update in the database schema
+const SchemaVersion* = 4 # increase this when there is an update in the database schema
 
 proc breakIntoStatements*(script: string): seq[string] =
   ## Given a full migration script, that can potentially contain a list
diff --git a/waku/waku_archive/driver/postgres_driver/postgres_driver.nim b/waku/waku_archive/driver/postgres_driver/postgres_driver.nim
index f7487c5518..ee492fa7bf 100644
--- a/waku/waku_archive/driver/postgres_driver/postgres_driver.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_archive/driver/postgres_driver/postgres_driver.nim
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ type PostgresDriver* = ref object of ArchiveDriver
 const InsertRowStmtName = "InsertRow"
 const InsertRowStmtDefinition = # TODO: get the sql queries from a file
   """INSERT INTO messages (id, messageHash, storedAt, contentTopic, payload, pubsubTopic,
-  version, timestamp) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8) ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING;"""
+  version, timestamp, meta) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, CASE WHEN $9 = '' THEN NULL ELSE $9 END) ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING;"""
 
 const SelectNoCursorAscStmtName = "SelectWithoutCursorAsc"
 const SelectNoCursorAscStmtDef =
-  """SELECT storedAt, contentTopic, payload, pubsubTopic, version, timestamp, id, messageHash FROM messages
+  """SELECT storedAt, contentTopic, payload, pubsubTopic, version, timestamp, id, messageHash, meta FROM messages
     WHERE contentTopic IN ($1) AND
           messageHash IN ($2) AND
           pubsubTopic = $3 AND
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ const SelectNoCursorV2AscStmtDef =
 
 const SelectNoCursorV2DescStmtName = "SelectWithoutCursorV2Desc"
 const SelectNoCursorV2DescStmtDef =
-  """SELECT storedAt, contentTopic, payload, pubsubTopic, version, timestamp, id, messageHash FROM messages
+  """SELECT storedAt, contentTopic, payload, pubsubTopic, version, timestamp, id, messageHash, meta FROM messages
     WHERE contentTopic IN ($1) AND
           pubsubTopic = $2 AND
           storedAt >= $3 AND
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ const SelectNoCursorV2DescStmtDef =
 
 const SelectWithCursorV2DescStmtName = "SelectWithCursorV2Desc"
 const SelectWithCursorV2DescStmtDef =
-  """SELECT storedAt, contentTopic, payload, pubsubTopic, version, timestamp, id, messageHash FROM messages
+  """SELECT storedAt, contentTopic, payload, pubsubTopic, version, timestamp, id, messageHash, meta FROM messages
     WHERE contentTopic IN ($1) AND
           pubsubTopic = $2 AND
           (storedAt, id) < ($3,$4) AND
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ const SelectWithCursorV2DescStmtDef =
 
 const SelectWithCursorV2AscStmtName = "SelectWithCursorV2Asc"
 const SelectWithCursorV2AscStmtDef =
-  """SELECT storedAt, contentTopic, payload, pubsubTopic, version, timestamp, id, messageHash FROM messages
+  """SELECT storedAt, contentTopic, payload, pubsubTopic, version, timestamp, id, messageHash, meta FROM messages
     WHERE contentTopic IN ($1) AND
           pubsubTopic = $2 AND
           (storedAt, id) > ($3,$4) AND
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ proc rowCallbackImpl(
   ## outRows - seq of Store-rows. This is populated from the info contained in pqResult
 
   let numFields = pqResult.pqnfields()
-  if numFields != 8:
+  if numFields != 9:
     error "Wrong number of fields"
     return
 
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ proc rowCallbackImpl(
     var payload: string
     var hashHex: string
     var msgHash: WakuMessageHash
+    var meta: string
 
     try:
       storedAt = parseInt($(pqgetvalue(pqResult, iRow, 0)))
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@ proc rowCallbackImpl(
       timestamp = parseInt($(pqgetvalue(pqResult, iRow, 5)))
       digest = parseHexStr($(pqgetvalue(pqResult, iRow, 6)))
       hashHex = parseHexStr($(pqgetvalue(pqResult, iRow, 7)))
+      meta = parseHexStr($(pqgetvalue(pqResult, iRow, 8)))
       msgHash = fromBytes(hashHex.toOpenArrayByte(0, 31))
     except ValueError:
       error "could not parse correctly", error = getCurrentExceptionMsg()
@@ -194,6 +196,7 @@ proc rowCallbackImpl(
     wakuMessage.version = uint32(version)
     wakuMessage.contentTopic = contentTopic
     wakuMessage.payload = @(payload.toOpenArrayByte(0, payload.high))
+    wakuMessage.meta = @(meta.toOpenArrayByte(0, meta.high))
 
     outRows.add(
       (
@@ -220,6 +223,7 @@ method put*(
   let payload = toHex(message.payload)
   let version = $message.version
   let timestamp = $message.timestamp
+  let meta = toHex(message.meta)
 
   trace "put PostgresDriver", timestamp = timestamp
 
@@ -228,7 +232,7 @@ method put*(
     InsertRowStmtDefinition,
     @[
       digest, messageHash, rxTime, contentTopic, payload, pubsubTopic, version,
-      timestamp,
+      timestamp, meta,
     ],
     @[
       int32(digest.len),
@@ -239,8 +243,19 @@ method put*(
       int32(pubsubTopic.len),
       int32(version.len),
       int32(timestamp.len),
+      int32(meta.len),
+    ],
+    @[
+      int32(0),
+      int32(0),
+      int32(0),
+      int32(0),
+      int32(0),
+      int32(0),
+      int32(0),
+      int32(0),
+      int32(0),
     ],
-    @[int32(0), int32(0), int32(0), int32(0), int32(0), int32(0), int32(0), int32(0)],
   )
 
 method getAllMessages*(
@@ -256,7 +271,7 @@ method getAllMessages*(
     await s.readConnPool.pgQuery(
       """SELECT storedAt, contentTopic,
                                        payload, pubsubTopic, version, timestamp,
-                                       id, messageHash FROM messages ORDER BY storedAt ASC""",
+                                       id, messageHash, meta FROM messages ORDER BY storedAt ASC""",
       newSeq[string](0),
       rowCallback,
     )
@@ -311,7 +326,7 @@ proc getMessagesArbitraryQuery(
   ## This proc allows to handle atypical queries. We don't use prepared statements for those.
 
   var query =
-    """SELECT storedAt, contentTopic, payload, pubsubTopic, version, timestamp, id, messageHash FROM messages"""
+    """SELECT storedAt, contentTopic, payload, pubsubTopic, version, timestamp, id, messageHash, meta FROM messages"""
   var statements: seq[string]
   var args: seq[string]
 
diff --git a/waku/waku_archive/driver/sqlite_driver/queries.nim b/waku/waku_archive/driver/sqlite_driver/queries.nim
index 5c837b3bcb..3aeac41cbd 100644
--- a/waku/waku_archive/driver/sqlite_driver/queries.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_archive/driver/sqlite_driver/queries.nim
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ type SqlQueryStr = string
 
 proc queryRowWakuMessageCallback(
     s: ptr sqlite3_stmt,
-    contentTopicCol, payloadCol, versionCol, senderTimestampCol: cint,
+    contentTopicCol, payloadCol, versionCol, senderTimestampCol, metaCol: cint,
 ): WakuMessage =
   let
     topic = cast[ptr UncheckedArray[byte]](sqlite3_column_blob(s, contentTopicCol))
@@ -26,17 +26,21 @@ proc queryRowWakuMessageCallback(
     contentTopic = string.fromBytes(@(toOpenArray(topic, 0, topicLength - 1)))
 
     p = cast[ptr UncheckedArray[byte]](sqlite3_column_blob(s, payloadCol))
+    m = cast[ptr UncheckedArray[byte]](sqlite3_column_blob(s, metaCol))
 
-    length = sqlite3_column_bytes(s, payloadCol)
-    payload = @(toOpenArray(p, 0, length - 1))
+    payloadLength = sqlite3_column_bytes(s, payloadCol)
+    metaLength = sqlite3_column_bytes(s, metaCol)
+    payload = @(toOpenArray(p, 0, payloadLength - 1))
     version = sqlite3_column_int64(s, versionCol)
     senderTimestamp = sqlite3_column_int64(s, senderTimestampCol)
+    meta = @(toOpenArray(m, 0, metaLength - 1))
 
   return WakuMessage(
     contentTopic: ContentTopic(contentTopic),
     payload: payload,
     version: uint32(version),
     timestamp: Timestamp(senderTimestamp),
+    meta: meta,
   )
 
 proc queryRowReceiverTimestampCallback(
@@ -83,8 +87,8 @@ proc createTableQuery(table: string): SqlQueryStr =
   "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS " & table & " (" & " pubsubTopic BLOB NOT NULL," &
     " contentTopic BLOB NOT NULL," & " payload BLOB," & " version INTEGER NOT NULL," &
     " timestamp INTEGER NOT NULL," & " id BLOB," & " messageHash BLOB," &
-    " storedAt INTEGER NOT NULL," & " CONSTRAINT messageIndex PRIMARY KEY (messageHash)" &
-    ") WITHOUT ROWID;"
+    " storedAt INTEGER NOT NULL," & " meta BLOB," &
+    " CONSTRAINT messageIndex PRIMARY KEY (messageHash)" & ") WITHOUT ROWID;"
 
 proc createTable*(db: SqliteDatabase): DatabaseResult[void] =
   let query = createTableQuery(DbTable)
@@ -129,14 +133,23 @@ proc createHistoryQueryIndex*(db: SqliteDatabase): DatabaseResult[void] =
   return ok()
 
 ## Insert message
-type InsertMessageParams* =
-  (seq[byte], seq[byte], Timestamp, seq[byte], seq[byte], seq[byte], int64, Timestamp)
+type InsertMessageParams* = (
+  seq[byte],
+  seq[byte],
+  Timestamp,
+  seq[byte],
+  seq[byte],
+  seq[byte],
+  int64,
+  Timestamp,
+  seq[byte],
+)
 
 proc insertMessageQuery(table: string): SqlQueryStr =
   return
     "INSERT INTO " & table &
-    "(id, messageHash, storedAt, contentTopic, payload, pubsubTopic, version, timestamp)" &
-    " VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?);"
+    "(id, messageHash, storedAt, contentTopic, payload, pubsubTopic, version, timestamp, meta)" &
+    " VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?);"
 
 proc prepareInsertMessageStmt*(
     db: SqliteDatabase
@@ -244,7 +257,7 @@ proc deleteOldestMessagesNotWithinLimit*(
 
 proc selectAllMessagesQuery(table: string): SqlQueryStr =
   return
-    "SELECT storedAt, contentTopic, payload, pubsubTopic, version, timestamp, id, messageHash" &
+    "SELECT storedAt, contentTopic, payload, pubsubTopic, version, timestamp, id, messageHash, meta" &
     " FROM " & table & " ORDER BY storedAt ASC"
 
 proc selectAllMessages*(
@@ -258,7 +271,12 @@ proc selectAllMessages*(
     let
       pubsubTopic = queryRowPubsubTopicCallback(s, pubsubTopicCol = 3)
       wakuMessage = queryRowWakuMessageCallback(
-        s, contentTopicCol = 1, payloadCol = 2, versionCol = 4, senderTimestampCol = 5
+        s,
+        contentTopicCol = 1,
+        payloadCol = 2,
+        versionCol = 4,
+        senderTimestampCol = 5,
+        metaCol = 8,
       )
       digest = queryRowDigestCallback(s, digestCol = 6)
       storedAt = queryRowReceiverTimestampCallback(s, storedAtCol = 0)
@@ -342,7 +360,7 @@ proc selectMessagesWithLimitQueryv2(
   var query: string
 
   query =
-    "SELECT storedAt, contentTopic, payload, pubsubTopic, version, timestamp, id, messageHash"
+    "SELECT storedAt, contentTopic, payload, pubsubTopic, version, timestamp, id, messageHash, meta"
   query &= " FROM " & table
 
   if where.isSome():
@@ -435,7 +453,12 @@ proc selectMessagesByHistoryQueryWithLimit*(
     let
       pubsubTopic = queryRowPubsubTopicCallback(s, pubsubTopicCol = 3)
       message = queryRowWakuMessageCallback(
-        s, contentTopicCol = 1, payloadCol = 2, versionCol = 4, senderTimestampCol = 5
+        s,
+        contentTopicCol = 1,
+        payloadCol = 2,
+        versionCol = 4,
+        senderTimestampCol = 5,
+        metaCol = 8,
       )
       digest = queryRowDigestCallback(s, digestCol = 6)
       storedAt = queryRowReceiverTimestampCallback(s, storedAtCol = 0)
@@ -485,7 +508,7 @@ proc execSelectMessageByHash(
 proc selectMessageByHashQuery(): SqlQueryStr =
   var query: string
 
-  query = "SELECT contentTopic, payload, version, timestamp, messageHash"
+  query = "SELECT contentTopic, payload, version, timestamp, meta, messageHash"
   query &= " FROM " & DbTable
   query &= " WHERE messageHash = (?)"
 
@@ -621,7 +644,7 @@ proc selectMessagesWithLimitQuery(
   var query: string
 
   query =
-    "SELECT storedAt, contentTopic, payload, pubsubTopic, version, timestamp, id, messageHash"
+    "SELECT storedAt, contentTopic, payload, pubsubTopic, version, timestamp, id, messageHash, meta"
   query &= " FROM " & table
 
   if where.isSome():
@@ -655,7 +678,12 @@ proc selectMessagesByStoreQueryWithLimit*(
 
       proc queryRowCallback(s: ptr sqlite3_stmt) =
         wakuMessage = queryRowWakuMessageCallback(
-          s, contentTopicCol = 0, payloadCol = 1, versionCol = 2, senderTimestampCol = 3
+          s,
+          contentTopicCol = 0,
+          payloadCol = 1,
+          versionCol = 2,
+          senderTimestampCol = 3,
+          metaCol = 4,
         )
 
       let query = selectMessageByHashQuery()
@@ -676,7 +704,12 @@ proc selectMessagesByStoreQueryWithLimit*(
     let
       pubsubTopic = queryRowPubsubTopicCallback(s, pubsubTopicCol = 3)
       message = queryRowWakuMessageCallback(
-        s, contentTopicCol = 1, payloadCol = 2, versionCol = 4, senderTimestampCol = 5
+        s,
+        contentTopicCol = 1,
+        payloadCol = 2,
+        versionCol = 4,
+        senderTimestampCol = 5,
+        metaCol = 8,
       )
       digest = queryRowDigestCallback(s, digestCol = 6)
       storedAt = queryRowReceiverTimestampCallback(s, storedAtCol = 0)
diff --git a/waku/waku_archive/driver/sqlite_driver/sqlite_driver.nim b/waku/waku_archive/driver/sqlite_driver/sqlite_driver.nim
index 05ec9c229c..b817282f51 100644
--- a/waku/waku_archive/driver/sqlite_driver/sqlite_driver.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_archive/driver/sqlite_driver/sqlite_driver.nim
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ method put*(
       toBytes(pubsubTopic), # pubsubTopic
       int64(message.version), # version
       message.timestamp, # senderTimestamp
+      message.meta, # meta
     )
   )