diff --git a/scripts/benchmarks.clj b/scripts/benchmarks.clj
index 4396209..f82bcd5 100644
--- a/scripts/benchmarks.clj
+++ b/scripts/benchmarks.clj
@@ -206,3 +206,16 @@
     300000
     (transform (submap [600 700]) modify-submap data)
     (transform (submap! [600 700]) modify-submap tdata)))
+
+(let [data {:x 1}
+      meta-map {:my :metadata}]
+  (run-benchmark "set metadata"
+    300000
+    (with-meta data meta-map)
+    (setval META meta-map data)))
+
+(let [data (with-meta {:x 1} {:my :metadata})]
+  (run-benchmark "get metadata"
+    300000
+    (vector (meta data))
+    (select META data)))
diff --git a/src/clj/com/rpl/specter.cljx b/src/clj/com/rpl/specter.cljx
index d55b8e9..6a3871c 100644
--- a/src/clj/com/rpl/specter.cljx
+++ b/src/clj/com/rpl/specter.cljx
@@ -498,6 +498,15 @@
   NIL->VECTOR
   (nil->val []))
 
+(defnav ^{:doc "Navigates to the metadata of the structure, or nil if
+  the structure has no metadata or may not contain metadata."}
+  META
+  []
+  (select* [this structure next-fn]
+    (next-fn (meta structure)))
+  (transform* [this structure next-fn]
+    (with-meta structure (next-fn (meta structure)))))
+
 (defpathedfn
   ^{:doc "Adds the result of running select with the given path on the
           current value to the collected vals."}
diff --git a/test/com/rpl/specter/core_test.cljx b/test/com/rpl/specter/core_test.cljx
index 9aa1510..febde4e 100644
--- a/test/com/rpl/specter/core_test.cljx
+++ b/test/com/rpl/specter/core_test.cljx
@@ -1070,3 +1070,12 @@
                         (persistent! (s/transform* transient-path f (transient m))))
                      (= (s/select* path m)
                         (s/select* transient-path (transient m)))))))))
+
+(defspec meta-test
+  (for-all+
+    [v (gen/vector gen/int)
+     meta-map (limit-size 5 (gen/map gen/keyword gen/int))]
+    (= meta-map
+       (meta (setval s/META meta-map v))
+       (first (select s/META (with-meta v meta-map)))
+       (first (select s/META (setval s/META meta-map v))))))