diff --git a/IkiWiki.pm b/IkiWiki.pm
index bab7b707a..91d2e6082 100644
--- a/IkiWiki.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki.pm
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ sub getsetup () { #{{{
 	},
 	default_plugins => {
 		type => "internal",
-		default => [qw{mdwn link inline htmlscrubber passwordauth
+		default => [qw{mdwn link inline meta htmlscrubber passwordauth
 				openid signinedit lockedit conditional
 				recentchanges parentlinks editpage}],
 		description => "plugins to enable by default",
diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/goodstuff.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/goodstuff.pm
index ed1f4ddfc..a18e626d4 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/goodstuff.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/goodstuff.pm
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ my @bundle=qw{
 	brokenlinks
 	img
 	map
-	meta
 	more
 	orphans
 	pagecount
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index cd8ecba7c..a197369cc 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ ikiwiki (2.69) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     links. Since this needs the just released XML::Feed 0.3, as well 
     as a not yet released XML::RSS, it will fall back to the old method
     if no xml:base info is available.
+  * meta: Plugin is now enabled by default since the basewiki uses it.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:01:00 -0500
 
diff --git a/doc/bugs/basewiki_uses_meta_directives_but_meta_is_not_enabled_by_default.mdwn b/doc/bugs/basewiki_uses_meta_directives_but_meta_is_not_enabled_by_default.mdwn
index a90227b7a..62931d8bc 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/basewiki_uses_meta_directives_but_meta_is_not_enabled_by_default.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/basewiki_uses_meta_directives_but_meta_is_not_enabled_by_default.mdwn
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 [[plugins/meta]] is not enabled by default, yet some pages in the default basewiki include [[the_meta_directive|ikiwiki/directive/meta]], notably the [[ikiwiki]] heirarchy.
 
 This means that the default output of "ikiwiki src dest", for two empty directories src and dest, result in the meta directive being displayed inline with the page text.
+
+> [[done]], meta now enabled by default.
diff --git a/doc/plugins/goodstuff.mdwn b/doc/plugins/goodstuff.mdwn
index 83b60f4fa..ed57c0f01 100644
--- a/doc/plugins/goodstuff.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/goodstuff.mdwn
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Currently included:
 * [[brokenlinks]]
 * [[img]]
 * [[map]]
-* [[meta]]
 * [[more]]
 * [[orphans]]
 * [[pagecount]]
diff --git a/doc/plugins/meta.mdwn b/doc/plugins/meta.mdwn
index afd554993..e49bdcc50 100644
--- a/doc/plugins/meta.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/meta.mdwn
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[[!template id=plugin name=meta author="[[Joey]]"]]
+[[!template id=plugin name=meta core=1 author="[[Joey]]"]]
 [[!tag type/meta]]
 
 This plugin provides the [[ikiwiki/directive/meta]] [[ikiwiki/directive]],