diff --git a/src/db/db/dbLayout.cc b/src/db/db/dbLayout.cc
index b191d4126..0b53b70a1 100644
--- a/src/db/db/dbLayout.cc
+++ b/src/db/db/dbLayout.cc
@@ -1307,7 +1307,16 @@ cell_index_type
 Layout::add_cell (const db::Layout &other, db::cell_index_type ci)
 {
   cell_index_type ci_new = add_cell (other.cell_name (ci));
-  add_meta_info (ci_new, other.begin_meta (ci), other.end_meta (ci));
+  cell (ci_new).set_ghost_cell (other.cell (ci).is_ghost_cell ());
+
+  if (&other == this) {
+    add_meta_info (ci_new, other.begin_meta (ci), other.end_meta (ci));
+  } else {
+    for (auto m = other.begin_meta (ci); m != other.end_meta (ci); ++m) {
+      add_meta_info (ci_new, meta_info_name_id (other.meta_info_name (m->first)), m->second);
+    }
+  }
+
   return ci_new;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/layui/layui/UserPropertiesForm.ui b/src/layui/layui/UserPropertiesForm.ui
index 76ba34ca4..8faf01105 100644
--- a/src/layui/layui/UserPropertiesForm.ui
+++ b/src/layui/layui/UserPropertiesForm.ui
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
    <item row="1" column="0">
     <widget class="QTabWidget" name="mode_tab">
      <property name="currentIndex">
-      <number>1</number>
+      <number>0</number>
      </property>
      <widget class="QWidget" name="tab">
       <attribute name="title">
@@ -186,6 +186,48 @@
        </item>
       </layout>
      </widget>
+     <widget class="QWidget" name="tab_3">
+      <attribute name="title">
+       <string>Meta Info</string>
+      </attribute>
+      <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2">
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>Meta Info is additional system data shown here for information. Entries marked with a &quot;*&quot; are persisted in the layout file.</string>
+         </property>
+         <property name="wordWrap">
+          <bool>true</bool>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QTreeWidget" name="meta_info_list">
+         <property name="rootIsDecorated">
+          <bool>false</bool>
+         </property>
+         <property name="allColumnsShowFocus">
+          <bool>true</bool>
+         </property>
+         <column>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Key</string>
+          </property>
+         </column>
+         <column>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Description</string>
+          </property>
+         </column>
+         <column>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Value</string>
+          </property>
+         </column>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+      </layout>
+     </widget>
     </widget>
    </item>
   </layout>
diff --git a/src/layui/layui/layDialogs.cc b/src/layui/layui/layDialogs.cc
index da242e201..d037ef658 100644
--- a/src/layui/layui/layDialogs.cc
+++ b/src/layui/layui/layDialogs.cc
@@ -1186,8 +1186,32 @@ UserPropertiesForm::set_properties (const db::PropertiesRepository::properties_s
   mp_ui->text_edit->setPlainText (tl::to_qstring (text));
 }
 
+void
+UserPropertiesForm::set_meta_info (db::Layout::meta_info_iterator begin_meta, db::Layout::meta_info_iterator end_meta, const db::Layout &layout)
+{
+  m_begin_meta = begin_meta;
+  m_end_meta = end_meta;
+
+  mp_ui->mode_tab->setTabVisible (2, m_begin_meta != m_end_meta);
+
+  mp_ui->meta_info_list->clear ();
+
+  for (auto m = m_begin_meta; m != m_end_meta; ++m) {
+    QTreeWidgetItem *entry = new QTreeWidgetItem (mp_ui->meta_info_list);
+    entry->setText (0, tl::to_qstring ((m->second.persisted ? "*" : "") + layout.meta_info_name (m->first)));
+    entry->setText (1, tl::to_qstring (m->second.description));
+    entry->setText (2, tl::to_qstring (m->second.value.to_parsable_string ()));
+  }
+}
+
 bool
 UserPropertiesForm::show (LayoutViewBase *view, unsigned int cv_index, db::properties_id_type &prop_id)
+{
+  return show (view, cv_index, prop_id, db::Layout::meta_info_iterator (), db::Layout::meta_info_iterator ());
+}
+
+bool
+UserPropertiesForm::show (LayoutViewBase *view, unsigned int cv_index, db::properties_id_type &prop_id, db::Layout::meta_info_iterator begin_meta, db::Layout::meta_info_iterator end_meta)
 {
   bool ret = false;
 
@@ -1209,6 +1233,8 @@ BEGIN_PROTECTED
   const db::PropertiesRepository::properties_set &props = mp_prep->properties (prop_id);
   set_properties (props);
 
+  set_meta_info (begin_meta, end_meta, cv->layout ());
+
   if (exec ()) {
 
     if (m_editable) {
diff --git a/src/layui/layui/layDialogs.h b/src/layui/layui/layDialogs.h
index 133e612dc..6cdd11b27 100644
--- a/src/layui/layui/layDialogs.h
+++ b/src/layui/layui/layDialogs.h
@@ -25,10 +25,7 @@
 #ifndef HDR_layDialogs
 #define HDR_layDialogs
 
-#include "dbPoint.h"
-#include "dbVector.h"
-#include "dbTypes.h"
-#include "dbPropertiesRepository.h"
+#include "dbLayout.h"
 #include "layuiCommon.h"
 
 #include <QDialog>
@@ -36,12 +33,6 @@
 
 class QTreeWidgetItem;
 
-namespace db
-{
-  class Layout;
-  struct LayerProperties;
-}
-
 namespace lay
 {
   class GenericSyntaxHighlighterAttributes;
@@ -431,6 +422,7 @@ public:
   virtual ~UserPropertiesForm ();
 
   bool show (lay::LayoutViewBase *view, unsigned int cv_index, db::properties_id_type &prop_id);
+  bool show (lay::LayoutViewBase *view, unsigned int cv_index, db::properties_id_type &prop_id, db::Layout::meta_info_iterator begin_meta, db::Layout::meta_info_iterator end_meta);
 
 public slots:
   void add ();
@@ -442,11 +434,13 @@ public slots:
 private:
   db::PropertiesRepository::properties_set get_properties (int tab);
   void set_properties (const db::PropertiesRepository::properties_set &props);
+  void set_meta_info (db::Layout::meta_info_iterator begin_meta, db::Layout::meta_info_iterator end_meta, const db::Layout &layout);
   void accept ();
 
   bool m_editable;
   db::PropertiesRepository *mp_prep;
   Ui::UserPropertiesForm *mp_ui;
+  db::Layout::meta_info_iterator m_begin_meta, m_end_meta;
   std::unique_ptr<lay::GenericSyntaxHighlighterAttributes> mp_hl_attributes, mp_hl_basic_attributes;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/layui/layui/layLayoutPropertiesForm.cc b/src/layui/layui/layLayoutPropertiesForm.cc
index 1083d6b1a..55b5322d2 100644
--- a/src/layui/layui/layLayoutPropertiesForm.cc
+++ b/src/layui/layui/layLayoutPropertiesForm.cc
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ LayoutPropertiesForm::prop_pb_clicked ()
   db::properties_id_type prop_id = layout.prop_id ();
 
   lay::UserPropertiesForm props_form (this);
-  if (props_form.show (mp_view, m_index, prop_id)) {
+  if (props_form.show (mp_view, m_index, prop_id, layout.begin_meta (), layout.end_meta ())) {
 
     mp_view->manager ()->transaction (tl::to_string (QObject::tr ("Edit layout's user properties"))); 
     layout.prop_id (prop_id);
diff --git a/src/layui/layui/layLayoutStatisticsForm.cc b/src/layui/layui/layLayoutStatisticsForm.cc
index 59b3200b7..782e826c2 100644
--- a/src/layui/layui/layLayoutStatisticsForm.cc
+++ b/src/layui/layui/layLayoutStatisticsForm.cc
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ StatisticsSource::get (const std::string &url)
        <<       "</tr>" << std::endl;
     for (db::Layout::meta_info_iterator meta = layout.begin_meta (); meta != layout.end_meta (); ++meta) {
       std::string d = meta->second.description;
-      if (!d.empty ()) {
+      if (d.empty ()) {
         d = layout.meta_info_name (meta->first);
       }
       os <<     "<tr><td>" << tl::escaped_to_html (d, true) << "</td><td>" << tl::escaped_to_html (meta->second.value.to_string (), true) << "</td></tr>" << std::endl;
diff --git a/src/layui/layui/layLayoutViewFunctions.cc b/src/layui/layui/layLayoutViewFunctions.cc
index b29cdc693..36bc3d6ad 100644
--- a/src/layui/layui/layLayoutViewFunctions.cc
+++ b/src/layui/layui/layLayoutViewFunctions.cc
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ LayoutViewFunctions::cm_cell_user_properties ()
     db::properties_id_type prop_id = cell.prop_id ();
 
     lay::UserPropertiesForm props_form (parent_widget ());
-    if (props_form.show (view (), cv_index, prop_id)) {
+    if (props_form.show (view (), cv_index, prop_id, layout.begin_meta (cell.cell_index ()), layout.end_meta (cell.cell_index ()))) {
 
       view ()->transaction (tl::to_string (tr ("Edit cell's user properties")));
       cell.prop_id (prop_id);