diff --git a/app/Models/TransactionJournal.php b/app/Models/TransactionJournal.php
index f00bf0ea58..4972b7eda3 100644
--- a/app/Models/TransactionJournal.php
+++ b/app/Models/TransactionJournal.php
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ use Watson\Validating\ValidatingTrait;
  * @property string                                                           $type
  * @property \Carbon\Carbon                                                   $interest_date
  * @property \Carbon\Carbon                                                   $book_date
+ * @property-read \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection|\FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournalMeta[] $transactionjournalmeta
  */
 class TransactionJournal extends Model
 {
@@ -85,6 +86,24 @@ class TransactionJournal extends Model
     /** @var  bool */
     private $joinedTransactionTypes;
 
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param string $fieldName
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getMeta($fieldName): string
+    {
+        foreach ($this->transactionjournalmeta as $meta) {
+            if ($meta->name == $fieldName) {
+                return $meta->data;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return '';
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param $value
      *
@@ -404,6 +423,14 @@ class TransactionJournal extends Model
         return $this->belongsToMany('FireflyIII\Models\TransactionGroup');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return HasMany
+     */
+    public function transactionjournalmeta(): HasMany
+    {
+        return $this->hasMany('FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournalMeta');
+    }
+
     /**
      * @codeCoverageIgnore
      * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasMany
diff --git a/app/Models/TransactionJournalMeta.php b/app/Models/TransactionJournalMeta.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9bbef4300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Models/TransactionJournalMeta.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * TransactionJournalMeta.php
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Sander Dorigo
+ *
+ * This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
+ * of the MIT license.  See the LICENSE file for details.
+ */
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Models;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo;
+
+/**
+ * Class TransactionJournalMeta
+ *
+ * @package FireflyIII\Models
+ * @property-read \FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournal $transactionjournal
+ */
+class TransactionJournalMeta extends Model
+{
+
+    protected $dates    = ['created_at', 'updated_at'];
+    protected $fillable = ['transaction_journal_id', 'name', 'data'];
+    protected $table    = 'journal_meta';
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo
+     */
+    public function transactionjournal(): BelongsTo
+    {
+        return $this->belongsTo('FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournal');
+    }
+}