diff --git a/document.go b/document.go
index d5a24b19617..db616f9f080 100644
--- a/document.go
+++ b/document.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ type Document struct {
 // data in the meta should be indexed and queryable.
 type DocumentMeta struct {
 	Name    string `json:"name"`
+	Type    string `json:"type,omitempty"`
 	Version string `json:"version,omitempty"`
 }
 
diff --git a/http/document_test.go b/http/document_test.go
index ee8d8ec8ca6..f8f3b2c5325 100644
--- a/http/document_test.go
+++ b/http/document_test.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ var (
 		ID: doc1ID,
 		Meta: influxdb.DocumentMeta{
 			Name: "doc1",
+			Type: "typ1",
 		},
 		Content: "content1",
 		Labels: []*influxdb.Label{
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ var (
 		ID: doc4ID,
 		Meta: influxdb.DocumentMeta{
 			Name: "doc4",
+			Type: "typ4",
 		},
 		Content: "content4",
 	}
@@ -122,7 +124,8 @@ var (
 						}
 				  ],
 				"meta": {
-					"name": "doc1"
+					"name": "doc1",
+					"type": "typ1"
 				}
 			},
 			{
diff --git a/http/swagger.yml b/http/swagger.yml
index 18f4f35c7fe..54546d143c9 100644
--- a/http/swagger.yml
+++ b/http/swagger.yml
@@ -7022,6 +7022,8 @@ components:
       properties:
         name:
           type: string
+        type:
+          type: string
         version:
           type: string
       required:
diff --git a/testing/document.go b/testing/document.go
index 277fbac192c..0bb0a2088d4 100644
--- a/testing/document.go
+++ b/testing/document.go
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ func NewDocumentIntegrationTest(store kv.Store) func(t *testing.T) {
 			d1 = &influxdb.Document{
 				Meta: influxdb.DocumentMeta{
 					Name: "i1",
+					Type: "type1",
 				},
 				Content: map[string]interface{}{
 					"v1": "v1",