diff --git a/docs/docs/jobs.md b/docs/docs/jobs.md
index 1078b03..44559bc 100644
--- a/docs/docs/jobs.md
+++ b/docs/docs/jobs.md
@@ -99,7 +99,11 @@ print('Status: %s' % job.get_status())
 ```
 
 Some interesting job attributes include:
-* `job.get_status()` Possible values are `queued`, `started`, `deferred`, `finished`, `stopped`, `scheduled` and `failed`
+* `job.get_status(refresh=True)` Possible values are `queued`, `started`,
+  `deferred`, `finished`, `stopped`, `scheduled` and `failed`. If `refresh` is
+  `True` fresh values are fetched from Redis.
+* `job.get_meta(refresh=True)` Returns custom `job.meta` dict containing user
+  stored data. If `refresh` is `True` fresh values are fetched from Redis.
 * `job.origin` queue name of this job
 * `job.func_name`
 * `job.args` arguments passed to the underlying job function
diff --git a/rq/job.py b/rq/job.py
index 2bf615a..c8ca211 100644
--- a/rq/job.py
+++ b/rq/job.py
@@ -158,6 +158,13 @@ class Job:
         connection = pipeline if pipeline is not None else self.connection
         connection.hset(self.key, 'status', self._status)
 
+    def get_meta(self, refresh=True):
+        if refresh:
+            meta = self.connection.hget(self.key, 'meta')
+            self.meta = self.serializer.loads(meta) if meta else {}
+
+        return self.meta
+
     @property
     def is_finished(self):
         return self.get_status() == JobStatus.FINISHED
diff --git a/tests/test_job.py b/tests/test_job.py
index 7319180..fb5bef9 100644
--- a/tests/test_job.py
+++ b/tests/test_job.py
@@ -347,6 +347,22 @@ class TestJob(RQTestCase):
         job2 = Job.fetch(job.id)
         self.assertEqual(job2.meta['foo'], 'bar')
 
+    def test_get_meta(self):
+        """Test get_meta() function"""
+        job = Job.create(func=fixtures.say_hello, args=('Lionel',))
+        job.meta['foo'] = 'bar'
+        job.save()
+        self.assertEqual(job.get_meta()['foo'], 'bar')
+
+        # manually write different data in meta
+        self.testconn.hset(job.key, 'meta', dumps({'fee': 'boo'}))
+
+        # check if refresh=False keeps old data
+        self.assertEqual(job.get_meta(False)['foo'], 'bar')
+
+        # check if meta is updated
+        self.assertEqual(job.get_meta()['fee'], 'boo')
+
     def test_custom_meta_is_rewriten_by_save_meta(self):
         """New meta data can be stored by save_meta."""
         job = Job.create(func=fixtures.say_hello, args=('Lionel',))