diff --git a/lib/winston/common.js b/lib/winston/common.js
index 93a4450e9..97a8f34cc 100644
--- a/lib/winston/common.js
+++ b/lib/winston/common.js
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ exports.log = function (options) {
   // Remark: this should really be a call to `util.format`.
   //
   if (typeof options.formatter == 'function') {
+    options.meta = meta;
     return String(options.formatter(exports.clone(options)));
   }