diff --git a/docs/src/pages/reference/useQuery.md b/docs/src/pages/reference/useQuery.md
index aeffd9e7e01..c3703a472d3 100644
--- a/docs/src/pages/reference/useQuery.md
+++ b/docs/src/pages/reference/useQuery.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ const {
   initialDataUpdatedAt
   isDataEqual,
   keepPreviousData,
+  meta,
   notifyOnChangeProps,
   notifyOnChangePropsExclusions,
   onError,
@@ -177,6 +178,9 @@ const result = useQuery({
   - Set this to `true` if you want errors to be thrown in the render phase and propagate to the nearest error boundary
   - Set this to `false` to disable `suspense`'s default behaviour of throwing errors to the error boundary.
   - If set to a function, it will be passed the error and should return a boolean indicating whether to show the error in an error boundary (`true`) or return the error as state (`false`)
+- `meta: Record<string, unknown>`
+  - Optional
+  - If set, stores additional information on the query cache entry that can be used as needed. It will be accessible wherever the `query` is available, and is also part of the `QueryFunctionContext` provided to the `queryFn`.
 
 **Returns**
 
diff --git a/src/core/infiniteQueryBehavior.ts b/src/core/infiniteQueryBehavior.ts
index b6a95380958..502621bcae5 100644
--- a/src/core/infiniteQueryBehavior.ts
+++ b/src/core/infiniteQueryBehavior.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ export function infiniteQueryBehavior<
           const queryFnContext: QueryFunctionContext = {
             queryKey: context.queryKey,
             pageParam: param,
+            meta: context.meta,
           }
 
           const queryFnResult = queryFn(queryFnContext)
diff --git a/src/core/query.ts b/src/core/query.ts
index 76e92dde31d..4fde0c12c53 100644
--- a/src/core/query.ts
+++ b/src/core/query.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import type {
   QueryStatus,
   QueryFunctionContext,
   EnsuredQueryKey,
+  QueryMeta,
 } from './types'
 import type { QueryCache } from './queryCache'
 import type { QueryObserver } from './queryObserver'
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ interface QueryConfig<
   options?: QueryOptions<TQueryFnData, TError, TData, TQueryKey>
   defaultOptions?: QueryOptions<TQueryFnData, TError, TData, TQueryKey>
   state?: QueryState<TData, TError>
+  meta: QueryMeta | undefined
 }
 
 export interface QueryState<TData = unknown, TError = unknown> {
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ export interface FetchContext<
   options: QueryOptions<TQueryFnData, TError, TData, any>
   queryKey: EnsuredQueryKey<TQueryKey>
   state: QueryState<TData, TError>
+  meta: QueryMeta | undefined
 }
 
 export interface QueryBehavior<
@@ -152,6 +155,7 @@ export class Query<
   revertState?: QueryState<TData, TError>
   state: QueryState<TData, TError>
   cacheTime!: number
+  meta: QueryMeta | undefined
 
   private cache: QueryCache
   private promise?: Promise<TData>
@@ -169,6 +173,7 @@ export class Query<
     this.queryHash = config.queryHash
     this.initialState = config.state || this.getDefaultState(this.options)
     this.state = this.initialState
+    this.meta = config.meta
     this.scheduleGc()
   }
 
@@ -177,6 +182,8 @@ export class Query<
   ): void {
     this.options = { ...this.defaultOptions, ...options }
 
+    this.meta = options?.meta
+
     // Default to 5 minutes if not cache time is set
     this.cacheTime = Math.max(
       this.cacheTime || 0,
@@ -388,6 +395,7 @@ export class Query<
     const queryFnContext: QueryFunctionContext<TQueryKey> = {
       queryKey,
       pageParam: undefined,
+      meta: this.meta,
     }
 
     // Create fetch function
@@ -403,6 +411,7 @@ export class Query<
       queryKey: queryKey,
       state: this.state,
       fetchFn,
+      meta: this.meta,
     }
 
     if (this.options.behavior?.onFetch) {
diff --git a/src/core/queryCache.ts b/src/core/queryCache.ts
index 9f62f65c7a6..1a72d194be5 100644
--- a/src/core/queryCache.ts
+++ b/src/core/queryCache.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ export class QueryCache extends Subscribable<QueryCacheListener> {
         options: client.defaultQueryOptions(options),
         state,
         defaultOptions: client.getQueryDefaults(queryKey),
+        meta: options.meta,
       })
       this.add(query)
     }
diff --git a/src/core/tests/infiniteQueryObserver.test.tsx b/src/core/tests/infiniteQueryObserver.test.tsx
index d20834b8d8a..e0fff2a28b8 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/infiniteQueryObserver.test.tsx
+++ b/src/core/tests/infiniteQueryObserver.test.tsx
@@ -33,4 +33,32 @@ describe('InfiniteQueryObserver', () => {
       data: { pages: ['1'], pageParams: [undefined] },
     })
   })
+
+  test('InfiniteQueryObserver should pass the meta option to the queryFn', async () => {
+    const meta = {
+      it: 'works',
+    }
+
+    const key = queryKey()
+    const queryFn = jest.fn(() => 1)
+    const observer = new InfiniteQueryObserver(queryClient, {
+      meta,
+      queryKey: key,
+      queryFn,
+      select: data => ({
+        pages: data.pages.map(x => `${x}`),
+        pageParams: data.pageParams,
+      }),
+    })
+    let observerResult
+    const unsubscribe = observer.subscribe(result => {
+      observerResult = result
+    })
+    await sleep(1)
+    unsubscribe()
+    expect(observerResult).toMatchObject({
+      data: { pages: ['1'], pageParams: [undefined] },
+    })
+    expect(queryFn).toBeCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({ meta }))
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/core/tests/query.test.tsx b/src/core/tests/query.test.tsx
index a9883c205c1..8801e8b58cb 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/query.test.tsx
+++ b/src/core/tests/query.test.tsx
@@ -472,4 +472,63 @@ describe('query', () => {
     unsubscribe1()
     expect(query?.getObserversCount()).toEqual(0)
   })
+
+  test('stores meta object in query', async () => {
+    const meta = {
+      it: 'works',
+    }
+
+    const key = queryKey()
+
+    await queryClient.prefetchQuery(key, () => 'data', {
+      meta,
+    })
+
+    const query = queryCache.find(key)!
+
+    expect(query.meta).toBe(meta)
+    expect(query.options.meta).toBe(meta)
+  })
+
+  test('updates meta object on change', async () => {
+    const meta = {
+      it: 'works',
+    }
+
+    const key = queryKey()
+    const queryFn = () => 'data'
+
+    await queryClient.prefetchQuery(key, queryFn, {
+      meta,
+    })
+
+    await queryClient.prefetchQuery(key, queryFn, {
+      meta: undefined,
+    })
+
+    const query = queryCache.find(key)!
+
+    expect(query.meta).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(query.options.meta).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  test('provides meta object inside query function', async () => {
+    const meta = {
+      it: 'works',
+    }
+
+    const queryFn = jest.fn(() => 'data')
+
+    const key = queryKey()
+
+    await queryClient.prefetchQuery(key, queryFn, {
+      meta,
+    })
+
+    expect(queryFn).toBeCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        meta,
+      })
+    )
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/core/types.ts b/src/core/types.ts
index 8e461c5deb1..464dab1e79a 100644
--- a/src/core/types.ts
+++ b/src/core/types.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export interface QueryFunctionContext<
 > {
   queryKey: EnsuredQueryKey<TQueryKey>
   pageParam?: TPageParam
+  meta: QueryMeta | undefined
 }
 
 export type InitialDataFunction<T> = () => T | undefined
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ export interface InfiniteData<TData> {
   pageParams: unknown[]
 }
 
+export type QueryMeta = Record<string, unknown>
+
 export interface QueryOptions<
   TQueryFnData = unknown,
   TError = unknown,
@@ -83,6 +86,11 @@ export interface QueryOptions<
    */
   getNextPageParam?: GetNextPageParamFunction<TQueryFnData>
   _defaulted?: boolean
+  /**
+   * Additional payload to be stored on each query.
+   * Use this property to pass information that can be used in other places.
+   */
+  meta?: QueryMeta
 }
 
 export interface QueryObserverOptions<