diff --git a/doc/news/_preparation_next_release.md b/doc/news/_preparation_next_release.md
index ea7fded124d..022287e8196 100644
--- a/doc/news/_preparation_next_release.md
+++ b/doc/news/_preparation_next_release.md
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ Take a look at the [new docs](../dev/mountpoints.md), if you need to know detail
 
 The following text lists news about the [plugins](https://www.libelektra.org/plugins/readme) we updated in this release.
 
+### yajl
+
+- <<TODO>>
+- <<TODO>>
+- Fix an issue where trying to set invalid meta-keys won't show an error _(Juri Schreib @Bujuhu)_
+- <<TODO>>
+- <<TODO>>
+
 ### list
 
 - Removed the `list` plugin. _(Maximilian Irlinger @atmaxinger)_
diff --git a/src/plugins/yajl/testmod_yajl.c b/src/plugins/yajl/testmod_yajl.c
index 93a2fc7dd13..2299ce72367 100644
--- a/src/plugins/yajl/testmod_yajl.c
+++ b/src/plugins/yajl/testmod_yajl.c
@@ -488,6 +488,27 @@ void test_readWrite (const char * fileName, KeySet * conf)
 	elektraPluginClose (plugin, 0);
 }
 
+void test_writeMetaMustFail (const char * fileName, KeySet * conf)
+{
+	printf ("Test write unknown meta keys must fail with %s\n", srcdir_file (fileName));
+
+	Plugin * plugin = elektraPluginOpen ("yajl", modules, conf, 0);
+	exit_if_fail (plugin != 0, "could not open plugin");
+	// printf ("Test with %s\n", srcdir_file(fileName));
+
+	Key * parentKey = keyNew ("user:/tests/yajl", KEY_VALUE, "asdf", KEY_META, "asdf", "asdf", KEY_END);
+	KeySet * keys = ksNew (1, keyNew ("user:/tests/yajl/asdf", KEY_VALUE, "asdf", KEY_META, "asdf", "asdf", KEY_END), KS_END);
+	succeed_if (plugin->kdbSet (plugin, keys, parentKey) == ELEKTRA_PLUGIN_STATUS_ERROR,
+		    "kdbSet did not error on bogus meta key insertion");
+
+	elektraUnlink (keyString (parentKey));
+
+	keyDel (parentKey);
+	ksDel (keys);
+
+	elektraPluginClose (plugin, 0);
+}
+
 // TODO: make nicer and put to test framework
 #define succeed_if_equal(x, y) succeed_if (!strcmp (x, y), x)
 
@@ -731,6 +752,8 @@ int main (int argc, char ** argv)
 	test_readWrite ("yajl/testdata_empty_in_map2.json", ksNew (0, KS_END));
 	test_readWrite ("yajl/testdata_empty_in_map1.json", ksNew (0, KS_END));
 
+	test_writeMetaMustFail ("yajl/testdata_write_meta.json", ksNew (0, KS_END));
+
 	elektraModulesClose (modules, 0);
 	ksDel (modules);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/yajl/yajl_gen.c b/src/plugins/yajl/yajl_gen.c
index 7ec6aeb3480..3c98962b000 100644
--- a/src/plugins/yajl/yajl_gen.c
+++ b/src/plugins/yajl/yajl_gen.c
@@ -127,12 +127,12 @@ static int elektraGenOpenValue (yajl_gen g, const Key * next)
  * @param parentKey needed for adding warnings/errors
  * @param cur the key to generate the value from
  */
-static void elektraGenValue (yajl_gen g, Key * parentKey, const Key * cur)
+static bool elektraGenValue (yajl_gen g, Key * parentKey, Key * cur)
 {
 	if (strcmp (keyName (parentKey), keyName (cur)) && !elektraGenOpenValue (g, cur))
 	{
 		ELEKTRA_LOG_DEBUG ("Do not yield value");
-		return;
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	ELEKTRA_LOG_DEBUG ("GEN value %s for %s", keyString (cur), keyName (cur));
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ static void elektraGenValue (yajl_gen g, Key * parentKey, const Key * cur)
 		ELEKTRA_ADD_VALIDATION_SEMANTIC_WARNINGF (parentKey, "The key %s has unknown type: %s", keyName (cur), keyString (type));
 		yajl_gen_string (g, (const unsigned char *) keyString (cur), keyGetValueSize (cur) - 1);
 	}
+	return true;
 }
 
 int elektraGenEmpty (yajl_gen g, KeySet * returned, Key * parentKey)
@@ -267,6 +268,28 @@ static void elektraCheckForEmptyArray (KeySet * ks)
 	}
 }
 
+static bool elektraCheckForInvalidMetaKey (Key * parentKey, KeySet * ks)
+{
+	Key * cur = 0;
+	for (elektraCursor it = 0; it < ksGetSize (ks); ++it)
+	{
+		cur = ksAtCursor (ks, it);
+		const KeySet * metaKeys = keyMeta (cur);
+		for (elektraCursor jt = 0; jt < ksGetSize (metaKeys); ++jt)
+		{
+			const Key * meta = ksAtCursor (metaKeys, jt);
+			const char * pos = (const char *) keyName (meta);
+			if (elektraStrCmp (pos, "meta:/type") != 0 && elektraStrCmp (pos, "meta:/array") != 0 &&
+			    elektraStrCmp (pos, "meta:/binary") != 0)
+			{
+				ELEKTRA_SET_RESOURCE_ERRORF (parentKey, "The Metakey %s is not supported by yajl", keyName (meta));
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
 int elektraYajlSet (Plugin * handle ELEKTRA_UNUSED, KeySet * returned, Key * parentKey)
 {
 #if YAJL_MAJOR == 1
@@ -277,12 +300,21 @@ int elektraYajlSet (Plugin * handle ELEKTRA_UNUSED, KeySet * returned, Key * par
 	yajl_gen_config (g, yajl_gen_beautify, 1);
 #endif
 
+	if (!elektraCheckForInvalidMetaKey (parentKey, returned))
+	{
+		yajl_gen_free (g);
+		return ELEKTRA_PLUGIN_STATUS_ERROR;
+	}
+
 	elektraCheckForEmptyArray (returned);
 
 	if (ksGetSize (returned) == 1 && !strcmp (keyName (parentKey), keyName (ksAtCursor (returned, 0))) &&
 	    keyGetValueSize (ksAtCursor (returned, 0)) > 1)
 	{
-		elektraGenValue (g, parentKey, ksAtCursor (returned, 0));
+		if (!elektraGenValue (g, parentKey, ksAtCursor (returned, 0)))
+		{
+			return -1;
+		}
 		int ret = elektraGenWriteFile (g, parentKey);
 		yajl_gen_free (g);
 		return ret;