diff --git a/doc/news/_preparation_next_release.md b/doc/news/_preparation_next_release.md
index 1268059445e..5ad3491acb1 100644
--- a/doc/news/_preparation_next_release.md
+++ b/doc/news/_preparation_next_release.md
@@ -172,6 +172,12 @@ The following text lists news about the [plugins](https://www.libelektra.org/plu
 - <<TODO>>
 - <<TODO>>
 
+### csvstorage
+
+- Fix a bug where writing unkown meta keys will fail silently _(Juri Schreib @Bujuhu)_
+- <<TODO>>
+- <<TODO>>
+
 ## Libraries
 
 The text below summarizes updates to the [C (and C++)-based libraries](https://www.libelektra.org/libraries/readme) of Elektra.
diff --git a/src/plugins/csvstorage/csvstorage.c b/src/plugins/csvstorage/csvstorage.c
index 61da3445a6f..a60da7b77a9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/csvstorage/csvstorage.c
+++ b/src/plugins/csvstorage/csvstorage.c
@@ -728,8 +728,35 @@ static int csvWrite (KeySet * returned, Key * parentKey, KeySet * exportKS, Key
 	return 1;
 }
 
+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 &&
+			    (elektraStrNCmp (pos, "meta:/internal/csvstorage", 25)) != 0)
+			{
+				ELEKTRA_SET_RESOURCE_ERRORF (parentKey, "The Metakey %s is not supported by csvstorage", keyName (meta));
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
 int elektraCsvstorageSet (Plugin * handle, KeySet * returned, Key * parentKey)
 {
+	if (!elektraCheckForInvalidMetaKey (parentKey, returned))
+	{
+		return ELEKTRA_PLUGIN_STATUS_ERROR;
+	}
+
 	KeySet * config = elektraPluginGetConfig (handle);
 	Key * delimKey = ksLookupByName (config, "/delimiter", 0);
 	char outputDelim;
diff --git a/src/plugins/csvstorage/testmod_csvstorage.c b/src/plugins/csvstorage/testmod_csvstorage.c
index 043fa11cf77..e82086a2648 100644
--- a/src/plugins/csvstorage/testmod_csvstorage.c
+++ b/src/plugins/csvstorage/testmod_csvstorage.c
@@ -84,6 +84,20 @@ static void testwriteinvalidheader (const char * file)
 	PLUGIN_CLOSE ();
 }
 
+static void testwriteInvalidMetaMustFail (const char * file)
+{
+	Key * parentKey = keyNew ("user:/tests/csvstorage", KEY_VALUE, srcdir_file (file), KEY_END);
+	KeySet * conf = ksNew (20, keyNew ("system:/delimiter", KEY_VALUE, ";", KEY_END),
+			       keyNew ("system:/header", KEY_VALUE, "colname", KEY_END), KS_END);
+	KeySet * ks = ksNew (1, keyNew ("user:/tests/csvstorage", KEY_VALUE, "asdf", KEY_META, "asdf", "asdf", KEY_END), KS_END);
+	PLUGIN_OPEN ("csvstorage");
+	succeed_if (plugin->kdbSet (plugin, ks, parentKey) == ELEKTRA_PLUGIN_STATUS_ERROR,
+		    "kdbSet did not error on invalid meta key insertion");
+	ksDel (ks);
+	keyDel (parentKey);
+	PLUGIN_CLOSE ();
+}
+
 static void testwritevalidemptycol (const char * file)
 {
 	Key * parentKey = keyNew ("user:/tests/csvstorage", KEY_VALUE, srcdir_file (file), KEY_END);
@@ -95,6 +109,7 @@ static void testwritevalidemptycol (const char * file)
 	succeed_if (plugin->kdbGet (plugin, ks, parentKey) > 0, "call to kdbGet was not successful");
 	keySetString (parentKey, elektraFilename ());
 	succeed_if (plugin->kdbSet (plugin, ks, parentKey) >= 0, "error: couldn't write data");
+	ksDel (conf);
 	ksDel (ks);
 	keyDel (parentKey);
 	PLUGIN_CLOSE ();
@@ -224,6 +239,7 @@ int main (int argc, char ** argv)
 	testreadunescapedDQuote ("csvstorage/unescapedQuote.csv");
 	testexportmissing ("csvstorage/exporttest.csv");
 	testKeyMetaKeyIsSet ("csvstorage/metakey.csv");
+	testwriteInvalidMetaMustFail ("csvstorage/invalid_meta_key.csv");
 	print_result ("testmod_csvstorage");
 
 	return nbError;