diff --git a/cmake/modules/BasicConfig.cmake b/cmake/modules/BasicConfig.cmake
index 560c6ee..dcc5948 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/BasicConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/BasicConfig.cmake
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ endif()
 if(NOT META_PROJECT_VARNAME_UPPER)
     string(TOUPPER ${META_PROJECT_VARNAME} META_PROJECT_VARNAME_UPPER)
 endif()
+if(NOT META_PROJECT_VARNAME_LOWER)
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "_+" "" META_PROJECT_VARNAME_LOWER "${META_PROJECT_VARNAME}")
+    string(TOLOWER "${META_PROJECT_VARNAME_LOWER}" META_PROJECT_VARNAME_LOWER)
+endif()
 
 # set META_GENERIC_NAME to META_APP_NAME if not specified explicitely
 if(NOT META_GENERIC_NAME)
diff --git a/cmake/modules/LibraryTarget.cmake b/cmake/modules/LibraryTarget.cmake
index 8ce3582..9bd3123 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/LibraryTarget.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/LibraryTarget.cmake
@@ -80,6 +80,26 @@ if(NOT META_SOVERSION)
     endif()
 endif()
 
+# add header providing meta information about the library
+find_template_file("meta.h" CPP_UTILITIES META_H_TEMPLATE_FILE)
+find_template_file("meta.cpp" CPP_UTILITIES META_CPP_TEMPLATE_FILE)
+configure_file(
+    "${META_H_TEMPLATE_FILE}"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/meta.h"
+    NEWLINE_STYLE UNIX # since this will be installed ensure consistency
+)
+configure_file(
+    "${META_CPP_TEMPLATE_FILE}"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/meta.cpp"
+    NEWLINE_STYLE UNIX # since this will be installed ensure consistency
+)
+list(APPEND SOURCE_FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/.cpp")
+install(
+    FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/meta.h"
+    DESTINATION "include/${META_PROJECT_NAME}"
+    COMPONENT header
+)
+
 # add target for building the library
 if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     if(STATIC_LIBRARY_LINKAGE)
diff --git a/cmake/templates/meta.cpp.in b/cmake/templates/meta.cpp.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da3c0fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/templates/meta.cpp.in
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Created via CMake from template meta.h.in
+// WARNING! Any changes to this file will be overwritten by the next CMake run!
+
+namespace Meta {
+
+    const char *@META_PROJECT_VARNAME_LOWER@Author()
+    {
+        return "@META_APP_AUTHOR@";
+    }
+
+    const char *@META_PROJECT_VARNAME_LOWER@Url()
+    {
+        return "@META_APP_URL@";
+    }
+
+    const char *@META_PROJECT_VARNAME_LOWER@Description()
+    {
+        return "@META_APP_DESCRIPTION@";
+    }
+
+    const char *@META_PROJECT_VARNAME_LOWER@Version()
+    {
+        return "@META_VERSION_MAJOR@.@META_VERSION_MINOR@.@META_VERSION_PATCH@";
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/cmake/templates/meta.h.in b/cmake/templates/meta.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b7cddb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/templates/meta.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Created via CMake from template meta.h.in
+// WARNING! Any changes to this file will be overwritten by the next CMake run!
+
+#ifndef @META_PROJECT_VARNAME_UPPER@_META
+#define @META_PROJECT_VARNAME_UPPER@_META
+
+#include <@META_PROJECT_NAME@/global.h>
+
+#define @META_PROJECT_VARNAME_UPPER@_NAME "@META_APP_NAME@"
+#define @META_PROJECT_VARNAME_UPPER@_AUTHOR "@META_APP_AUTHOR@"
+#define @META_PROJECT_VARNAME_UPPER@_URL "@META_APP_URL@"
+#define @META_PROJECT_VARNAME_UPPER@_DESCRIPTION "@META_APP_DESCRIPTION@"
+#define @META_PROJECT_VARNAME_UPPER@_VERSION_MAJOR "@META_VERSION_MAJOR@"
+#define @META_PROJECT_VARNAME_UPPER@_VERSION_MINOR "@META_VERSION_MINOR@"
+#define @META_PROJECT_VARNAME_UPPER@_VERSION_PATCH "@META_VERSION_PATCH@"
+
+namespace Meta {
+    @META_PROJECT_VARNAME_UPPER@_EXPORT const char *@META_PROJECT_VARNAME_LOWER@Author();
+    @META_PROJECT_VARNAME_UPPER@_EXPORT const char *@META_PROJECT_VARNAME_LOWER@Url();
+    @META_PROJECT_VARNAME_UPPER@_EXPORT const char *@META_PROJECT_VARNAME_LOWER@Description();
+    @META_PROJECT_VARNAME_UPPER@_EXPORT const char *@META_PROJECT_VARNAME_LOWER@Version();
+}
+
+#endif // @META_PROJECT_VARNAME_UPPER@_META