diff --git a/dotbot/dispatcher.py b/dotbot/dispatcher.py
index 35b0889..f6fae9d 100644
--- a/dotbot/dispatcher.py
+++ b/dotbot/dispatcher.py
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ class Dispatcher(object):
     def dispatch(self, tasks):
         success = True
         for task in tasks:
+
             for action in task:
+                if action == 'meta':
+                    self._handle_metadata(task['meta'])
+                    continue
                 handled = False
                 for plugin in self._plugins:
                     if plugin.can_handle(action):
@@ -42,5 +46,12 @@ class Dispatcher(object):
         self._plugins = [plugin(self._base_directory)
             for plugin in Executor.__subclasses__()]
 
+    def _handle_metadata(self, metadata):
+        if 'title' in metadata:
+            self._log.warning(metadata['title'])
+
+        if 'description' in metadata:
+            self._log.info(' ' + metadata['description'])
+
 class DispatchError(Exception):
     pass
diff --git a/dotbot/executor/__init__.py b/dotbot/executor/__init__.py
index 1762f78..1189d8c 100644
--- a/dotbot/executor/__init__.py
+++ b/dotbot/executor/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 from .executor import Executor
 from .linker import Linker
 from .commandrunner import CommandRunner
+from .meta import Meta
diff --git a/dotbot/executor/meta.py b/dotbot/executor/meta.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ec79da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotbot/executor/meta.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+from . import Executor
+
+class Meta(Executor):
+    '''
+    Dummy handler for metadata support
+    '''
+
+    _directive = 'meta'
+
+    def can_handle(self, directive):
+        return directive == self._directive
+
+    def handle(self, directive, data):
+        if directive != self._directive:
+            raise ValueError('Header cannot handle directive %s' % directive)
+        return True