diff --git a/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini b/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
index 0816e5d3..58aed7b9 100644
--- a/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
+++ b/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
@@ -778,6 +778,13 @@ nook_img_fix:true
 ## with this.
 #internalize_text_links:false
 
+## Some ebook readers (Moon+ Reader was reported) read <meta
+## name="calibre:series"...> and <meta name="calibre:series_index"...>
+## for series info.  This is not epub standard, but not an
+## unreasonable thing for FanFicFare to emulate.  This is primarily
+## useful for CLI and web service--the calibre plugin doesn't need it.
+#calibre_series_meta:false
+
 [mobi]
 ## mobi TOC cannot be turned off right now.
 #include_tocpage: true
diff --git a/fanficfare/configurable.py b/fanficfare/configurable.py
index dcc2b018..e86e2c60 100644
--- a/fanficfare/configurable.py
+++ b/fanficfare/configurable.py
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ def get_valid_set_options():
                'include_logpage':(None,['epub'],boollist+['smart']),
                'logpage_at_end':(None,['epub'],boollist),
 
+               'calibre_series_meta':(None,['epub'],boollist),
+
                'windows_eol':(None,['txt'],boollist),
 
                'include_images':(None,['epub','html'],boollist),
@@ -346,6 +348,7 @@ def get_valid_keywords():
                  'include_images',
                  'include_logpage',
                  'logpage_at_end',
+                 'calibre_series_meta',
                  'include_subject_tags',
                  'include_titlepage',
                  'include_tocpage',
diff --git a/fanficfare/defaults.ini b/fanficfare/defaults.ini
index a3c526cf..963e8fc7 100644
--- a/fanficfare/defaults.ini
+++ b/fanficfare/defaults.ini
@@ -827,6 +827,13 @@ nook_img_fix:true
 ## with this.
 #internalize_text_links:false
 
+## Some ebook readers (Moon+ Reader was reported) read <meta
+## name="calibre:series"...> and <meta name="calibre:series_index"...>
+## for series info.  This is not epub standard, but not an
+## unreasonable thing for FanFicFare to emulate.  This is primarily
+## useful for CLI and web service--the calibre plugin doesn't need it.
+#calibre_series_meta:false
+
 [mobi]
 ## mobi TOC cannot be turned off right now.
 #include_tocpage: true
diff --git a/fanficfare/writers/writer_epub.py b/fanficfare/writers/writer_epub.py
index 0bd8b155..8db5d83c 100644
--- a/fanficfare/writers/writer_epub.py
+++ b/fanficfare/writers/writer_epub.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-# Copyright 2011 Fanficdownloader team, 2016 FanFicFare team
+# Copyright 2011 Fanficdownloader team, 2017 FanFicFare team
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -399,6 +399,28 @@ div { margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; }
                                         attrs={"name":"calibre:timestamp",
                                                "content":self.story.getMetadataRaw('dateUpdated').strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")}))
 
+        series = self.story.getMetadataRaw('series')
+        if series and self.getConfig('calibre_series_meta'):
+            series_index = "0.0"
+            if '[' in series:
+                logger.debug(series)
+                ## assumed "series [series_index]"
+                series_index = series[series.index(' [')+2:-1]
+                series = series[:series.index(' [')]
+
+                ## calibre always outputs a series_index and it's
+                ## always a float with 1 or 2 decimals.  FFF usually
+                ## has either an integer or no index. (injected
+                ## calibre series is the only float at this time)
+                series_index = "%.2f" % float(series_index)
+
+            metadata.appendChild(newTag(contentdom,"meta",
+                                        attrs={"name":"calibre:series",
+                                               "content":series}))
+            metadata.appendChild(newTag(contentdom,"meta",
+                                        attrs={"name":"calibre:series_index",
+                                               "content":series_index}))
+
         if self.getMetadata('description'):
             metadata.appendChild(newTag(contentdom,"dc:description",text=
                                         self.getMetadata('description')))