diff --git a/common/implementation/build.gradle.kts b/common/implementation/build.gradle.kts
index f9ed421d9..d4cde1973 100644
--- a/common/implementation/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/common/implementation/build.gradle.kts
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ dependencies {
 
     "shadedApi"("commons-io:commons-io:2.6")
 
+    "shadedImplementation"("org.apache.commons:commons-text:1.9")
+
 
     "compileOnly"("com.google.guava:guava:30.0-jre")
 
diff --git a/common/implementation/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/config/preprocessor/MetaStringPreprocessor.java b/common/implementation/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/config/preprocessor/MetaStringPreprocessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d26721c36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/implementation/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/config/preprocessor/MetaStringPreprocessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package com.dfsek.terra.config.preprocessor;
+
+import com.dfsek.tectonic.config.Configuration;
+import com.dfsek.tectonic.exception.LoadException;
+import com.dfsek.tectonic.loading.ConfigLoader;
+import com.dfsek.tectonic.preprocessor.Result;
+import com.dfsek.terra.api.config.meta.Meta;
+import org.apache.commons.text.StringSubstitutor;
+import org.apache.commons.text.lookup.StringLookup;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedType;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class MetaStringPreprocessor extends MetaPreprocessor<Meta> {
+    public MetaStringPreprocessor(Map<String, Configuration> configs) {
+        super(configs);
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    @Override
+    public @NotNull <T> Result<T> process(AnnotatedType t, T c, ConfigLoader loader, Meta annotation) {
+        if(String.class.equals(t.getType()) && c instanceof String) { // String is final so we use #equals
+            String candidate = (String) c;
+            StringSubstitutor substitutor = new StringSubstitutor(key -> {
+                Object meta = getMetaValue(key);
+                if(!(meta instanceof String)) {
+                    throw new LoadException("MetaString template injection candidate must be string, is type " + meta.getClass().getCanonicalName());
+                }
+                return (String) meta;
+            });
+            return (Result<T>) Result.overwrite(substitutor.replace(candidate));
+        }
+        return Result.noOp();
+    }
+
+
+}