diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/jlangch/venice/impl/reader/Reader.java b/src/main/java/com/github/jlangch/venice/impl/reader/Reader.java
index f09617c3b..236fd471f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/jlangch/venice/impl/reader/Reader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/jlangch/venice/impl/reader/Reader.java
@@ -418,10 +418,19 @@ private static VncVal parseMetaData(final Reader rdr) {
         rdr.next();
         final Token metaToken = rdr.peek();
         VncVal meta = read_form(rdr);
+
         if (Types.isVncKeyword(meta)) {
-            // allow ^:private is equivalent to ^{:private true}
-            meta = VncHashMap.of(meta, VncBoolean.True);
+        	final String qName = ((VncKeyword)meta).getQualifiedName();
+        	if (qName.equals("private") || qName.equals("dynamic")) {
+                // allow ^:private is equivalent to ^{:private true}
+                // allow ^:dynamic is equivalent to ^{:dynamic true}
+                meta = VncHashMap.of(meta, VncBoolean.True);
+        	}
+        	else {
+                meta = VncHashMap.of(MetaUtil.TYPE, meta);
+        	}
         }
+
         if (Types.isVncMap(meta)) {
             final Token symToken = rdr.peek();
             return read_form(rdr).withMeta(MetaUtil.mergeMeta(meta, MetaUtil.toMeta(symToken)));
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/jlangch/venice/impl/reader/ReaderTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/jlangch/venice/impl/reader/ReaderTest.java
index 811900c35..269e98580 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/jlangch/venice/impl/reader/ReaderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/jlangch/venice/impl/reader/ReaderTest.java
@@ -59,8 +59,13 @@ public void testMeta() {
         assertEquals(100L, new Venice().eval("(do (def ^{:a 200} x 100) x)"));
         assertEquals(200L, new Venice().eval("(do (def ^{:a 200} x 100) (:a (meta x)))"));
         assertEquals("(xx yy)", new Venice().eval("(do (def ^{:a '(\"xx\" \"yy\")} x 100) (str (:a (meta x))))"));
+
         assertEquals(true, new Venice().eval("(do (def ^:private x 100) (:private (meta x))))"));
-    }
+        assertEquals(true, new Venice().eval("(do (ns test) (def ^:private x 100) (:private (meta x))))"));
+
+        assertEquals(true, new Venice().eval("(do (def ^:dynamic x 100) (:dynamic (meta x))))"));
+        assertEquals(true, new Venice().eval("(do (ns test) (def ^:dynamic x 100) (:dynamic (meta x))))"));
+   }
 
     @Test
     public void testAtomInteger() {