diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/conf/Property.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/conf/Property.java
index d6acb504fad..31b4e3b7f83 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/conf/Property.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/conf/Property.java
@@ -1125,6 +1125,13 @@ public enum Property {
           + " when regular compactions are not running. Idle compactions only take"
           + " place for tablets that have one or more RFiles.",
       "1.3.5"),
+  TABLE_SPLIT_METASPLIT("table.split.meta", "", PropertyType.STRING, "Controls the number of "
+      + "metadata tablets a table has. When this property is set metadata tablets will automatically be added "
+      + "based on the number of user tablets. When not set, no metadata tablets are created or removed. The "
+      + "value of this property is a range like 1000-3000. This range determines when metadata tablets should be "
+      + "added or removed based on the number of user tablets a metadata tablet contains. For example, for the "
+      + "range 1000-3000 when a metadata tablet contains less than 1000 user tablets its merged away"
+      + "when it contains more than 3000, splits are added to the metadata table.", "2.1.5"),
   TABLE_SPLIT_THRESHOLD("table.split.threshold", "1G", PropertyType.BYTES,
       "A tablet is split when the combined size of RFiles exceeds this amount.", "1.3.5"),
   TABLE_MAX_END_ROW_SIZE("table.split.endrow.size.max", "10k", PropertyType.BYTES,