diff --git a/docs/upgrade.rst b/docs/upgrade.rst
index d6eabfe6..bfb5cc51 100644
--- a/docs/upgrade.rst
+++ b/docs/upgrade.rst
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ To upgrade use a Mixin class to set meta like so ::
     class MyAceDocument(Document, BaseMixin):
         pass
 
-    MyAceDocument._get_collection_name() == myacedocument
+    MyAceDocument._get_collection_name() == "myacedocument"
 
 Alternatively, you can rename your collections eg ::
 
diff --git a/mongoengine/base.py b/mongoengine/base.py
index 04b3f1ff..adb40d87 100644
--- a/mongoengine/base.py
+++ b/mongoengine/base.py
@@ -478,13 +478,18 @@ class DocumentMetaclass(type):
             attrs.update(dict([(k, v) for k, v in base.__dict__.items()
                                if issubclass(v.__class__, BaseField)]))
 
+            # Handle simple mixin's with meta
+            if hasattr(base, 'meta') and not isinstance(base, DocumentMetaclass):
+                meta = attrs.get('meta', {})
+                meta.update(base.meta)
+                attrs['meta'] = meta
+
             for p_base in base.__bases__:
                 #optimize :-)
                 if p_base in (object, BaseDocument):
                     continue
 
                 attrs.update(_get_mixin_fields(p_base))
-
             return attrs
 
         metaclass = attrs.get('__metaclass__')
@@ -498,6 +503,7 @@ class DocumentMetaclass(type):
         simple_class = True
 
         for base in bases:
+
             # Include all fields present in superclasses
             if hasattr(base, '_fields'):
                 doc_fields.update(base._fields)
@@ -526,7 +532,8 @@ class DocumentMetaclass(type):
                     simple_class = False
 
         doc_class_name = '.'.join(reversed(class_name))
-        meta = attrs.get('_meta', attrs.get('meta', {}))
+        meta = attrs.get('_meta', {})
+        meta.update(attrs.get('meta', {}))
 
         if 'allow_inheritance' not in meta:
             meta['allow_inheritance'] = True
diff --git a/tests/document.py b/tests/document.py
index 910a78fc..20f3924f 100644
--- a/tests/document.py
+++ b/tests/document.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class DocumentTest(unittest.TestCase):
         # Ensure Document isn't treated like an actual document
         self.assertFalse(hasattr(Document, '_fields'))
 
-    def test_collection_name(self):
+    def test_collection_naming(self):
         """Ensure that a collection with a specified name may be used.
         """
 
@@ -157,11 +157,12 @@ class DocumentTest(unittest.TestCase):
             }
 
         class BaseDocument(Document, BaseMixin):
-            pass
+            meta = {'allow_inheritance': True}
 
         class MyDocument(BaseDocument):
             pass
-        self.assertEquals('mydocument', OldMixinNamingConvention._get_collection_name())
+
+        self.assertEquals('basedocument', MyDocument._get_collection_name())
 
     def test_get_superclasses(self):
         """Ensure that the correct list of superclasses is assembled.