diff --git a/libraries/pacemaker/mixins/resource_meta.rb b/libraries/pacemaker/mixins/resource_meta.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8c00b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/pacemaker/mixins/resource_meta.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# A mixin for Pacemaker::Resource subclasses which support meta attributes
+# (priority, target-role, is-managed)
+
+module Pacemaker
+  class Resource
+    module Meta
+      def self.included(base)
+        base.extend ClassMethods
+      end
+
+      attr_accessor :meta
+
+      def meta_string
+        self.class.meta_string(meta)
+      end
+
+      module ClassMethods
+        def meta_string(meta)
+          return "" if ! meta or meta.empty?
+          "meta " +
+            meta.sort.map do |key, value|
+            %'#{key}="#{value}"'
+          end.join(' ')
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/libraries/pacemaker/resource/primitive.rb b/libraries/pacemaker/resource/primitive.rb
index 56d710d..de16e9e 100644
--- a/libraries/pacemaker/resource/primitive.rb
+++ b/libraries/pacemaker/resource/primitive.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 require 'shellwords'
 require File.expand_path('../resource', File.dirname(__FILE__))
+require File.expand_path('../mixins/resource_meta', File.dirname(__FILE__))
 
 class Pacemaker::Resource::Primitive < Pacemaker::Resource
   TYPE = 'primitive'
-
   register_type TYPE
 
-  attr_accessor :agent, :params, :meta, :op
+  include Pacemaker::Resource::Meta
+
+  attr_accessor :agent, :params, :op
 
   def initialize(*args)
     super(*args)
@@ -43,10 +45,6 @@ class Pacemaker::Resource::Primitive < Pacemaker::Resource
     self.class.params_string(params)
   end
 
-  def meta_string
-    self.class.meta_string(meta)
-  end
-
   def op_string
     self.class.op_string(op)
   end
@@ -78,14 +76,6 @@ class Pacemaker::Resource::Primitive < Pacemaker::Resource
     end.join(' ')
   end
 
-  def self.meta_string(meta)
-    return "" if ! meta or meta.empty?
-    "meta " +
-    meta.sort.map do |key, value|
-      %'#{key}="#{value}"'
-    end.join(' ')
-  end
-
   def self.op_string(ops)
     return "" if ! ops or ops.empty?
     ops.sort.map do |op, attrs|