diff --git a/meta_info/nomad_meta_info/public.nomadmetainfo.json b/meta_info/nomad_meta_info/public.nomadmetainfo.json
index c39dcd58ce3e9060a139e8fc8e11551dcb802cb4..5a4ef28389c94e9758e6828496a23ab1b6a145cf 100644
--- a/meta_info/nomad_meta_info/public.nomadmetainfo.json
+++ b/meta_info/nomad_meta_info/public.nomadmetainfo.json
@@ -747,6 +747,15 @@
       "superNames": [
         "settings_XC"
       ]
+    }, {
+      "description": "Is the system embedded into a host geometry?.",
+      "dtypeStr": "b",
+      "name": "embedded_system",
+      "repeats": false,
+      "shape": [],
+      "superNames": [
+        "section_system"
+      ]
     }, {
       "description": "Correlation (C) energy calculated with the method described in XC_functional.",
       "dtypeStr": "f",