diff --git a/meta_info/meta_dictionary/public.meta_dictionary.json b/meta_info/meta_dictionary/public.meta_dictionary.json
index d4466349ccaacbd2e285b191cc666953b7780618..79b16ce0f3bcbe73352786e8362781874ae8fe27 100644
--- a/meta_info/meta_dictionary/public.meta_dictionary.json
+++ b/meta_info/meta_dictionary/public.meta_dictionary.json
@@ -1009,6 +1009,12 @@
     "meta_abstract_types":[
       "derived_quantity"],
     "meta_data_type":"string"
+  },{
+    "meta_name":"derived_quantity",
+    "meta_type":"type-abstract",
+    "meta_description":[
+      "Quantity that is not directly outputted by the parser, but is computed using ",
+      "other quantities."]
   },{
     "meta_name":"dos_energies",
     "meta_type":"type-value",
diff --git a/meta_info_exploded/public.meta_dictionary/derived_quantity.meta_info_entry.json b/meta_info_exploded/public.meta_dictionary/derived_quantity.meta_info_entry.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2a69783288e063976b555d3b68c6db7680504945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta_info_exploded/public.meta_dictionary/derived_quantity.meta_info_entry.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "meta_name":"derived_quantity",
+  "meta_type":"type-abstract",
+  "meta_description":[
+    "Quantity that is not directly outputted by the parser, but is computed using ",
+    "other quantities."]
+}