diff --git a/src/db.c b/src/db.c
index dfec71942..eed9f55b6 100644
--- a/src/db.c
+++ b/src/db.c
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ void moveCommand(redisClient *c) {
     robj *o;
     redisDb *src, *dst;
     int srcid;
-    long long dbid;
+    long long dbid, expire;
 
     /* Obtain source and target DB pointers */
     src = c->db;
@@ -729,6 +729,7 @@ void moveCommand(redisClient *c) {
         addReply(c,shared.czero);
         return;
     }
+    expire = getExpire(c->db,c->argv[1]);
 
     /* Return zero if the key already exists in the target DB */
     if (lookupKeyWrite(dst,c->argv[1]) != NULL) {
@@ -736,6 +737,7 @@ void moveCommand(redisClient *c) {
         return;
     }
     dbAdd(dst,c->argv[1],o);
+    if (expire) setExpire(dst,c->argv[1],expire);
     incrRefCount(o);
 
     /* OK! key moved, free the entry in the source DB */
diff --git a/tests/unit/basic.tcl b/tests/unit/basic.tcl
index 6f725d299..489272f5d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/basic.tcl
+++ b/tests/unit/basic.tcl
@@ -410,6 +410,19 @@ start_server {tags {"basic"}} {
         set e
     } {*ERR*index out of range}
 
+    test {MOVE can move key expire metadata as well} {
+        r select 10
+        r flushdb
+        r select 9
+        r set mykey foo ex 100
+        r move mykey 10
+        assert {[r ttl mykey] == -2}
+        r select 10
+        assert {[r ttl mykey] > 0 && [r ttl mykey] <= 100}
+        assert {[r get mykey] eq "foo"}
+        r select 9
+    }
+
     test {SET/GET keys in different DBs} {
         r set a hello
         r set b world