diff --git a/server/aap/publish/formatters/aap_nitf_formatter.py b/server/aap/publish/formatters/aap_nitf_formatter.py
index 641bc53ad..db2a7522f 100644
--- a/server/aap/publish/formatters/aap_nitf_formatter.py
+++ b/server/aap/publish/formatters/aap_nitf_formatter.py
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ def _append_meta(self, article, head, destination, pub_seq_num):
         if SIGN_OFF in article:
             SubElement(head, 'meta', {'name': 'aap-signoff', 'content': article.get(SIGN_OFF, '')})
 
+    def _append_meta_priority(self, article, head):
+        if 'priority' in article:
+            SubElement(head, 'meta', {'name': 'aap-priority', 'content': str(article['priority'])})
+
     def map_html_to_xml(self, element, html):
         """
         Map the html text tags to xml
diff --git a/server/aap/publish/formatters/aap_nitf_formatter_test.py b/server/aap/publish/formatters/aap_nitf_formatter_test.py
index 4063389d2..d9e57ee0c 100644
--- a/server/aap/publish/formatters/aap_nitf_formatter_test.py
+++ b/server/aap/publish/formatters/aap_nitf_formatter_test.py
@@ -48,10 +48,16 @@ def test_formatter(self):
         article = {
             'headline': 'test headline',
             'body_html': '<p>test body</p>',
+            'slugline': 'keyword',
+            'anpa_take_key': 'take-key',
+            'original_source': 'EMAIL',
             'type': 'text',
-            'priority': '1',
+            'priority': '9',
+            'source': 'SUP',
             '_id': 'urn:localhost.abc',
-            'urgency': 2
+            'urgency': 2,
+            'place': [{'qcode': 'FED'}],
+            'sign_off': 'me'
         }
 
         seq, doc = self.formatter.format(article, {'name': 'Test Subscriber'})[0]
@@ -59,6 +65,14 @@ def test_formatter(self):
         self.assertEqual(nitf_xml.find('head/title').text, article['headline'])
         self.assertEqual(nitf_xml.find('body/body.content/p').text, 'test body')
         self.assertEqual(nitf_xml.find('head/docdata/urgency').get('ed-urg'), '2')
+        self.assertEqual(nitf_xml.find('head/meta[@name="aap-priority"]').get('content'), '9')
+        self.assertEqual(nitf_xml.find('head/meta[@name="anpa-sequence"]').get('content'), str(seq))
+        self.assertEqual(nitf_xml.find('head/meta[@name="anpa-keyword"]').get('content'), 'keyword')
+        self.assertEqual(nitf_xml.find('head/meta[@name="anpa-takekey"]').get('content'), 'take-key')
+        self.assertEqual(nitf_xml.find('head/meta[@name="aap-source"]').get('content'), 'SUP')
+        self.assertEqual(nitf_xml.find('head/meta[@name="aap-original-source"]').get('content'), 'EMAIL')
+        self.assertEqual(nitf_xml.find('head/meta[@name="aap-place"]').get('content'), 'FED')
+        self.assertEqual(nitf_xml.find('head/meta[@name="aap-signoff"]').get('content'), 'me')
 
     def test_company_codes(self):
         article = {