diff --git a/db/comdb2.c b/db/comdb2.c
index c1ee3f5bb0..aa02e6f3f6 100644
--- a/db/comdb2.c
+++ b/db/comdb2.c
@@ -2275,6 +2275,19 @@ static inline int db_get_alias(void *tran, dbtable *tbl)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static void init_static_table(struct dbenv *dbenv)
+{
+    /* Initialize static table once */
+    if (dbenv->static_table.dbs_idx != 0)
+        return;
+    /* Initialize static table once */
+    logmsg(LOGMSG_INFO, "%s initializing static table '%s'\n", __func__, COMDB2_STATIC_TABLE);
+    dbenv->static_table.dbs_idx = -1;
+    dbenv->static_table.tablename = COMDB2_STATIC_TABLE;
+    dbenv->static_table.dbenv = dbenv;
+    dbenv->static_table.dbtype = DBTYPE_TAGGED_TABLE;
+    dbenv->static_table.handle = dbenv->bdb_env;
+}
 
 /* gets the table names and dbnums from the low level meta table and sets up the
  * dbenv accordingly.  returns 0 on success and anything else otherwise */
@@ -2297,17 +2310,7 @@ static int llmeta_load_tables(struct dbenv *dbenv, void *tran)
     /* set generic settings, likely already set when env was opened, but make
      * sure */
     bdb_attr_set(dbenv->bdb_attr, BDB_ATTR_GENIDS, 1);
-
-    /* Initialize static table once */
-    if (dbenv->static_table.dbs_idx == 0) {
-        logmsg(LOGMSG_INFO, "%s initializing static table '%s'\n", __func__,
-               COMDB2_STATIC_TABLE);
-        dbenv->static_table.dbs_idx = -1;
-        dbenv->static_table.tablename = COMDB2_STATIC_TABLE;
-        dbenv->static_table.dbenv = dbenv;
-        dbenv->static_table.dbtype = DBTYPE_TAGGED_TABLE;
-        dbenv->static_table.handle = dbenv->bdb_env;
-    }
+    init_static_table(dbenv);
 
     /* make room for dbs */
     dbenv->dbs = realloc(dbenv->dbs, fndnumtbls * sizeof(dbtable *));
@@ -4220,6 +4223,8 @@ static int init(int argc, char **argv)
 
     if (gbl_create_mode) {
         create_service_file(lrlname);
+        if (!gbl_init_single_meta)
+            init_static_table(thedb);
     }
 
     /* open db engine */
diff --git a/db/glue.c b/db/glue.c
index 3add8fd75d..c8ba0e4f49 100644
--- a/db/glue.c
+++ b/db/glue.c
@@ -4101,6 +4101,11 @@ int backend_open_tran(struct dbenv *dbenv, tran_type *tran, uint32_t flags)
                 logmsg(LOGMSG_ERROR, "meta database not available\n");
             }
         }
+
+        /* disable these queuedb tunables that require singlemeta */
+        gbl_init_with_queue_odh = 0;
+        gbl_init_with_queue_compr = 0;
+        gbl_init_with_queue_persistent_seq = 0;
     }
 
     /* now that meta is open, get the blobstripe conversion genids for each
diff --git a/tests/queuedb_multimeta.test/Makefile b/tests/queuedb_multimeta.test/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6cafefe6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queuedb_multimeta.test/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ifeq ($(TESTSROOTDIR),)
+  include ../testcase.mk
+else
+  include $(TESTSROOTDIR)/testcase.mk
+endif
diff --git a/tests/queuedb_multimeta.test/expected b/tests/queuedb_multimeta.test/expected
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8427d4a2e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queuedb_multimeta.test/expected
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[CREATE TABLE t1 (a INTEGER)] rc 0
+(filename='_comdb2_static_table.metalite.dta')
+(filename='sqlite_stat1.metalite.dta')
+(filename='sqlite_stat4.metalite.dta')
+(filename='t1.metalite.dta')
+[SELECT DISTINCT filename FROM comdb2_files WHERE filename LIKE '%metalite%'] rc 0
+[CREATE DEFAULT LUA CONSUMER q1 ON (TABLE t1 FOR INSERT)] rc 0
+(name='q1')
+[SELECT name FROM comdb2_procedures] rc 0
diff --git a/tests/queuedb_multimeta.test/lrl.options b/tests/queuedb_multimeta.test/lrl.options
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7d137bab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queuedb_multimeta.test/lrl.options
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+logmsg level info
+singlemeta 0
diff --git a/tests/queuedb_multimeta.test/runit b/tests/queuedb_multimeta.test/runit
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b29698e71a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queuedb_multimeta.test/runit
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+bash -n "$0" | exit 1
+dbnm=$1
+
+cdb2sql ${CDB2_OPTIONS} $dbnm default - >actual <<EOF
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a INTEGER)\$\$
+SELECT DISTINCT filename FROM comdb2_files WHERE filename LIKE '%metalite%'
+CREATE DEFAULT LUA CONSUMER q1 ON (TABLE t1 FOR INSERT)
+SELECT name FROM comdb2_procedures
+EOF
+
+diff actual expected