diff --git a/templates/emails/email-order-items.php b/templates/emails/email-order-items.php
index 5dd8b3b97f2..9d407e9e99a 100644
--- a/templates/emails/email-order-items.php
+++ b/templates/emails/email-order-items.php
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ foreach ( $items as $item_id => $item ) :
 				// allow other plugins to add additional product information here
 				do_action( 'woocommerce_order_item_meta_start', $item_id, $item, $order, $plain_text );
 
+				wc_display_item_meta( $item );
+
 				if ( $show_download_links ) {
 					wc_display_item_downloads( $item );
 				}
diff --git a/templates/emails/plain/email-order-items.php b/templates/emails/plain/email-order-items.php
index ac7c061b9be..3a5b20e3b00 100644
--- a/templates/emails/plain/email-order-items.php
+++ b/templates/emails/plain/email-order-items.php
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ foreach ( $items as $item_id => $item ) :
 		echo ' = ' . $order->get_formatted_line_subtotal( $item ) . "\n";
 		// allow other plugins to add additional product information here
 		do_action( 'woocommerce_order_item_meta_start', $item_id, $item, $order, $plain_text );
+		echo strip_tags( wc_display_item_meta( $item, array(
+			'before'    => "\n- ",
+			'separator' => "\n- ",
+			'after'     => "",
+			'echo'      => false,
+			'autop'     => false,
+		) ) );
 		if ( $show_download_links ) {
 			echo strip_tags( wc_display_item_downloads( $item, array(
 				'before'    => "\n- ",
diff --git a/templates/order/order-details-item.php b/templates/order/order-details-item.php
index d7d75743746..906ed89d4e5 100644
--- a/templates/order/order-details-item.php
+++ b/templates/order/order-details-item.php
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ if ( ! apply_filters( 'woocommerce_order_item_visible', true, $item ) ) {
 
 			do_action( 'woocommerce_order_item_meta_start', $item_id, $item, $order );
 
+			wc_display_item_meta( $item );
 			wc_display_item_downloads( $item );
 
 			do_action( 'woocommerce_order_item_meta_end', $item_id, $item, $order );