diff --git a/example-functions.php b/example-functions.php
index 5ec70e449..8b074ad31 100644
--- a/example-functions.php
+++ b/example-functions.php
@@ -515,6 +515,48 @@ function yourprefix_register_user_profile_metabox() {
 
 }
 
+add_action( 'cmb2_admin_init', 'yourprefix_register_taxonomy_metabox' );
+/**
+ * Hook in and add a metabox to add fields to taxonomy terms
+ */
+function yourprefix_register_taxonomy_metabox() {
+	$prefix = 'yourprefix_term_';
+
+	/**
+	 * Metabox to add fields to categories and tags
+	 */
+	$cmb_term = new_cmb2_box( array(
+		'id'               => $prefix . 'edit',
+		'title'            => __( 'User Profile Metabox', 'cmb2' ),
+		'object_types'     => array( 'term' ), // Tells CMB2 to use term_meta vs post_meta
+		'taxonomies'       => array( 'category', 'post_tag' ), // Tells CMB2 which taxonomies should have these fields
+		// 'new_term_section' => true, // Will display in the "Add New Category" section
+	) );
+
+	$cmb_term->add_field( array(
+		'name'     => __( 'Extra Info', 'cmb2' ),
+		'desc'     => __( 'field description (optional)', 'cmb2' ),
+		'id'       => $prefix . 'extra_info',
+		'type'     => 'title',
+		'on_front' => false,
+	) );
+
+	$cmb_term->add_field( array(
+		'name' => __( 'Term Image', 'cmb2' ),
+		'desc' => __( 'field description (optional)', 'cmb2' ),
+		'id'   => $prefix . 'avatar',
+		'type' => 'file',
+	) );
+
+	$cmb_term->add_field( array(
+		'name' => __( 'Arbitrary Term Field', 'cmb2' ),
+		'desc' => __( 'field description (optional)', 'cmb2' ),
+		'id'   => $prefix . 'term_text_field',
+		'type' => 'text',
+	) );
+
+}
+
 add_action( 'cmb2_admin_init', 'yourprefix_register_theme_options_metabox' );
 /**
  * Hook in and register a metabox to handle a theme options page
diff --git a/includes/CMB2.php b/includes/CMB2.php
index 7bec5583e..923952624 100644
--- a/includes/CMB2.php
+++ b/includes/CMB2.php
@@ -62,22 +62,24 @@ class CMB2 {
 	 * @since 1.0.1
 	 */
 	protected $mb_defaults = array(
-		'id'           => '',
-		'title'        => '',
-		'type'         => '',
-		'object_types' => array(), // Post type
-		'context'      => 'normal',
-		'priority'     => 'high',
-		'show_names'   => true, // Show field names on the left
-		'show_on_cb'   => null, // Callback to determine if metabox should display.
-		'show_on'      => array(), // Post IDs or page templates to display this metabox. overrides 'show_on_cb'
-		'cmb_styles'   => true, // Include CMB2 stylesheet
-		'enqueue_js'   => true, // Include CMB2 JS
-		'fields'       => array(),
-		'hookup'       => true,
-		'save_fields'  => true, // Will not save during hookup if false
-		'closed'       => false, // Default to metabox being closed?
+		'id'               => '',
+		'title'            => '',
+		'type'             => '',
+		'object_types'     => array(), // Post type
+		'context'          => 'normal',
+		'priority'         => 'high',
+		'show_names'       => true, // Show field names on the left
+		'show_on_cb'       => null, // Callback to determine if metabox should display.
+		'show_on'          => array(), // Post IDs or page templates to display this metabox. overrides 'show_on_cb'
+		'cmb_styles'       => true, // Include CMB2 stylesheet
+		'enqueue_js'       => true, // Include CMB2 JS
+		'fields'           => array(),
+		'hookup'           => true,
+		'save_fields'      => true, // Will not save during hookup if false
+		'closed'           => false, // Default to metabox being closed?
+		'taxonomies'       => array(),
 		'new_user_section' => 'add-new-user', // or 'add-existing-user'
+		'new_term_section' => true,
 	);
 
 	/**
@@ -637,6 +639,10 @@ public function object_id( $object_id = 0 ) {
 				$object_id = ! $object_id && isset( $GLOBALS['comments']->comment_ID ) ? $GLOBALS['comments']->comment_ID : $object_id;
 				break;
 
+			case 'term':
+				$object_id = isset( $_REQUEST['tag_ID'] ) ? $_REQUEST['tag_ID'] : $object_id;
+				break;
+
 			default:
 				$object_id = isset( $GLOBALS['post']->ID ) ? $GLOBALS['post']->ID : $object_id;
 				$object_id = isset( $_REQUEST['post'] ) ? $_REQUEST['post'] : $object_id;
@@ -693,6 +699,7 @@ public function mb_object_type() {
 
 			case 'user':
 			case 'comment':
+			case 'term':
 				$this->mb_object_type = $type;
 				break;
 
@@ -736,6 +743,9 @@ public function object_type( $object_type = '' ) {
 		} elseif ( in_array( $pagenow, array( 'edit-comments.php', 'comment.php' ), true ) ) {
 			$this->object_type = 'comment';
 
+		} elseif ( 'edit-tags.php' == $pagenow ) {
+			$this->object_type = 'term';
+
 		} else {
 			$this->object_type = 'post';
 		}
diff --git a/includes/CMB2_hookup.php b/includes/CMB2_hookup.php
index 4e3c251bc..18059da06 100644
--- a/includes/CMB2_hookup.php
+++ b/includes/CMB2_hookup.php
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ class CMB2_hookup {
 	 */
 	protected $cmb;
 
+
+	/**
+	 * CMB taxonomies array for term meta
+	 * @var   array
+	 * @since 2.1.3
+	 */
+	protected $taxonomies = array();
+
 	/**
 	 * The object type we are performing the hookup for
 	 * @var   string
@@ -50,14 +58,27 @@ class CMB2_hookup {
 
 	public function __construct( CMB2 $cmb ) {
 		$this->cmb = $cmb;
+		$this->object_type = $this->cmb->mb_object_type();
+
+		$this->universal_hooks();
 
-		$this->hooks();
 		if ( is_admin() ) {
-			$this->admin_hooks();
+
+			switch ( $this->object_type ) {
+				case 'post':
+					return $this->post_hooks();
+				case 'comment':
+					return $this->comment_hooks();
+				case 'user':
+					return $this->user_hooks();
+				case 'term':
+					return $this->term_hooks();
+			}
+
 		}
 	}
 
-	public function hooks() {
+	public function universal_hooks() {
 		// Handle oembed Ajax
 		$this->once( 'wp_ajax_cmb2_oembed_handler', array( cmb2_ajax(), 'oembed_handler' ) );
 		$this->once( 'wp_ajax_nopriv_cmb2_oembed_handler', array( cmb2_ajax(), 'oembed_handler' ) );
@@ -66,58 +87,87 @@ public function hooks() {
 			add_filter( 'cmb2_show_on', array( 'CMB2_Show_Filters', $filter ), 10, 3 );
 		}
 
+		if ( is_admin() ) {
+			// register our scripts and styles for cmb
+			$this->once( 'admin_enqueue_scripts', array( __CLASS__, 'register_scripts' ), 8 );
+		}
 	}
 
-	public function admin_hooks() {
-		global $pagenow;
+	public function post_hooks() {
+		add_action( 'add_meta_boxes', array( $this, 'add_metaboxes' ) );
+		add_action( 'add_attachment', array( $this, 'save_post' ) );
+		add_action( 'edit_attachment', array( $this, 'save_post' ) );
+		add_action( 'save_post', array( $this, 'save_post' ), 10, 2 );
 
-		// register our scripts and styles for cmb
-		$this->once( 'admin_enqueue_scripts', array( __CLASS__, 'register_scripts' ), 8 );
+		$this->once( 'admin_enqueue_scripts', array( $this, 'do_scripts' ) );
+	}
 
-		$this->object_type = $this->cmb->mb_object_type();
-		if ( 'post' == $this->object_type ) {
-			add_action( 'add_meta_boxes', array( $this, 'add_metaboxes' ) );
-			add_action( 'add_attachment', array( $this, 'save_post' ) );
-			add_action( 'edit_attachment', array( $this, 'save_post' ) );
-			add_action( 'save_post', array( $this, 'save_post' ), 10, 2 );
+	public function comment_hooks() {
+		add_action( 'add_meta_boxes_comment', array( $this, 'add_metaboxes' ) );
+		add_action( 'edit_comment', array( $this, 'save_comment' ) );
 
-			$this->once( 'admin_enqueue_scripts', array( $this, 'do_scripts' ) );
+		$this->once( 'admin_enqueue_scripts', array( $this, 'do_scripts' ) );
+	}
 
-		} elseif ( 'comment' == $this->object_type ) {
-			add_action( 'add_meta_boxes_comment', array( $this, 'add_metaboxes' ) );
-			add_action( 'edit_comment', array( $this, 'save_comment' ) );
+	public function user_hooks() {
 
-			$this->once( 'admin_enqueue_scripts', array( $this, 'do_scripts' ) );
+		$priority = $this->cmb->prop( 'priority' );
 
-		} elseif ( 'user' == $this->object_type ) {
+		if ( ! is_numeric( $priority ) ) {
+			switch ( $priority ) {
 
-			$priority = $this->cmb->prop( 'priority' );
+				case 'high':
+					$priority = 5;
+					break;
 
-			if ( ! is_numeric( $priority ) ) {
-				switch ( $priority ) {
+				case 'low':
+					$priority = 20;
+					break;
 
-					case 'high':
-						$priority = 5;
-						break;
+				default:
+					$priority = 10;
+					break;
+			}
+		}
 
-					case 'low':
-						$priority = 20;
-						break;
+		add_action( 'show_user_profile', array( $this, 'user_metabox' ), $priority );
+		add_action( 'edit_user_profile', array( $this, 'user_metabox' ), $priority );
+		add_action( 'user_new_form', array( $this, 'user_new_metabox' ), $priority );
 
-					default:
-						$priority = 10;
-						break;
-				}
-			}
+		add_action( 'personal_options_update', array( $this, 'save_user' ) );
+		add_action( 'edit_user_profile_update', array( $this, 'save_user' ) );
+		add_action( 'user_register', array( $this, 'save_user' ) );
+	}
 
-			add_action( 'show_user_profile', array( $this, 'user_metabox' ), $priority );
-			add_action( 'edit_user_profile', array( $this, 'user_metabox' ), $priority );
-			add_action( 'user_new_form', array( $this, 'user_new_metabox' ), $priority );
+	public function term_hooks() {
+		if ( ! function_exists( 'get_term_meta' ) || ! $this->cmb->prop( 'taxonomies' ) ) {
+			wp_die( __( 'Term metaboxes configuration requires a \'taxonomies\' parameter', 'cmb2' ) );
+		}
+
+		$this->taxonomies = (array) $this->cmb->prop( 'taxonomies' );
+		$show_on_term_add = $this->cmb->prop( 'new_term_section' );
+
+		foreach ( $this->taxonomies as $taxonomy ) {
+			// Display our form data
+			add_action( "{$taxonomy}_edit_form", array( $this, 'term_metabox' ), 8, 2 );
+
+			$show_on_add = is_array( $show_on_term_add )
+				? in_array( $taxonomy, $show_on_term_add )
+				: (bool) $show_on_term_add;
+
+			$show_on_add = apply_filters( "cmb2_show_on_term_add_form_{$this->cmb->cmb_id}", $show_on_add, $this->cmb );
+
+			// Display form in add-new section (unless specified not to)
+			if ( $show_on_add ) {
+				add_action( "{$taxonomy}_add_form_fields", array( $this, 'term_metabox' ), 8, 2 );
+			}
 
-			add_action( 'personal_options_update', array( $this, 'save_user' ) );
-			add_action( 'edit_user_profile_update', array( $this, 'save_user' ) );
-			add_action( 'user_register', array( $this, 'save_user' ) );
 		}
+
+		add_action( 'created_term', array( $this, 'save_term' ), 10, 3 );
+		add_action( 'edited_terms', array( $this, 'save_term' ), 10, 2 );
+
+		add_action( 'delete_term', array( $this, 'delete_term' ), 10, 3 );
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -267,6 +317,30 @@ public function user_metabox() {
 		$this->cmb->show_form( 0, 'user' );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Display metaboxes for a taxonomy term object
+	 * @since  2.1.3
+	 */
+	public function term_metabox() {
+
+		if ( 'term' != $this->cmb->mb_object_type() ) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if ( ! $this->show_on() ) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if ( $this->cmb->prop( 'cmb_styles' ) ) {
+			self::enqueue_cmb_css();
+		}
+		if ( $this->cmb->prop( 'enqueue_js' ) ) {
+			self::enqueue_cmb_js();
+		}
+
+		$this->cmb->show_form( 0, 'term' );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Determines if metabox should be shown in current context
 	 * @since  2.0.0
@@ -343,6 +417,42 @@ public function save_user( $user_id ) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Save data from term fields
+	 * @since  1.0.x
+	 * @param  int    $term_id  Term ID
+	 * @param  int    $tt_id    Term Taxonomy ID
+	 * @param  string $taxonomy Taxonomy
+	 * @return null
+	 */
+	public function save_term( $term_id, $tt_id, $taxonomy = '' ) {
+		$taxonomy = $taxonomy ? $taxonomy : $tt_id;
+
+		// check permissions
+		if ( $this->taxonomy_can_save( $taxonomy ) && $this->can_save( 'term' ) ) {
+			$this->cmb->save_fields( $term_id, 'term', $_POST );
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Delete term meta when a term is deleted.
+	 * @since  1.0.x
+	 * @param  int    $term_id  Term ID
+	 * @param  int    $tt_id    Term Taxonomy ID
+	 * @param  string $taxonomy Taxonomy
+	 * @return null
+	 */
+	public function delete_term( $term_id, $tt_id, $taxonomy = '' ) {
+		if ( $this->taxonomy_can_save( $taxonomy ) ) {
+
+			foreach ( $this->cmb->prop( 'fields' ) as $field ) {
+				$data_to_delete[ $field['id'] ] = '';
+			}
+
+			$this->cmb->save_fields( $term_id, 'term', $data_to_delete );
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Determines if the current object is able to be saved
 	 * @since  2.0.9
@@ -362,6 +472,28 @@ public function can_save( $type = '' ) {
 		);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Determine if taxonomy of term being modified is cmb2-editable.
+	 * @since  2.1.3
+	 * @param  string $taxonomy Taxonomy of term being modified.
+	 * @return bool             Whether taxonomy is editable.
+	 */
+	public function taxonomy_can_save( $taxonomy ) {
+		$taxonomy = $taxonomy ? $taxonomy : $tt_id;
+
+		if ( empty( $this->taxonomies ) || ! in_array( $taxonomy, $this->taxonomies ) ) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$taxonomy_object = get_taxonomy( $taxonomy );
+		// Can the user edit this term?
+		if ( ! isset( $taxonomy_object->cap ) || ! current_user_can( $taxonomy_object->cap->edit_terms ) ) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Ensures WordPress hook only gets fired once
 	 * @since  2.0.0
diff --git a/tests/test-cmb-core.php b/tests/test-cmb-core.php
index c1fc75f1f..d7cd8b082 100644
--- a/tests/test-cmb-core.php
+++ b/tests/test-cmb-core.php
@@ -79,22 +79,24 @@ public function setUp() {
 		);
 
 		$this->defaults = array(
-			'id'           => $this->cmb_id,
-			'title'        => '',
-			'type'         => '',
-			'object_types' => array(), // Post type
-			'context'      => 'normal',
-			'priority'     => 'high',
-			'show_names'   => true, // Show field names on the left
-			'show_on'      => array(), // Specific post IDs or page templates to display this metabox
-			'show_on_cb'   => null, // Callback to determine if metabox should display. Overrides 'show_on'
-			'cmb_styles'   => true, // Include cmb bundled stylesheet
-			'enqueue_js'   => true, // Include CMB2 JS
-			'fields'       => array(),
-			'hookup'       => true,
-			'save_fields'  => true, // Will not save during hookup if false
-			'closed'       => false, // Default to metabox being closed?
+			'id'               => $this->cmb_id,
+			'title'            => '',
+			'type'             => '',
+			'object_types'     => array(), // Post type
+			'context'          => 'normal',
+			'priority'         => 'high',
+			'show_names'       => true, // Show field names on the left
+			'show_on'          => array(), // Specific post IDs or page templates to display this metabox
+			'show_on_cb'       => null, // Callback to determine if metabox should display. Overrides 'show_on'
+			'cmb_styles'       => true, // Include cmb bundled stylesheet
+			'enqueue_js'       => true, // Include CMB2 JS
+			'fields'           => array(),
+			'hookup'           => true,
+			'save_fields'      => true, // Will not save during hookup if false
+			'closed'           => false, // Default to metabox being closed?
+			'taxonomies'       => array(),
 			'new_user_section' => 'add-new-user', // or 'add-existing-user'
+			'new_term_section' => true,
 		);
 
 		$this->cmb = new CMB2( $this->metabox_array );
@@ -832,4 +834,4 @@ class Test_CMB2_Exception extends Exception {
 	public function __construct( $message = null, $code = 0, Exception $previous = null ) {
 		parent::__construct( $message, $code );
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}