diff --git a/wp-includes/comment.php b/wp-includes/comment.php
index f098910ea5..7055db763f 100644
--- a/wp-includes/comment.php
+++ b/wp-includes/comment.php
@@ -2126,6 +2126,7 @@ function wp_set_comment_status($comment_id, $comment_status, $wp_error = false)
  * Filters the comment and makes sure certain fields are valid before updating.
  *
  * @since 2.0.0
+ * @since 4.9.0 Add updating comment meta during comment update.
  *
  * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
  *
@@ -2199,6 +2200,13 @@ function wp_update_comment($commentarr) {
 
 	$rval = $wpdb->update( $wpdb->comments, $data, compact( 'comment_ID' ) );
 
+	// If metadata is provided, store it.
+	if ( isset( $commentarr['comment_meta'] ) && is_array( $commentarr['comment_meta'] ) ) {
+		foreach ( $commentarr['comment_meta'] as $meta_key => $meta_value ) {
+			update_comment_meta( $comment_ID, $meta_key, $meta_value );
+		}
+	}
+
 	clean_comment_cache( $comment_ID );
 	wp_update_comment_count( $comment_post_ID );
 	/**
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 382235f1a3..079000e585 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.9-alpha-40980';
+$wp_version = '4.9-alpha-40981';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.