diff --git a/modules/gunzip/main.nf b/modules/gunzip/main.nf
index aec4569f..564fa99d 100644
--- a/modules/gunzip/main.nf
+++ b/modules/gunzip/main.nf
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ process GUNZIP {
     label 'process_low'
     publishDir "${params.outdir}",
         mode: params.publish_dir_mode,
-        saveAs: { filename -> saveFiles(filename:filename, options:params.options, publish_dir:getSoftwareName(task.process), meta:[:], publish_by_meta:[]) }
+        saveAs: { filename -> saveFiles(filename:filename, options:params.options, publish_dir:getSoftwareName(task.process), meta:meta, publish_by_meta:['id']) }
 
     conda (params.enable_conda ? "conda-forge::sed=4.7" : null)
     if (workflow.containerEngine == 'singularity' && !params.singularity_pull_docker_container) {
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ process GUNZIP {
     }
 
     input:
-    path archive
+    tuple val(meta), path(archive)
 
     output:
-    path "$gunzip",       emit: gunzip
-    path "versions.yml" , emit: versions
+    tuple val(meta), path("$gunzip"), emit: gunzip
+    path "versions.yml"             , emit: versions
 
     script:
-    gunzip       = archive.toString() - '.gz'
+    gunzip = archive.toString() - '.gz'
     """
     gunzip \\
         -f \\
diff --git a/modules/gunzip/meta.yml b/modules/gunzip/meta.yml
index 3482f0d2..ea1f1546 100644
--- a/modules/gunzip/meta.yml
+++ b/modules/gunzip/meta.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ tools:
         documentation: https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/manual/gzip.html
         licence: ['GPL-3.0-or-later']
 input:
+    - meta:
+        type: map
+        description: |
+          Optional groovy Map containing meta information
+          e.g. [ id:'test', single_end:false ]
     - archive:
         type: file
         description: File to be compressed/uncompressed
@@ -26,3 +31,4 @@ output:
 authors:
     - "@joseespinosa"
     - "@drpatelh"
+    - "@jfy133"
diff --git a/tests/modules/gunzip/main.nf b/tests/modules/gunzip/main.nf
index 5a24e742..0c23a8cd 100644
--- a/tests/modules/gunzip/main.nf
+++ b/tests/modules/gunzip/main.nf
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ nextflow.enable.dsl = 2
 include { GUNZIP } from '../../../modules/gunzip/main.nf' addParams( options: [:] )
 
 workflow test_gunzip {
-    input = file(params.test_data['sarscov2']['illumina']['test_1_fastq_gz'], checkIfExists: true)
+    input = [ [],
+              file(params.test_data['sarscov2']['illumina']['test_1_fastq_gz'], checkIfExists: true)
+            ]
 
     GUNZIP ( input )
 }