diff --git a/h5grove/content.py b/h5grove/content.py
index 72c2206..b193855 100644
--- a/h5grove/content.py
+++ b/h5grove/content.py
@@ -233,6 +233,19 @@ def metadata(self, depth: int = 1):
         )
 
 
+class DatatypeContent(ResolvedEntityContent[h5py.Datatype]):
+    kind = "datatype"
+
+    def metadata(self, depth=None):
+        """
+        :returns: {"attributes": AttributeMetadata, "kind": str, "name": str, "type": TypeMetadata}
+        """
+        return sorted_dict(
+            ("type", get_type_metadata(self._h5py_entity.id)),
+            *super().metadata().items(),
+        )
+
+
 def create_content(
     h5file: h5py.File,
     path: Optional[str],
@@ -267,7 +280,7 @@ def create_content(
         return GroupContent(path, entity, h5file)
 
     if isinstance(entity, h5py.Datatype):
-        return ResolvedEntityContent(path, entity)
+        return DatatypeContent(path, entity)
 
     raise TypeError(f"h5py entity {type(entity)} not supported")
 
diff --git a/test/base_test.py b/test/base_test.py
index 154d161..df6d60d 100644
--- a/test/base_test.py
+++ b/test/base_test.py
@@ -157,6 +157,23 @@ def test_data_on_opaque(self, server):
         retrieved_data = np.void(response.content)
         assert np.array_equal(retrieved_data, data)
 
+    def test_meta_on_datatype(self, server):
+        """Test /meta/ endpoint on a committed datatype"""
+        filename = "test.h5"
+
+        with h5py.File(server.served_directory / filename, mode="w") as h5file:
+            h5file["committed_type"] = np.dtype("<f8")
+
+        response = server.get(f"/meta/?file={filename}&path=/committed_type")
+        content = decode_response(response)
+
+        assert content == {
+            "attributes": [],
+            "kind": "datatype",
+            "name": "committed_type",
+            "type": {"class": 1, "dtype": "<f8", "size": 8, "order": 0},
+        }
+
     def test_meta_on_chunked_compressed_dataset(self, server):
         """Test /meta/ endpoint on a chunked and compressed dataset"""
         filename = "test.h5"