diff --git a/ansiblelater/rules/CheckMetaChangeFromDefault.py b/ansiblelater/rules/CheckMetaChangeFromDefault.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b9c60f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansiblelater/rules/CheckMetaChangeFromDefault.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2018, Ansible Project
+from nested_lookup import nested_lookup
+
+from ansiblelater.standard import StandardBase
+
+
+class CheckMetaChangeFromDefault(StandardBase):
+
+    sid = "ANSIBLE0021"
+    description = "Roles meta/main.yml default values should be changed"
+    helptext = "meta/main.yml default values should be changed for: `{field}`"
+    version = "0.2"
+    types = ["meta"]
+
+    def check(self, candidate, settings):
+        content, errors = self.get_raw_yaml(candidate, settings)
+        field_defaults = [
+            ("author", "your name"),
+            ("description", "your description"),
+            ("company", "your company (optional)"),
+            ("license", "license (GPLv2, CC-BY, etc)"),
+            ("license", "license (GPL-2.0-or-later, MIT, etc)"),
+        ]
+
+        if not errors:
+            for field, default in field_defaults:
+                pair = "{field}: {default}".format(field=field, default=default)
+                lookup = nested_lookup(field, content)
+                if lookup and default in nested_lookup(field, content):
+                    errors.append(self.Error(None, self.helptext.format(field=pair)))
+
+        return self.Result(candidate.path, errors)
diff --git a/docs/content/included_rules/_index.md b/docs/content/included_rules/_index.md
index 4bb4430..551312d 100644
--- a/docs/content/included_rules/_index.md
+++ b/docs/content/included_rules/_index.md
@@ -34,4 +34,5 @@ Reviews are nothing without some rules or standards against which to review. ans
 | CheckCommandInsteadOfArgument | ANSIBLE0017 | Commands should not be used in place of module arguments.         |                                                                      |
 | CheckFilePermissionMissing    | ANSIBLE0018 | File permissions unset or incorrect.                              |                                                                      |
 | CheckFilePermissionOctal      | ANSIBLE0019 | Octal file permissions must contain leading zero or be a string.  |                                                                      |
-| CheckGitHasVersion            | ANSIBLE0020 | Git checkouts should use explicit version                         |                                                                      |
+| CheckGitHasVersion            | ANSIBLE0020 | Git checkouts should use explicit version.                        |                                                                      |
+| CheckMetaChangeFromDefault    | ANSIBLE0021 | Roles meta/main.yml default values should be changed.             |                                                                      |