diff --git a/tools/mavlogdump.py b/tools/mavlogdump.py
index 8ae3742d6..d5ce683ed 100755
--- a/tools/mavlogdump.py
+++ b/tools/mavlogdump.py
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ def match_type(mtype, patterns):
             continue
 
     if not mavutil.evaluate_condition(args.condition, mlog.messages) and (
-            not (m_type in ['FMT', 'FMTU', 'MULT', 'PARM', 'MODE', 'UNIT', 'VER'] and args.meta)):
+            not (m_type in ['FMT', 'FMTU', 'MULT', 'PARM', 'MODE', 'UNIT', 'VER','CMD','MAVC','MSG','EV'] and args.meta)):
         continue
     if args.source_system is not None and args.source_system != m.get_srcSystem():
         continue