diff --git a/src/browser.js b/src/browser.js
index 816946b..abbda20 100644
--- a/src/browser.js
+++ b/src/browser.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { version } from '../package.json'
 import createMixin from './shared/mixin'
 import setOptions from './shared/options'
+import { isUndefined } from './shared/typeof'
 import $meta from './client/$meta'
 
 /**
@@ -17,4 +18,10 @@ function VueMeta(Vue, options = {}) {
 
 VueMeta.version = version
 
+// automatic install
+if (!isUndefined(window) && !isUndefined(window.Vue)) {
+  /* istanbul ignore next */
+  Vue.use(VueMeta)
+}
+
 export default VueMeta
diff --git a/test/plugin.test.js b/test/plugin.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f1c06a2..0000000
--- a/test/plugin.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-import { mount, defaultOptions, VueMetaPlugin, loadVueMetaPlugin } from './utils'
-
-jest.mock('../package.json', () => ({
-  version: 'test-version'
-}))
-
-describe('plugin', () => {
-  let Vue
-
-  beforeAll(() => (Vue = loadVueMetaPlugin()))
-
-  test('is loaded', () => {
-    const instance = new Vue()
-    expect(instance.$meta).toEqual(expect.any(Function))
-  })
-
-  test('component has _hasMetaInfo set to true', () => {
-    const Component = Vue.component('test-component', {
-      template: '<div>Test</div>',
-      [defaultOptions.keyName]: {
-        title: 'Hello World'
-      }
-    })
-
-    const { vm } = mount(Component, { localVue: Vue })
-    expect(vm._hasMetaInfo).toBe(true)
-  })
-
-  test('plugin sets package version', () => {
-    expect(VueMetaPlugin.version).toBe('test-version')
-  })
-})
diff --git a/test/utils/index.js b/test/utils/index.js
index 7c84943..318b422 100644
--- a/test/utils/index.js
+++ b/test/utils/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { mount, createLocalVue } from '@vue/test-utils'
 import { renderToString } from '@vue/server-test-utils'
-import VueMetaPlugin from '../../src'
+import VueMetaBrowserPlugin from '../../src/browser'
+import VueMetaServerPlugin from '../../src'
 
 import {
   keyName,
@@ -14,7 +15,8 @@ import {
 export {
   mount,
   renderToString,
-  VueMetaPlugin
+  VueMetaBrowserPlugin,
+  VueMetaServerPlugin
 }
 
 export const defaultOptions = {
@@ -30,8 +32,12 @@ export function getVue() {
   return createLocalVue()
 }
 
-export function loadVueMetaPlugin(options, localVue = getVue()) {
-  localVue.use(VueMetaPlugin, Object.assign({}, defaultOptions, options))
+export function loadVueMetaPlugin(browser, options, localVue = getVue()) {
+  if (browser) {
+    localVue.use(VueMetaBrowserPlugin, Object.assign({}, defaultOptions, options))
+  } else {
+    localVue.use(VueMetaServerPlugin, Object.assign({}, defaultOptions, options))
+  }
 
   return localVue
 }