diff --git a/torchx/components/dist.py b/torchx/components/dist.py
index 55718474d..20fc840aa 100644
--- a/torchx/components/dist.py
+++ b/torchx/components/dist.py
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ def spmd(
     h: str = "gpu.small",
     j: str = "1x1",
     env: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+    metadata: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
     max_retries: int = 0,
     mounts: Optional[List[str]] = None,
     debug: bool = False,
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ def spmd(
         h: the type of host to run on (e.g. aws_p4d.24xlarge). Must be one of the registered named resources
         j: {nnodes}x{nproc_per_node}. For GPU hosts omitting nproc_per_node will infer it from the GPU count on the host
         env: environment variables to be passed to the run (e.g. ENV1=v1,ENV2=v2,ENV3=v3)
+        metadata: metadata to be passed to the scheduler (e.g. KEY1=v1,KEY2=v2,KEY3=v3)
         max_retries: the number of scheduler retries allowed
         rdzv_port: the port on rank0's host to use for hosting the c10d store used for rendezvous.
                    Only takes effect when running multi-node. When running single node, this parameter
@@ -153,6 +155,7 @@ def spmd(
         h=h,
         j=str(StructuredJArgument.parse_from(h, j)),
         env=env,
+        metadata=metadata,
         max_retries=max_retries,
         mounts=mounts,
         debug=debug,
@@ -171,6 +174,7 @@ def ddp(
     memMB: int = 1024,
     j: str = "1x2",
     env: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+    metadata: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
     max_retries: int = 0,
     rdzv_port: int = 29500,
     rdzv_backend: str = "c10d",
@@ -203,6 +207,7 @@ def ddp(
         h: a registered named resource (if specified takes precedence over cpu, gpu, memMB)
         j: [{min_nnodes}:]{nnodes}x{nproc_per_node}, for gpu hosts, nproc_per_node must not exceed num gpus
         env: environment varibles to be passed to the run (e.g. ENV1=v1,ENV2=v2,ENV3=v3)
+        metadata: metadata to be passed to the scheduler (e.g. KEY1=v1,KEY2=v2,KEY3=v3)
         max_retries: the number of scheduler retries allowed
         rdzv_port: the port on rank0's host to use for hosting the c10d store used for rendezvous.
                    Only takes effect when running multi-node. When running single node, this parameter
@@ -238,8 +243,8 @@ def ddp(
         # use $$ in the prefix to escape the '$' literal (rather than a string Template substitution argument)
         rdzv_endpoint = _noquote(f"$${{{macros.rank0_env}:=localhost}}:{rdzv_port}")
 
-    if env is None:
-        env = {}
+    env = env or {}
+    metadata = metadata or {}
 
     argname = StructuredNameArgument.parse_from(
         name=name,
@@ -299,6 +304,7 @@ def ddp(
                 mounts=specs.parse_mounts(mounts) if mounts else [],
             )
         ],
+        metadata=metadata,
     )
 
 
diff --git a/torchx/components/test/dist_test.py b/torchx/components/test/dist_test.py
index ac57a1bf0..98499346e 100644
--- a/torchx/components/test/dist_test.py
+++ b/torchx/components/test/dist_test.py
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ def test_ddp_debug(self) -> None:
         for k, v in _TORCH_DEBUG_FLAGS.items():
             self.assertEqual(env[k], v)
 
+    def test_ddp_metadata(self) -> None:
+        metadata = {"key": "value"}
+        app = ddp(script="foo.py", metadata=metadata)
+        for k, v in metadata.items():
+            self.assertEqual(app.metadata[k], v)
+        self.assertEqual(len(metadata), len(app.metadata))
+
     def test_ddp_rdzv_backend_static(self) -> None:
         app = ddp(script="foo.py", rdzv_backend="static")
         cmd = app.roles[0].args[1]
@@ -53,6 +60,13 @@ def test_validate_spmd(self) -> None:
 
         self.validate(dist, "ddp")
 
+    def test_spmd_metadata(self) -> None:
+        metadata = {"key": "value"}
+        app = spmd(script="foo.py", metadata=metadata)
+        for k, v in metadata.items():
+            self.assertEqual(app.metadata[k], v)
+        self.assertEqual(len(metadata), len(app.metadata))
+
     def test_spmd_call_by_module_or_script_no_name(self) -> None:
         appdef = spmd(script="foo/bar.py")
         self.assertEqual("bar", appdef.name)