diff --git a/ceilometer/api/controllers/v2.py b/ceilometer/api/controllers/v2.py
index 656669c9..24644537 100644
--- a/ceilometer/api/controllers/v2.py
+++ b/ceilometer/api/controllers/v2.py
@@ -235,6 +235,15 @@ class MeterVolumeController(object):
         return MeterVolume(volume=value)
 
 
+def _flatten_metadata(metadata):
+    """Return flattened resource metadata without nested structures
+    and with all values converted to unicode strings.
+    """
+    return dict((k, unicode(v))
+                for k, v in metadata.iteritems()
+                if type(v) not in set([list, dict, set]))
+
+
 class Event(Base):
     source = text
     counter_name = text
@@ -244,15 +253,15 @@ class Event(Base):
     project_id = text
     resource_id = text
     timestamp = datetime.datetime
-    # FIXME(dhellmann): Need to add the metadata back as
-    # a flat {text: text} mapping.
-    #resource_metadata = ?
+    resource_metadata = {text: text}
     message_id = text
 
-    def __init__(self, counter_volume=None, **kwds):
+    def __init__(self, counter_volume=None, resource_metadata={}, **kwds):
         if counter_volume is not None:
             counter_volume = float(counter_volume)
+        resource_metadata = _flatten_metadata(resource_metadata)
         super(Event, self).__init__(counter_volume=counter_volume,
+                                    resource_metadata=resource_metadata,
                                     **kwds)
 
 
@@ -398,12 +407,15 @@ class Resource(Base):
     project_id = text
     user_id = text
     timestamp = datetime.datetime
-    #metadata = ?
+    metadata = {text: text}
     meter = wsattr([MeterDescription])
 
-    def __init__(self, meter=[], **kwds):
+    def __init__(self, meter=[], metadata={}, **kwds):
         meter = [MeterDescription(**m) for m in meter]
-        super(Resource, self).__init__(meter=meter, **kwds)
+        metadata = _flatten_metadata(metadata)
+        super(Resource, self).__init__(meter=meter,
+                                       metadata=metadata,
+                                       **kwds)
 
 
 class ResourcesController(RestController):
diff --git a/tests/api/v2/test_list_events.py b/tests/api/v2/test_list_events.py
index e8db9fde..3bc84d74 100644
--- a/tests/api/v2/test_list_events.py
+++ b/tests/api/v2/test_list_events.py
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ class TestListEvents(FunctionalTest):
             timestamp=datetime.datetime(2012, 7, 2, 10, 40),
             resource_metadata={'display_name': 'test-server',
                                'tag': 'self.counter',
+                               'ignored_dict': {'key': 'value'},
+                               'ignored_list': ['not-returned'],
                                }
             )
         msg = meter.meter_message_from_counter(self.counter1,
@@ -106,3 +108,14 @@ class TestListEvents(FunctionalTest):
     def test_by_user(self):
         data = self.get_json('/users/user-id/meters/instance')
         self.assertEquals(1, len(data))
+
+    def test_metadata(self):
+        data = self.get_json('/resources/resource-id/meters/instance')
+        self.assertEquals(1, len(data))
+        sample = data[0]
+        self.assert_('resource_metadata' in sample)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            list(sorted(sample['resource_metadata'].iteritems())),
+            [('display_name', 'test-server'),
+             ('tag', 'self.counter'),
+             ])
diff --git a/tests/api/v2/test_list_resources.py b/tests/api/v2/test_list_resources.py
index c27dd38c..f908d0e1 100644
--- a/tests/api/v2/test_list_resources.py
+++ b/tests/api/v2/test_list_resources.py
@@ -200,3 +200,32 @@ class TestListResources(FunctionalTest):
         data = self.get_json('/projects/project-id/resources')
         ids = [r['resource_id'] for r in data]
         self.assertEquals(['resource-id'], ids)
+
+    def test_metadata(self):
+        counter1 = counter.Counter(
+            'instance',
+            'cumulative',
+            1,
+            'user-id',
+            'project-id',
+            'resource-id',
+            timestamp=datetime.datetime(2012, 7, 2, 10, 40),
+            resource_metadata={'display_name': 'test-server',
+                               'tag': 'self.counter',
+                               'ignored_dict': {'key': 'value'},
+                               'ignored_list': ['not-returned'],
+                               }
+            )
+        msg = meter.meter_message_from_counter(counter1,
+                                               cfg.CONF.metering_secret,
+                                               'test',
+                                               )
+        self.conn.record_metering_data(msg)
+
+        data = self.get_json('/resources')
+        metadata = data[0]['metadata']
+        self.assertEqual(
+            list(sorted(metadata.iteritems())),
+            [('display_name', 'test-server'),
+             ('tag', 'self.counter'),
+             ])