diff --git a/heat/engine/resources/openstack/heat/resource_group.py b/heat/engine/resources/openstack/heat/resource_group.py
index 12d570c209..673dc32f63 100644
--- a/heat/engine/resources/openstack/heat/resource_group.py
+++ b/heat/engine/resources/openstack/heat/resource_group.py
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ class ResourceGroup(stack_resource.StackResource):
     )
 
     _RESOURCE_DEF_KEYS = (
-        RESOURCE_DEF_TYPE, RESOURCE_DEF_PROPERTIES,
+        RESOURCE_DEF_TYPE, RESOURCE_DEF_PROPERTIES, RESOURCE_DEF_METADATA,
     ) = (
-        'type', 'properties',
+        'type', 'properties', 'metadata',
     )
 
     _REMOVAL_POLICIES_KEYS = (
@@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ class ResourceGroup(stack_resource.StackResource):
                     properties.Schema.MAP,
                     _('Property values for the resources in the group')
                 ),
+                RESOURCE_DEF_METADATA: properties.Schema(
+                    properties.Schema.MAP,
+                    _('Supplied metadata for the resources in the group'),
+                    support_status=support.SupportStatus(version='5.0.0')
+                ),
+
             },
             required=True,
             update_allowed=True
@@ -411,6 +417,8 @@ class ResourceGroup(stack_resource.StackResource):
         res_def = self.properties[self.RESOURCE_DEF]
         if res_def[self.RESOURCE_DEF_PROPERTIES] is None:
             res_def[self.RESOURCE_DEF_PROPERTIES] = {}
+        if res_def[self.RESOURCE_DEF_METADATA] is None:
+            del res_def[self.RESOURCE_DEF_METADATA]
         if not include_all:
             resource_def_props = res_def[self.RESOURCE_DEF_PROPERTIES]
             clean = dict((k, v) for k, v in resource_def_props.items()
diff --git a/heat/tests/test_resource_group.py b/heat/tests/test_resource_group.py
index 52e1c59960..346b44dda1 100644
--- a/heat/tests/test_resource_group.py
+++ b/heat/tests/test_resource_group.py
@@ -187,6 +187,32 @@ class ResourceGroupTest(common.HeatTestCase):
         }
         self.assertEqual(expect, resg._assemble_nested([]))
 
+    def test_assemble_nested_with_metadata(self):
+        templ = copy.deepcopy(template)
+        res_def = templ["resources"]["group1"]["properties"]['resource_def']
+        res_def['properties']['Foo'] = None
+        res_def['metadata'] = {
+            'priority': 'low',
+            'role': 'webserver'
+        }
+        stack = utils.parse_stack(templ)
+        snip = stack.t.resource_definitions(stack)['group1']
+        resg = resource_group.ResourceGroup('test', snip, stack)
+        expect = {
+            "heat_template_version": "2013-05-23",
+            "resources": {
+                "0": {
+                    "type": "OverwrittenFnGetRefIdType",
+                    "properties": {},
+                    "metadata": {
+                        'priority': 'low',
+                        'role': 'webserver'
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        self.assertEqual(expect, resg._assemble_nested(['0']))
+
     def test_assemble_nested_rolling_update(self):
         expect = {
             "heat_template_version": "2013-05-23",