diff --git a/tests/fixtures/config/sql-driver/git/common-config/playbooks/project-test1.yaml b/tests/fixtures/config/sql-driver/git/common-config/playbooks/project-test1.yaml
index 2afa939013..5049487333 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/config/sql-driver/git/common-config/playbooks/project-test1.yaml
+++ b/tests/fixtures/config/sql-driver/git/common-config/playbooks/project-test1.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
             artifacts:
               - name: relative
                 url: relative/docs
+                metadata:
+                  foo: bar
     - name: Return artifact data
       zuul_return:
         data:
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_web.py b/tests/unit/test_web.py
index f1c9da177a..58c5640133 100755
--- a/tests/unit/test_web.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_web.py
@@ -749,7 +749,8 @@ class TestArtifacts(ZuulDBTestCase, BaseTestWeb, AnsibleZuulTestCase):
             {'url': 'http://example.com/docs',
              'name': 'docs'},
             {'url': 'http://logs.example.com/build/relative/docs',
-             'name': 'relative'},
+             'name': 'relative',
+             'metadata': {'foo': 'bar'}},
             {'url': 'http://example.com/tarball',
              'name': 'tarball'},
         ])
diff --git a/zuul/web/__init__.py b/zuul/web/__init__.py
index b0b3f1aec2..8684e1c35e 100755
--- a/zuul/web/__init__.py
+++ b/zuul/web/__init__.py
@@ -448,10 +448,13 @@ class ZuulWebAPI(object):
             })
 
             for artifact in build.artifacts:
-                ret['artifacts'].append({
+                art = {
                     'name': artifact.name,
                     'url': artifact.url,
-                })
+                }
+                if artifact.meta:
+                    art['metadata'] = json.loads(artifact.meta)
+                ret['artifacts'].append(art)
             for provides in build.provides:
                 ret['provides'].append({
                     'name': provides.name,