diff --git a/plugins/handler/ceilometer-metrics/main.go b/plugins/handler/ceilometer-metrics/main.go
index 73459195..9cbeec83 100644
--- a/plugins/handler/ceilometer-metrics/main.go
+++ b/plugins/handler/ceilometer-metrics/main.go
@@ -184,8 +184,9 @@ func genName(cNameShards []string) string {
 }
 
 func genLabels(m ceilometer.Metric, publisher string, cNameShards []string) ([]string, []string) {
-	labelKeys := make([]string, 12) //  TODO: set to persistent var
-	labelVals := make([]string, 12)
+	//  TODO: set to persistent var
+	labelKeys := make([]string, 12+len(m.ResourceMetadata.UserMetadata))
+	labelVals := make([]string, 12+len(m.ResourceMetadata.UserMetadata))
 	plugin := cNameShards[0]
 	pluginVal := m.ResourceID
 	if len(cNameShards) > 2 {
@@ -277,6 +278,13 @@ func genLabels(m ceilometer.Metric, publisher string, cNameShards []string) ([]s
 	if labelVals[index] != "" {
 		index++
 	}
+	if len(m.ResourceMetadata.UserMetadata) != 0 {
+		for key, value := range m.ResourceMetadata.UserMetadata {
+			labelKeys[index] = key
+			labelVals[index] = value
+			index++
+		}
+	}
 
 	return labelKeys[:index], labelVals[:index]
 }
diff --git a/plugins/handler/ceilometer-metrics/messages/metric-tests.json b/plugins/handler/ceilometer-metrics/messages/metric-tests.json
index 155bd847..c91ab4b3 100644
--- a/plugins/handler/ceilometer-metrics/messages/metric-tests.json
+++ b/plugins/handler/ceilometer-metrics/messages/metric-tests.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "testInput": {
         "request": {
           "oslo.version": "2.0",
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         },
         "context": {}
       },
@@ -179,6 +179,45 @@
           "Type": 2,
           "Interval": 10000000000,
           "Value": 512
+        },
+        {
+          "Name": "ceilometer_cpu",
+          "LabelKeys": [
+            "cpu",
+            "publisher",
+            "type",
+            "counter",
+            "project",
+            "project_name",
+            "user",
+            "user_name",
+            "unit",
+            "resource",
+            "vm_instance",
+            "resource_name",
+            "server_group",
+            "some_other_user_metadata"
+          ],
+          "LabelVals": [
+            "d8bd99b6-6fd8-4c02-a2e3-efbf596df636",
+            "telemetry.publisher.controller-0.redhat.local",
+            "cpu",
+            "cpu",
+            "e56191ef77744c599dbcecae6af176bb",
+            "test_project",
+            "3ee72fcd74aa4439bb07fa69f1bc7169",
+            "test_user",
+            "ms",
+            "d8bd99b6-6fd8-4c02-a2e3-efbf596df636",
+            "compute-0.redhat.local",
+            "instance-0000001",
+            "group1",
+            "value"
+          ],
+          "Time": 1600099969,
+          "Type": 2,
+          "Interval": 10000000000,
+          "Value": 512
         }
       ]
     }
diff --git a/plugins/handler/ceilometer-metrics/pkg/ceilometer/ceilometer.go b/plugins/handler/ceilometer-metrics/pkg/ceilometer/ceilometer.go
index 01a1e47d..99084c09 100644
--- a/plugins/handler/ceilometer-metrics/pkg/ceilometer/ceilometer.go
+++ b/plugins/handler/ceilometer-metrics/pkg/ceilometer/ceilometer.go
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ var (
 
 // Metedata represents metadataof a metric from ceilometer
 type Metadata struct {
-	Host         string `json:"host" msgpack:"host"`
-	Name         string `json:"name" msgpack:"name"`
-	DisplayName  string `json:"display_name" msgpack:"display_name"`
-	InstanceHost string `json:"instance_host" msgpack:"instance_host"`
+	Host         string            `json:"host" msgpack:"host"`
+	Name         string            `json:"name" msgpack:"name"`
+	DisplayName  string            `json:"display_name" msgpack:"display_name"`
+	InstanceHost string            `json:"instance_host" msgpack:"instance_host"`
+	UserMetadata map[string]string `json:"user_metadata" msgpack:"user_metadata"`
 }
 
 // Metric represents a single metric from ceilometer for unmarshalling