diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/src/repo.rs b/rust-bindings/rust/src/repo.rs
index 8a1a12b8..e84aa198 100644
--- a/rust-bindings/rust/src/repo.rs
+++ b/rust-bindings/rust/src/repo.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #[cfg(any(feature = "v2016_4", feature = "dox"))]
 use crate::RepoListRefsExtFlags;
-use crate::{Checksum, Repo};
+use crate::{Checksum, ObjectName, ObjectType, Repo};
 use gio;
 use glib;
 use glib::translate::*;
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ use ostree_sys;
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::ptr;
-use ObjectName;
 
 unsafe extern "C" fn read_variant_table(
     _key: glib_sys::gpointer,
@@ -142,4 +141,31 @@ impl Repo {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn write_metadata<P: IsA<gio::Cancellable>>(
+        &self,
+        objtype: ObjectType,
+        expected_checksum: Option<&str>,
+        object: &glib::Variant,
+        cancellable: Option<&P>,
+    ) -> Result<Checksum, Error> {
+        unsafe {
+            let mut error = ptr::null_mut();
+            let mut out_csum = ptr::null_mut();
+            let _ = ostree_sys::fixed::ostree_repo_write_metadata(
+                self.to_glib_none().0,
+                objtype.to_glib(),
+                expected_checksum.to_glib_none().0,
+                object.to_glib_none().0,
+                &mut out_csum,
+                cancellable.map(|p| p.as_ref()).to_glib_none().0,
+                &mut error,
+            );
+            if error.is_null() {
+                Ok(from_glib_full(out_csum))
+            } else {
+                Err(from_glib_full(error))
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/sys/src/manual.rs b/rust-bindings/rust/sys/src/manual.rs
index 4f49eeae..375f5a40 100644
--- a/rust-bindings/rust/sys/src/manual.rs
+++ b/rust-bindings/rust/sys/src/manual.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pub use libc::stat;
 
 pub mod fixed {
-    use crate::OstreeRepo;
+    use crate::{OstreeObjectType, OstreeRepo};
     use glib::gboolean;
     use libc::c_char;
 
@@ -15,5 +15,15 @@ pub mod fixed {
             cancellable: *mut gio::GCancellable,
             error: *mut *mut glib::GError,
         ) -> gboolean;
+
+        pub fn ostree_repo_write_metadata(
+            self_: *mut OstreeRepo,
+            objtype: OstreeObjectType,
+            expected_checksum: *const c_char,
+            object: *mut glib::GVariant,
+            out_csum: *mut *mut [u8; 32],
+            cancellable: *mut gio::GCancellable,
+            error: *mut *mut glib::GError,
+        ) -> gboolean;
     }
 }
diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/tests/repo/mod.rs b/rust-bindings/rust/tests/repo/mod.rs
index 5c5cba17..16d52737 100644
--- a/rust-bindings/rust/tests/repo/mod.rs
+++ b/rust-bindings/rust/tests/repo/mod.rs
@@ -101,17 +101,33 @@ fn should_write_content_to_repo() {
         .traverse_commit(&checksum, -1, NONE_CANCELLABLE)
         .expect("traverse");
     for obj in objects {
-        let (stream, len) = src
-            .repo
-            .load_object_stream(obj.object_type(), obj.checksum(), NONE_CANCELLABLE)
-            .expect("load object stream");
-        if obj.object_type() == ObjectType::File {
-            let out_csum = dest
-                .repo
-                .write_content(None, &stream, len, NONE_CANCELLABLE)
-                .expect("write content");
-
-            assert_eq!(out_csum.to_string(), obj.checksum());
+        match obj.object_type() {
+            ObjectType::File => copy_file(&src, &dest, &obj),
+            _ => copy_metadata(&src, &dest, &obj),
         }
     }
 }
+
+fn copy_file(src: &TestRepo, dest: &TestRepo, obj: &ObjectName) {
+    let (stream, len) = src
+        .repo
+        .load_object_stream(obj.object_type(), obj.checksum(), NONE_CANCELLABLE)
+        .expect("load object stream");
+    let out_csum = dest
+        .repo
+        .write_content(None, &stream, len, NONE_CANCELLABLE)
+        .expect("write content");
+    assert_eq!(out_csum.to_string(), obj.checksum());
+}
+
+fn copy_metadata(src: &TestRepo, dest: &TestRepo, obj: &ObjectName) -> () {
+    let data = src
+        .repo
+        .load_variant(obj.object_type(), obj.checksum())
+        .expect("load variant");
+    let out_csum = dest
+        .repo
+        .write_metadata(obj.object_type(), None, &data, NONE_CANCELLABLE)
+        .expect("write metadata");
+    assert_eq!(out_csum.to_string(), obj.checksum());
+}