diff --git a/packages/job_execution/galaxy/metadata b/packages/job_execution/galaxy/metadata
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..668ce86f349
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/job_execution/galaxy/metadata
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../lib/galaxy/metadata
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/job_execution/setup.py b/packages/job_execution/setup.py
index 0ea5361f7d5..8b988e66385 100644
--- a/packages/job_execution/setup.py
+++ b/packages/job_execution/setup.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ TEST_DIR = 'tests'
 PACKAGES = [
     'galaxy',
     'galaxy.job_execution',
+    'galaxy.metadata',
 ]
 ENTRY_POINTS = '''
         [console_scripts]
diff --git a/packages/job_execution/tests/test_metadata.py b/packages/job_execution/tests/test_metadata.py
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..9aa7e9cb83b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/job_execution/tests/test_metadata.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../test/unit/tools/test_metadata.py
\ No newline at end of file