diff --git a/go/main.go b/go/main.go
index 0ca73e422..56f950b9b 100644
--- a/go/main.go
+++ b/go/main.go
@@ -4,6 +4,26 @@ package yara_x
 // #cgo !static_link pkg-config: yara_x_capi
 // #cgo static_link pkg-config: --static yara_x_capi
 // #include <yara_x.h>
+//
+// uint64_t meta_i64(void* value) {
+//   return ((YRX_METADATA_VALUE*) value)->i64;
+// }
+//
+// double meta_f64(void* value) {
+//   return ((YRX_METADATA_VALUE*) value)->f64;
+// }
+//
+// bool meta_bool(void* value) {
+//   return ((YRX_METADATA_VALUE*) value)->boolean;
+// }
+//
+// char* meta_str(void* value) {
+//   return ((YRX_METADATA_VALUE*) value)->string;
+// }
+//
+// YRX_METADATA_BYTES* meta_bytes(void* value) {
+//   return &(((YRX_METADATA_VALUE*) value)->bytes);
+// }
 import "C"
 import (
 	"errors"
@@ -11,7 +31,6 @@ import (
 	"unsafe"
 )
 
-
 // Compile receives YARA source code and returns compiled [Rules] that can be
 // used for scanning data.
 func Compile(src string, opts ...CompileOption) (*Rules, error) {
@@ -88,6 +107,8 @@ type Rule struct {
 	identifier string
 	cPatterns  *C.YRX_PATTERNS
 	patterns   []Pattern
+	cMetadata  *C.YRX_METADATA
+	metadata   []Metadata
 }
 
 // Creates a new Rule from it's C counterpart.
@@ -112,6 +133,8 @@ func newRule(cRule *C.YRX_RULE) *Rule {
 		identifier,
 		C.yrx_rule_patterns(cRule),
 		nil,
+		C.yrx_rule_metadata(cRule),
+		nil,
 	}
 
 	runtime.SetFinalizer(rule, (*Rule).destroy)
@@ -120,6 +143,9 @@ func newRule(cRule *C.YRX_RULE) *Rule {
 
 func (r *Rule) destroy() {
 	C.yrx_patterns_destroy(r.cPatterns)
+	if r.cMetadata != nil {
+		C.yrx_metadata_destroy(r.cMetadata)
+	}
 	runtime.SetFinalizer(r, nil)
 }
 
@@ -133,6 +159,50 @@ func (r *Rule) Namespace() string {
 	return r.namespace
 }
 
+// Metadata returns the rule's metadata
+func (r *Rule) Metadata() []Metadata {
+	// if this method was called before, return the metadata already cached.
+	if r.metadata != nil {
+		return r.metadata
+	}
+
+	numMetadata := int(r.cMetadata.num_entries)
+	cMetadata := unsafe.Slice(r.cMetadata.entries, numMetadata)
+	r.metadata = make([]Metadata, numMetadata)
+
+	for i, metadata := range cMetadata {
+		r.metadata[i].Identifier = C.GoString(metadata.identifier)
+		switch metadata.value_type {
+		case C.I64:
+			r.metadata[i].Value = int64(
+				C.meta_i64(unsafe.Pointer(&metadata.value)))
+		case C.F64:
+			r.metadata[i].Value = float64(
+				C.meta_f64(unsafe.Pointer(&metadata.value)))
+		case C.BOOLEAN:
+			r.metadata[i].Value = bool(
+				C.meta_bool(unsafe.Pointer(&metadata.value)))
+		case C.STRING:
+			r.metadata[i].Value = C.GoString(
+				C.meta_str(unsafe.Pointer(&metadata.value)))
+		case C.BYTES:
+			bytes := C.meta_bytes(unsafe.Pointer(&metadata.value))
+			r.metadata[i].Value = C.GoBytes(
+				unsafe.Pointer(bytes.data),
+				C.int(bytes.length),
+			)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return r.metadata
+}
+
+// Metadata represents a metadata in a Rule.
+type Metadata struct {
+	Identifier string
+	Value      interface{}
+}
+
 // Patterns returns the patterns defined by this rule.
 func (r *Rule) Patterns() []Pattern {
 	// If this method was called before, return the patterns already cached.
diff --git a/go/scanner_test.go b/go/scanner_test.go
index 17f74355d..c2d2b58f2 100644
--- a/go/scanner_test.go
+++ b/go/scanner_test.go
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
-import "github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
 func TestScanner1(t *testing.T) {
 	r, _ := Compile("rule t { condition: true }")
 	s := NewScanner(r)
-	matchingRules, _:= s.Scan([]byte{})
+	matchingRules, _ := s.Scan([]byte{})
 
 	assert.Len(t, matchingRules, 1)
 	assert.Equal(t, "t", matchingRules[0].Identifier())
@@ -76,7 +77,34 @@ func TestScanner4(t *testing.T) {
 func TestScannerTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 	r, _ := Compile("rule t { strings: $a = /a(.*)*a/ condition: $a }")
 	s := NewScanner(r)
-	s.SetTimeout(1*time.Second)
-	_, err := s.Scan(bytes.Repeat([]byte("a"), 9000))
+	s.SetTimeout(1 * time.Second)
+	_, err := s.Scan(bytes.Repeat([]byte("a"), 10000))
 	assert.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrTimeout)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+func TestScannerMetadata(t *testing.T) {
+	r, _ := Compile(`rule t { 
+			meta: 
+				some_int = 1 
+				some_float = 2.3034 
+				some_bool = true 
+				some_string = "hello" 
+				some_bytes = "\x00\x01\x02"
+			condition: 
+				true 
+	}`)
+	s := NewScanner(r)
+	matchingRules, _ := s.Scan([]byte{})
+
+	assert.Len(t, matchingRules, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "some_int", matchingRules[0].Metadata()[0].Identifier)
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(1), matchingRules[0].Metadata()[0].Value)
+	assert.Equal(t, "some_float", matchingRules[0].Metadata()[1].Identifier)
+	assert.Equal(t, float64(2.3034), matchingRules[0].Metadata()[1].Value)
+	assert.Equal(t, "some_bool", matchingRules[0].Metadata()[2].Identifier)
+	assert.Equal(t, true, matchingRules[0].Metadata()[2].Value)
+	assert.Equal(t, "some_string", matchingRules[0].Metadata()[3].Identifier)
+	assert.Equal(t, "hello", matchingRules[0].Metadata()[3].Value)
+	assert.Equal(t, "some_bytes", matchingRules[0].Metadata()[4].Identifier)
+  assert.Equal(t, []byte{0, 1, 2}, matchingRules[0].Metadata()[4].Value)
+}