diff --git a/arrow-flight/src/encode.rs b/arrow-flight/src/encode.rs
index 2e93acb0931c..557663922121 100644
--- a/arrow-flight/src/encode.rs
+++ b/arrow-flight/src/encode.rs
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ fn prepare_schema_for_flight(schema: &Schema) -> Schema {
         })
         .collect();
 
-    Schema::new(fields)
+    Schema::new(fields).with_metadata(schema.metadata().clone())
 }
 
 /// Split [`RecordBatch`] so it hopefully fits into a gRPC response.
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ mod tests {
     use arrow_array::{
         DictionaryArray, Int16Array, Int32Array, Int64Array, StringArray, UInt64Array,
     };
+    use std::collections::HashMap;
 
     use super::*;
 
@@ -502,6 +503,17 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_schema_metadata_encoded() {
+        let schema =
+            Schema::new(vec![Field::new("data", DataType::Int32, false)]).with_metadata(
+                HashMap::from([("some_key".to_owned(), "some_value".to_owned())]),
+            );
+
+        let got = prepare_schema_for_flight(&schema);
+        assert!(got.metadata().contains_key("some_key"));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_encode_no_column_batch() {
         let batch = RecordBatch::try_new_with_options(
diff --git a/arrow-flight/tests/encode_decode.rs b/arrow-flight/tests/encode_decode.rs
index 25e74cb3b6bc..8c73a516b2b0 100644
--- a/arrow-flight/tests/encode_decode.rs
+++ b/arrow-flight/tests/encode_decode.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 //! Tests for round trip encoding / decoding
 
-use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::{collections::HashMap, sync::Arc};
 
 use arrow::{compute::concat_batches, datatypes::Int32Type};
 use arrow_array::{ArrayRef, DictionaryArray, Float64Array, RecordBatch, UInt8Array};
@@ -62,6 +62,18 @@ async fn test_primative_one() {
     roundtrip(vec![make_primative_batch(5)]).await;
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_schema_metadata() {
+    let batch = make_primative_batch(5);
+    let metadata = HashMap::from([("some_key".to_owned(), "some_value".to_owned())]);
+
+    // create a batch that has schema level metadata
+    let schema = Arc::new(batch.schema().as_ref().clone().with_metadata(metadata));
+    let batch = RecordBatch::try_new(schema, batch.columns().to_vec()).unwrap();
+
+    roundtrip(vec![batch]).await;
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn test_primative_many() {
     roundtrip(vec![