diff --git a/toscaparser/elements/tosca_type_validation.py b/toscaparser/elements/tosca_type_validation.py
index 5f1409b3..fe5b4442 100644
--- a/toscaparser/elements/tosca_type_validation.py
+++ b/toscaparser/elements/tosca_type_validation.py
@@ -23,12 +23,13 @@ class TypeValidation(object):
                              DATA_TYPES, ARTIFACT_TYPES, GROUP_TYPES,
                              RELATIONSHIP_TYPES, CAPABILITY_TYPES,
                              INTERFACE_TYPES, POLICY_TYPES,
-                             TOPOLOGY_TEMPLATE) = \
+                             TOPOLOGY_TEMPLATE, METADATA) = \
         ('tosca_definitions_version', 'description', 'imports',
          'dsl_definitions', 'node_types', 'repositories',
          'data_types', 'artifact_types', 'group_types',
          'relationship_types', 'capability_types',
-         'interface_types', 'policy_types', 'topology_template')
+         'interface_types', 'policy_types', 'topology_template',
+         'metadata')
     VALID_TEMPLATE_VERSIONS = ['tosca_simple_yaml_1_0']
     exttools = ExtTools()
     VALID_TEMPLATE_VERSIONS.extend(exttools.get_versions())
diff --git a/toscaparser/tests/data/custom_types/template_metadata.yaml b/toscaparser/tests/data/custom_types/template_metadata.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c17defdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toscaparser/tests/data/custom_types/template_metadata.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+tosca_definitions_version: tosca_simple_yaml_1_0
+
+metadata:
+  template_name: name
+  template_version: 1.0.0
+  template_author: me
+
+node_types:
+
+  tosca.nodes.SomeNode:
+    derived_from: tosca.nodes.SoftwareComponent
+
diff --git a/toscaparser/tests/data/test_import_metadata.yml b/toscaparser/tests/data/test_import_metadata.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..acdbb431
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toscaparser/tests/data/test_import_metadata.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+tosca_definitions_version: tosca_simple_yaml_1_0
+
+imports:
+  - invalid: custom_types/template_metadata.yaml
+
+description: >
+    Test to import a template with metadata
+
+topology_template:
+  node_templates:
+    test:
+      type: tosca.nodes.SomeNode
+
diff --git a/toscaparser/tests/test_toscatplvalidation.py b/toscaparser/tests/test_toscatplvalidation.py
index 28919daa..d5e6716f 100644
--- a/toscaparser/tests/test_toscatplvalidation.py
+++ b/toscaparser/tests/test_toscatplvalidation.py
@@ -1453,6 +1453,12 @@ heat-translator/master/translator/tests/data/custom_types/wordpress.yaml
                '{\'invalid\': \'custom_types/invalid_template_version.yaml\'}"'
                ' is invalid. Valid versions are "%s".') % valid_versions))
 
+    def test_import_template_metadata(self):
+        tosca_tpl = os.path.join(
+            os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
+            "data/test_import_metadata.yml")
+        ToscaTemplate(tosca_tpl)
+
     def test_node_template_capabilities_properties(self):
         # validating capability property values
         tpl_snippet = '''