diff --git a/options.go b/options.go
index c9619a6..01abaf4 100644
--- a/options.go
+++ b/options.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ type options struct {
 	FcCPUTemplate      string   `long:"cpu-template" description:"Firecracker CPU Template (C3 or T2)"`
 	FcMemSz            int64    `long:"memory" short:"m" description:"VM memory, in MiB" default:"512"`
 	FcMetadata         string   `long:"metadata" description:"Firecracker Metadata for MMDS (json)"`
+	FcMetadataFile     string   `long:"metadata-file" description:"Firecracker Metadata for MMDS (json file). json file is ignored if metadata is set."`
 	FcFifoLogFile      string   `long:"firecracker-log" short:"l" description:"pipes the fifo contents to the specified file"`
 	FcSocketPath       string   `long:"socket-path" short:"s" description:"path to use for firecracker socket, defaults to a unique file in in the first existing directory from {$HOME, $TMPDIR, or /tmp}"`
 	Debug              bool     `long:"debug" short:"d" description:"Enable debug output"`
@@ -83,6 +84,15 @@ func (opts *options) getFirecrackerConfig() (firecracker.Config, error) {
 			return firecracker.Config{}, fmt.Errorf("%s: %v", errInvalidMetadata.Error(), err)
 		}
 	}
+	if opts.FcMetadataFile != "" && opts.FcMetadata == "" {
+		file, err := os.ReadFile(opts.FcMetadataFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			return firecracker.Config{}, err
+		}
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(file, &opts.validMetadata); err != nil {
+			return firecracker.Config{}, fmt.Errorf("%s: %v", errInvalidMetadata.Error(), err)
+		}
+	}
 	//setup NICs
 	NICs, err := opts.getNetwork()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/options_test.go b/options_test.go
index f632b84..17da474 100644
--- a/options_test.go
+++ b/options_test.go
@@ -149,6 +149,43 @@ func TestGetFirecrackerConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "Valid metadata file config",
+			opts: &options{
+				FcMetadataFile: "testdata/valid_metadata.json",
+				FcSocketPath:   "valid/path",
+			},
+			expectedErr: func(e error) (bool, error) {
+				return e == nil, nil
+			},
+			outConfig: firecracker.Config{
+				SocketPath: "valid/path",
+				Drives: []models.Drive{
+					{
+						DriveID:      firecracker.String("1"),
+						PathOnHost:   firecracker.String(""),
+						IsRootDevice: firecracker.Bool(true),
+						IsReadOnly:   firecracker.Bool(false),
+					},
+				},
+				MachineCfg: models.MachineConfiguration{
+					VcpuCount:  firecracker.Int64(0),
+					MemSizeMib: firecracker.Int64(0),
+					Smt:        firecracker.Bool(true),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Invalid metadata file config",
+			opts: &options{
+				FcMetadataFile: "testdata/invalid_metadata.json",
+				FcSocketPath:   "valid/path",
+			},
+			expectedErr: func(e error) (bool, error) {
+				return strings.HasPrefix(e.Error(), errInvalidMetadata.Error()), errInvalidMetadata
+			},
+			outConfig: firecracker.Config{},
+		},
 	}
 	for _, c := range cases {
 		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/testdata/invalid_metadata.json b/testdata/invalid_metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e689b70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/invalid_metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{
+  "valid": false,
diff --git a/testdata/valid_metadata.json b/testdata/valid_metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ca9d57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/valid_metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "valid": true
+}
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