diff --git a/fdroidserver/build.py b/fdroidserver/build.py
index b34309e0..d9a5e669 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/build.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/build.py
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ def build_server(app, thisbuild, vcs, build_dir, output_dir, force):
         serverpath = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
         ftp.put(os.path.join(serverpath, 'build.py'), 'build.py')
         ftp.put(os.path.join(serverpath, 'common.py'), 'common.py')
+        ftp.put(os.path.join(serverpath, 'metadata.py'), 'metadata.py')
         ftp.put(os.path.join(serverpath, '..', 'config.buildserver.py'), 'config.py')
         ftp.chmod('config.py', 0o600)