diff --git a/protos/feast/core/FeatureService.proto b/protos/feast/core/FeatureService.proto
index ecc21682b0..10f8792629 100644
--- a/protos/feast/core/FeatureService.proto
+++ b/protos/feast/core/FeatureService.proto
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ message FeatureServiceSpec {
   // (optional) if provided logging will be enabled for this feature service.
   LoggingConfig logging_config = 7;
 
-  // User defined metadata
+  // Hidden User defined metadata
   map<string,string> metadata = 8;
 }
 
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/feature_service.py b/sdk/python/feast/feature_service.py
index fb0a78a9bc..511c89c299 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/feature_service.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/feature_service.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ def __init__(
         description: str = "",
         owner: str = "",
         logging_config: Optional[LoggingConfig] = None,
+        metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
     ):
         """
         Creates a FeatureService object.
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.created_timestamp = None
         self.last_updated_timestamp = None
         self.logging_config = logging_config
+        self.metadata = metadata
         for feature_grouping in self._features:
             if isinstance(feature_grouping, BaseFeatureView):
                 self.feature_view_projections.append(feature_grouping.projection)