diff --git a/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/config_test.go b/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/config_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ffc035f5e531
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/config_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+package metadata
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"path"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-log-collection/operator/helper"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+)
+
+type testCase struct {
+	name      string
+	expectErr bool
+	expect    *MetadataOperatorConfig
+}
+
+func TestMetaDataGoldenConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []testCase{
+		{
+			"default",
+			false,
+			defaultCfg(),
+		},
+		{
+			"id",
+			false,
+			func() *MetadataOperatorConfig {
+				cfg := defaultCfg()
+				cfg.OperatorID = "newName"
+				return cfg
+			}(),
+		},
+		{
+			"output",
+			false,
+			func() *MetadataOperatorConfig {
+				cfg := defaultCfg()
+				cfg.OutputIDs = append(cfg.OutputIDs, "nextOperator")
+				return cfg
+			}(),
+		},
+		{
+			"attributes_single",
+			false,
+			func() *MetadataOperatorConfig {
+				cfg := defaultCfg()
+				cfg.Attributes = map[string]helper.ExprStringConfig{
+					"key1": `val1`,
+				}
+				return cfg
+			}(),
+		},
+		{
+			"attributes_multi",
+			false,
+			func() *MetadataOperatorConfig {
+				cfg := defaultCfg()
+				cfg.Attributes = map[string]helper.ExprStringConfig{
+					"key1": `val1`,
+					"key2": `val2`,
+					"key3": `val3`,
+				}
+				return cfg
+			}(),
+		},
+		{
+			"resource_single",
+			false,
+			func() *MetadataOperatorConfig {
+				cfg := defaultCfg()
+				cfg.Resource = map[string]helper.ExprStringConfig{
+					"key1": `val1`,
+				}
+				return cfg
+			}(),
+		},
+		{
+			"resource_multi",
+			false,
+			func() *MetadataOperatorConfig {
+				cfg := defaultCfg()
+				cfg.Resource = map[string]helper.ExprStringConfig{
+					"key1": `val1`,
+					"key2": `val2`,
+					"key3": `val3`,
+				}
+				return cfg
+			}(),
+		},
+		{
+			"on_error",
+			false,
+			func() *MetadataOperatorConfig {
+				cfg := defaultCfg()
+				cfg.OnError = "drop"
+				return cfg
+			}(),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run("yaml/"+tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			cfgFromYaml, yamlErr := configFromFileViaYaml(path.Join(".", "testdata", fmt.Sprintf("%s.yaml", tc.name)))
+			if tc.expectErr {
+				require.Error(t, yamlErr)
+			} else {
+				require.NoError(t, yamlErr)
+				require.Equal(t, tc.expect, cfgFromYaml)
+			}
+		})
+		t.Run("mapstructure/"+tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			cfgFromMapstructure := defaultCfg()
+			mapErr := configFromFileViaMapstructure(
+				path.Join(".", "testdata", fmt.Sprintf("%s.yaml", tc.name)),
+				cfgFromMapstructure,
+			)
+			if tc.expectErr {
+				require.Error(t, mapErr)
+			} else {
+				require.NoError(t, mapErr)
+				require.Equal(t, tc.expect, cfgFromMapstructure)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func configFromFileViaYaml(file string) (*MetadataOperatorConfig, error) {
+	bytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not find config file: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	config := defaultCfg()
+	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(bytes, config); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read config file as yaml: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	return config, nil
+}
+
+func configFromFileViaMapstructure(file string, result *MetadataOperatorConfig) error {
+	bytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not find config file: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	raw := map[string]interface{}{}
+
+	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(bytes, raw); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to read data from yaml: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	err = helper.UnmarshalMapstructure(raw, result)
+	return err
+}
+
+func defaultCfg() *MetadataOperatorConfig {
+	return NewMetadataOperatorConfig("metadata")
+}
diff --git a/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/metadata.go b/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/metadata.go
index cb7b2be74fba..ffe2fbeefe2a 100644
--- a/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/metadata.go
+++ b/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/metadata.go
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ func NewMetadataOperatorConfig(operatorID string) *MetadataOperatorConfig {
 
 // MetadataOperatorConfig is the configuration of a metadata operator
 type MetadataOperatorConfig struct {
-	helper.TransformerConfig `yaml:",inline"`
-	helper.AttributerConfig  `yaml:",inline"`
-	helper.IdentifierConfig  `yaml:",inline"`
+	helper.TransformerConfig `mapstructure:",squash"  yaml:",inline"`
+	helper.AttributerConfig  `mapstructure:",squash"  yaml:",inline"`
+	helper.IdentifierConfig  `mapstructure:",squash"  yaml:",inline"`
 }
 
 // Build will build a metadata operator from the supplied configuration
diff --git a/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/testdata/attributes_multi.yaml b/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/testdata/attributes_multi.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..53ce53e8528c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/testdata/attributes_multi.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+type: metadata
+attributes:
+  key1: val1
+  key2: val2
+  key3: val3
+  
diff --git a/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/testdata/attributes_single.yaml b/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/testdata/attributes_single.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8b9134b61f7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/testdata/attributes_single.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+type: metadata
+attributes:
+  key1: val1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/testdata/default.yaml b/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/testdata/default.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9b6232572079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/testdata/default.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+type: metadata
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/testdata/id.yaml b/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/testdata/id.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8807014ffe9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/testdata/id.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+type: metadata
+id: newName
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/testdata/on_error.yaml b/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/testdata/on_error.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..60a4a728cff8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/testdata/on_error.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+type: metadata
+on_error: drop
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/testdata/output.yaml b/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/testdata/output.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1218c40ecaf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/testdata/output.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+type: metadata
+output: nextOperator
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/testdata/resource_multi.yaml b/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/testdata/resource_multi.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9836bef5520d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/testdata/resource_multi.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+type: metadata
+resource:
+  key1: val1
+  key2: val2
+  key3: val3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/testdata/resource_single.yaml b/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/testdata/resource_single.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0f5a137c5f62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator/builtin/transformer/metadata/testdata/resource_single.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+type: metadata
+resource:
+  key1: val1
\ No newline at end of file