diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c1eaf75695..7fab33f949 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 Session.vim
 .netrwhist
 
+# IntelliJ IDEA files:
+.idea/
+
 ### https://raw.github.com/github/gitignore/90f149de451a5433aebd94d02d11b0e28843a1af/Terraform.gitignore
 
 # Local .terraform directories
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7f51ba12fb..460a863df9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 ### Changed
 * Set `horizontal_pod_autoscaling` to `true` by default. #42
 * Add `remove_default_node_pool` set to `false` by default #15
+* Allow arbitrary key-value pairs to be set on node pool metadata. #52
 
 ## [v0.4.0] - 2018-12-19
 ### Added
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index affa9f9184..ec686e4464 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ module "gke" {
     }
   }
 
+  node_pools_metadata = {
+    all = {}
+
+    default-node-pool = {
+      node-pool-metadata-custom-value = "my-node-pool"
+    }
+  }
+
   node_pools_taints = {
     all = []
 
@@ -109,6 +117,7 @@ Then perform the following commands on the root folder:
 | remove_default_node_pool | Boolean value determining removal of default node pool | bool | false | no |
 | node_pools | List of maps containing node pools | list | `<list>` | no |
 | node_pools_labels | Map of maps containing node labels by node-pool name | map | `<map>` | no |
+| node_pools_metadata | Map of maps containing node metadata by node-pool name | map | `<map>` | no |
 | node_pools_tags | Map of lists containing node network tags by node-pool name | map | `<map>` | no |
 | node_pools_taints | Map of lists containing node taints by node-pool name | map | `<map>` | no |
 | node_version | The Kubernetes version of the node pools. Defaults kubernetes_version (master) variable and can be overridden for individual node pools by setting the `version` key on them. Must be empyty or set the same as master at cluster creation. | string | `` | no |
diff --git a/cluster_regional.tf b/cluster_regional.tf
index 1774b38bd6..057afc44dc 100644
--- a/cluster_regional.tf
+++ b/cluster_regional.tf
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ resource "google_container_node_pool" "pools" {
     image_type   = "${lookup(var.node_pools[count.index], "image_type", "COS")}"
     machine_type = "${lookup(var.node_pools[count.index], "machine_type", "n1-standard-2")}"
     labels       = "${merge(map("cluster_name", var.name), map("node_pool", lookup(var.node_pools[count.index], "name")), var.node_pools_labels["all"], var.node_pools_labels[lookup(var.node_pools[count.index], "name")])}"
+    metadata     = "${merge(map("cluster_name", var.name), map("node_pool", lookup(var.node_pools[count.index], "name")), var.node_pools_metadata["all"], var.node_pools_metadata[lookup(var.node_pools[count.index], "name")])}"
     taint        = "${concat(var.node_pools_taints["all"], var.node_pools_taints[lookup(var.node_pools[count.index], "name")])}"
     tags         = ["${concat(list("gke-${var.name}"), list("gke-${var.name}-${lookup(var.node_pools[count.index], "name")}"), var.node_pools_tags["all"], var.node_pools_tags[lookup(var.node_pools[count.index], "name")])}"]
 
diff --git a/cluster_zonal.tf b/cluster_zonal.tf
index 209712a985..fb4be3ff85 100644
--- a/cluster_zonal.tf
+++ b/cluster_zonal.tf
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ resource "google_container_node_pool" "zonal_pools" {
     image_type   = "${lookup(var.node_pools[count.index], "image_type", "COS")}"
     machine_type = "${lookup(var.node_pools[count.index], "machine_type", "n1-standard-2")}"
     labels       = "${merge(map("cluster_name", var.name), map("node_pool", lookup(var.node_pools[count.index], "name")), var.node_pools_labels["all"], var.node_pools_labels[lookup(var.node_pools[count.index], "name")])}"
+    metadata     = "${merge(map("cluster_name", var.name), map("node_pool", lookup(var.node_pools[count.index], "name")), var.node_pools_metadata["all"], var.node_pools_metadata[lookup(var.node_pools[count.index], "name")])}"
     taint        = "${concat(var.node_pools_taints["all"], var.node_pools_taints[lookup(var.node_pools[count.index], "name")])}"
     tags         = ["${concat(list("gke-${var.name}"), list("gke-${var.name}-${lookup(var.node_pools[count.index], "name")}"), var.node_pools_tags["all"], var.node_pools_tags[lookup(var.node_pools[count.index], "name")])}"]
 
diff --git a/examples/node_pool/data/shutdown-script.sh b/examples/node_pool/data/shutdown-script.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f1ff19c353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/node_pool/data/shutdown-script.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+# Copyright 2018 Google LLC
+#
+# 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.
+
+kubectl --kubeconfig=/var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig drain --force=true --ignore-daemonsets=true --delete-local-data "$HOSTNAME"
diff --git a/examples/node_pool/main.tf b/examples/node_pool/main.tf
index b6a970205e..df399e4256 100644
--- a/examples/node_pool/main.tf
+++ b/examples/node_pool/main.tf
@@ -55,6 +55,16 @@ module "gke" {
     },
   ]
 
+  node_pools_metadata = {
+    all = {}
+
+    pool-01 = {
+      shutdown-script = "${file("${path.module}/data/shutdown-script.sh")}"
+    }
+
+    pool-02 = {}
+  }
+
   node_pools_labels = {
     all = {
       all-pools-example = "true"
diff --git a/test/integration/node_pool/controls/gcloud.rb b/test/integration/node_pool/controls/gcloud.rb
index a38d59e29a..578c5d98ab 100644
--- a/test/integration/node_pool/controls/gcloud.rb
+++ b/test/integration/node_pool/controls/gcloud.rb
@@ -104,6 +104,19 @@
           )
         end
 
+        it "has the expected metadata" do
+          expect(data['nodePools']).to include(
+            including(
+              "name" => "pool-01",
+              "config" => including(
+                "metadata" => including(
+                  "shutdown-script" => File.open("examples/node_pool/data/shutdown-script.sh").read,
+                ),
+              ),
+            )
+          )
+        end
+
         it "has the expected labels" do
           expect(data['nodePools']).to include(
             including(
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 143bb5dceb..1c9c30caea 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -143,6 +143,16 @@ variable "node_pools_labels" {
   }
 }
 
+variable "node_pools_metadata" {
+  type        = "map"
+  description = "Map of maps containing node metadata by node-pool name"
+
+  default = {
+    all               = {}
+    default-node-pool = {}
+  }
+}
+
 variable "node_pools_taints" {
   type        = "map"
   description = "Map of lists containing node taints by node-pool name"