diff --git a/v3/Cargo.lock b/v3/Cargo.lock
index d3084831440..2b4f01ffc7d 100644
--- a/v3/Cargo.lock
+++ b/v3/Cargo.lock
@@ -1798,6 +1798,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "metadata-schema-generator"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "open-dds",
+ "schemars",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mime"
 version = "0.3.17"
diff --git a/v3/crates/metadata-schema-generator/Cargo.toml b/v3/crates/metadata-schema-generator/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8cbe72a554c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v3/crates/metadata-schema-generator/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[package]
+name = "metadata-schema-generator"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+open-dds = { path = "../open-dds" }
+serde_json = "1.0.92"
+schemars = { version = "0.8.12", features = ["smol_str"] }
diff --git a/v3/crates/metadata-schema-generator/README.md b/v3/crates/metadata-schema-generator/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..619fb8a1d8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v3/crates/metadata-schema-generator/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Metadata Schema Generator
+
+When we make changes to the metadata schema, we need to regenerate the
+goldenfile to make the tests happy. We can use the following command to get the
+schema immediately for whatever reason:
+
+```bash
+$ cargo run --bin metadata-schema-generator
+```
diff --git a/v3/crates/metadata-schema-generator/src/main.rs b/v3/crates/metadata-schema-generator/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8bc54122f7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v3/crates/metadata-schema-generator/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+use open_dds::traits::gen_root_schema_for;
+use open_dds::Metadata;
+use schemars::gen::SchemaGenerator;
+
+fn main() {
+    let schema = gen_root_schema_for::<Metadata>(&mut SchemaGenerator::default());
+    println!("{}", serde_json::to_string_pretty(&schema).unwrap());
+}