diff --git a/src/subcommand/server.rs b/src/subcommand/server.rs
index 0fe115bec6..5a32d63216 100644
--- a/src/subcommand/server.rs
+++ b/src/subcommand/server.rs
@@ -185,18 +185,11 @@ impl Server {
 
       let router = Router::new()
         .route("/", get(Self::home))
-        .route("/r/blockheight", get(Self::block_height))
-        .route("/r/blockhash", get(Self::block_hash_json))
-        .route(
-          "/r/blockhash/:height",
-          get(Self::block_hash_from_height_json),
-        )
-        .route("/r/blocktime", get(Self::block_time))
         .route("/block/:query", get(Self::block))
         .route("/blockcount", get(Self::block_count))
-        .route("/blockheight", get(Self::block_height))
         .route("/blockhash", get(Self::block_hash))
         .route("/blockhash/:height", get(Self::block_hash_from_height))
+        .route("/blockheight", get(Self::block_height))
         .route("/blocktime", get(Self::block_time))
         .route("/bounties", get(Self::bounties))
         .route("/clock", get(Self::clock))
@@ -207,6 +200,8 @@ impl Server {
         .route("/input/:block/:transaction/:input", get(Self::input))
         .route("/inscription/:inscription_query", get(Self::inscription))
         .route("/inscriptions", get(Self::inscriptions))
+        .route("/inscriptions/:from", get(Self::inscriptions_from))
+        .route("/inscriptions/:from/:n", get(Self::inscriptions_from_n))
         .route(
           "/inscriptions/block/:height",
           get(Self::inscriptions_in_block),
@@ -215,12 +210,18 @@ impl Server {
           "/inscriptions/block/:height/:page_index",
           get(Self::inscriptions_in_block_from_page),
         )
-        .route("/inscriptions/:from", get(Self::inscriptions_from))
-        .route("/inscriptions/:from/:n", get(Self::inscriptions_from_n))
         .route("/install.sh", get(Self::install_script))
         .route("/ordinal/:sat", get(Self::ordinal))
         .route("/output/:output", get(Self::output))
         .route("/preview/:inscription_id", get(Self::preview))
+        .route("/r/blockhash", get(Self::block_hash_json))
+        .route(
+          "/r/blockhash/:height",
+          get(Self::block_hash_from_height_json),
+        )
+        .route("/r/blockheight", get(Self::block_height))
+        .route("/r/blocktime", get(Self::block_time))
+        .route("/r/metadata/:inscription_id", get(Self::metadata))
         .route("/range/:start/:end", get(Self::range))
         .route("/rare.txt", get(Self::rare_txt))
         .route("/rune/:rune", get(Self::rune))
@@ -693,6 +694,19 @@ impl Server {
     )
   }
 
+  async fn metadata(
+    Extension(index): Extension<Arc<Index>>,
+    Path(inscription_id): Path<InscriptionId>,
+  ) -> ServerResult<Json<String>> {
+    let metadata = index
+      .get_inscription_by_id(inscription_id)?
+      .ok_or_not_found(|| format!("inscription {inscription_id}"))?
+      .metadata
+      .ok_or_not_found(|| format!("inscription {inscription_id} metadata"))?;
+
+    Ok(Json(hex::encode(metadata)))
+  }
+
   async fn status(Extension(index): Extension<Arc<Index>>) -> (StatusCode, &'static str) {
     if index.is_unrecoverably_reorged() {
       (
diff --git a/tests/server.rs b/tests/server.rs
index 5be237a62e..a8c44dfee4 100644
--- a/tests/server.rs
+++ b/tests/server.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-use {super::*, crate::command_builder::ToArgs, ord::subcommand::wallet::send::Output};
+use {
+  super::*, crate::command_builder::ToArgs, ciborium::value::Integer,
+  ord::subcommand::wallet::send::Output,
+};
 
 #[test]
 fn run() {
@@ -190,6 +193,55 @@ fn inscription_content() {
   assert_eq!(response.bytes().unwrap(), "FOO");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn inscription_metadata() {
+  let metadata = r#"{"foo":"bar","baz":1}"#;
+  let mut encoded_metadata = Vec::new();
+  let cbor_map = ciborium::value::Value::Map(vec![
+    (
+      ciborium::value::Value::Text("foo".into()),
+      ciborium::value::Value::Text("bar".into()),
+    ),
+    (
+      ciborium::value::Value::Text("baz".into()),
+      ciborium::value::Value::Integer(Integer::from(1)),
+    ),
+  ]);
+  ciborium::ser::into_writer(&cbor_map, &mut encoded_metadata).unwrap();
+
+  let rpc_server = test_bitcoincore_rpc::spawn();
+  create_wallet(&rpc_server);
+
+  rpc_server.mine_blocks(1);
+
+  let inscription_id = CommandBuilder::new(
+    "wallet inscribe --fee-rate 1 --json-metadata metadata.json --file foo.txt",
+  )
+  .write("foo.txt", "FOO")
+  .write("metadata.json", metadata)
+  .rpc_server(&rpc_server)
+  .run_and_deserialize_output::<Inscribe>()
+  .inscriptions
+  .get(0)
+  .unwrap()
+  .id;
+
+  rpc_server.mine_blocks(1);
+
+  let response =
+    TestServer::spawn_with_args(&rpc_server, &[]).request(format!("/r/metadata/{inscription_id}"));
+
+  assert_eq!(response.status(), StatusCode::OK);
+  assert_eq!(
+    response.headers().get("content-type").unwrap(),
+    "application/json"
+  );
+  assert_eq!(
+    response.text().unwrap(),
+    format!("\"{}\"", hex::encode(encoded_metadata))
+  );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn inscriptions_page() {
   let rpc_server = test_bitcoincore_rpc::spawn();