diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/debug/metadata_access.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/debug/metadata_access.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff176168e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/debug/metadata_access.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+use nu_engine::{command_prelude::*, get_eval_block_with_early_return};
+use nu_protocol::{
+    engine::{Call, Closure, Command, EngineState, Stack},
+    DataSource, PipelineData, PipelineMetadata, ShellError, Signature, SyntaxShape, Type, Value,
+};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct MetadataAccess;
+
+impl Command for MetadataAccess {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "metadata access"
+    }
+
+    fn description(&self) -> &str {
+        "Access the metadata for the input stream within a closure."
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build("metadata access")
+            .required(
+                "closure",
+                SyntaxShape::Closure(Some(vec![SyntaxShape::Record(vec![])])),
+                "The closure to run with metadata access.",
+            )
+            .input_output_types(vec![(Type::Any, Type::Any)])
+            .category(Category::Debug)
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        engine_state: &EngineState,
+        caller_stack: &mut Stack,
+        call: &Call,
+        input: PipelineData,
+    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+        let closure: Closure = call.req(engine_state, caller_stack, 0)?;
+        let block = engine_state.get_block(closure.block_id);
+
+        // `ClosureEvalOnce` is not used as it uses `Stack::captures_to_stack` rather than
+        // `Stack::captures_to_stack_preserve_out_dest`. This command shouldn't collect streams
+        let mut callee_stack = caller_stack.captures_to_stack_preserve_out_dest(closure.captures);
+        let metadata_record = build_metadata_record(input.metadata().as_ref(), call.head);
+
+        if let Some(var_id) = block.signature.get_positional(0).and_then(|var| var.var_id) {
+            callee_stack.add_var(var_id, metadata_record)
+        }
+
+        let eval = get_eval_block_with_early_return(engine_state);
+        eval(engine_state, &mut callee_stack, block, input)
+    }
+
+    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
+        vec![Example {
+            description: "Access metadata and data from a stream together",
+            example: r#"{foo: bar} | to json --raw | metadata access {|meta| {in: $in, meta: $meta}}"#,
+            result: Some(Value::test_record(record! {
+                "in" => Value::test_string(r#"{"foo":"bar"}"#),
+                "meta" => Value::test_record(record! {
+                    "content_type" => Value::test_string(r#"application/json"#)
+                })
+            })),
+        }]
+    }
+}
+
+fn build_metadata_record(metadata: Option<&PipelineMetadata>, head: Span) -> Value {
+    let mut record = Record::new();
+
+    if let Some(x) = metadata {
+        match x {
+            PipelineMetadata {
+                data_source: DataSource::Ls,
+                ..
+            } => record.push("source", Value::string("ls", head)),
+            PipelineMetadata {
+                data_source: DataSource::HtmlThemes,
+                ..
+            } => record.push("source", Value::string("into html --list", head)),
+            PipelineMetadata {
+                data_source: DataSource::FilePath(path),
+                ..
+            } => record.push(
+                "source",
+                Value::string(path.to_string_lossy().to_string(), head),
+            ),
+            _ => {}
+        }
+        if let Some(ref content_type) = x.content_type {
+            record.push("content_type", Value::string(content_type, head));
+        }
+    }
+
+    Value::record(record, head)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use crate::ToJson;
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_examples() {
+        use crate::test_examples_with_commands;
+
+        test_examples_with_commands(MetadataAccess {}, &[&ToJson])
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/debug/mod.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/debug/mod.rs
index ec18c2be87..aabb20883d 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/debug/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/debug/mod.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ mod info;
 mod inspect;
 mod inspect_table;
 mod metadata;
+mod metadata_access;
 mod metadata_set;
 mod profile;
 mod timeit;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ pub use info::DebugInfo;
 pub use inspect::Inspect;
 pub use inspect_table::build_table;
 pub use metadata::Metadata;
+pub use metadata_access::MetadataAccess;
 pub use metadata_set::MetadataSet;
 pub use profile::DebugProfile;
 pub use timeit::TimeIt;
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs
index bf16c05e36..01858f02d6 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ pub fn add_shell_command_context(mut engine_state: EngineState) -> EngineState {
             Explain,
             Inspect,
             Metadata,
+            MetadataAccess,
             MetadataSet,
             TimeIt,
             View,