diff --git a/changelog/26073.txt b/changelog/26073.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..90a964db99c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/26073.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+identity: alias metadata is now returned when listing entity aliases
+```
diff --git a/vault/identity_store_util.go b/vault/identity_store_util.go
index c78db0bc70f7..4948f48c67cf 100644
--- a/vault/identity_store_util.go
+++ b/vault/identity_store_util.go
@@ -2497,6 +2497,7 @@ func (i *IdentityStore) handleAliasListCommon(ctx context.Context, groupAlias bo
 			"canonical_id":    alias.CanonicalID,
 			"mount_accessor":  alias.MountAccessor,
 			"custom_metadata": alias.CustomMetadata,
+			"metadata":        alias.Metadata,
 			"local":           alias.Local,
 		}