diff --git a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/tests.rs b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/tests.rs
index b44be1710edf..4592e0144388 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/tests.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/tests.rs
@@ -787,6 +787,7 @@ fn test_unstable_options_tracking_hash() {
     tracked!(direct_access_external_data, Some(true));
     tracked!(dual_proc_macros, true);
     tracked!(dwarf_version, Some(5));
+    tracked!(embed_metadata, false);
     tracked!(embed_source, true);
     tracked!(emit_thin_lto, false);
     tracked!(emscripten_wasm_eh, true);
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_session/src/options.rs b/compiler/rustc_session/src/options.rs
index 4cc666b3e37d..cd5e2c4173e7 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_session/src/options.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_session/src/options.rs
@@ -2175,6 +2175,8 @@ options! {
         them only if an error has not been emitted"),
     ehcont_guard: bool = (false, parse_bool, [TRACKED],
         "generate Windows EHCont Guard tables"),
+    embed_metadata: bool = (true, parse_bool, [TRACKED],
+        "embed metadata in rlibs and dylibs (default: yes)"),
     embed_source: bool = (false, parse_bool, [TRACKED],
         "embed source text in DWARF debug sections (default: no)"),
     emit_stack_sizes: bool = (false, parse_bool, [UNTRACKED],