diff --git a/protocols/p4runtime/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/p4runtime/ctl/codec/PacketMetadataCodec.java b/protocols/p4runtime/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/p4runtime/ctl/codec/PacketMetadataCodec.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2019-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.onosproject.p4runtime.ctl.codec;
+
+import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.model.PiPacketMetadataId;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.model.PiPipeconf;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.runtime.PiPacketMetadata;
+import org.onosproject.p4runtime.ctl.utils.P4InfoBrowser;
+import p4.config.v1.P4InfoOuterClass;
+import p4.v1.P4RuntimeOuterClass;
+
+import static org.onlab.util.ImmutableByteSequence.copyFrom;
+
+/**
+ * Coded for P4Runtime PacketMetadata. The metadata is expected to be a Preamble
+ * of a P4Info.ControllerPacketMetadata message.
+ */
+public final class PacketMetadataCodec
+        extends AbstractCodec<PiPacketMetadata,
+        P4RuntimeOuterClass.PacketMetadata, P4InfoOuterClass.Preamble> {
+
+    @Override
+    protected P4RuntimeOuterClass.PacketMetadata encode(
+            PiPacketMetadata piEntity, P4InfoOuterClass.Preamble ctrlPktMetaPreamble,
+            PiPipeconf pipeconf, P4InfoBrowser browser)
+            throws P4InfoBrowser.NotFoundException {
+        final int metadataId = browser
+                .packetMetadatas(ctrlPktMetaPreamble.getId())
+                .getByName(piEntity.id().id()).getId();
+        return P4RuntimeOuterClass.PacketMetadata.newBuilder()
+                .setMetadataId(metadataId)
+                .setValue(ByteString.copyFrom(piEntity.value().asReadOnlyBuffer()))
+                .build();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected PiPacketMetadata decode(
+            P4RuntimeOuterClass.PacketMetadata message,
+            P4InfoOuterClass.Preamble ctrlPktMetaPreamble,
+            PiPipeconf pipeconf, P4InfoBrowser browser)
+            throws P4InfoBrowser.NotFoundException {
+        final String packetMetadataName = browser
+                .packetMetadatas(ctrlPktMetaPreamble.getId())
+                .getById(message.getMetadataId()).getName();
+        final PiPacketMetadataId metadataId = PiPacketMetadataId
+                .of(packetMetadataName);
+        return PiPacketMetadata.builder()
+                .withId(metadataId)
+                .withValue(copyFrom(message.getValue().asReadOnlyByteBuffer()))
+                .build();
+    }
+}