diff --git a/tools/osbuild-depsolve-dnf b/tools/osbuild-depsolve-dnf
index adfc4040..3f3863be 100755
--- a/tools/osbuild-depsolve-dnf
+++ b/tools/osbuild-depsolve-dnf
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ class Solver():
         self.base.conf.substitutions['arch'] = arch
         self.base.conf.substitutions['basearch'] = dnf.rpm.basearch(arch)
         self.base.conf.substitutions['releasever'] = releasever
+
+        self.base.conf.optional_metadata_types.extend(arguments.get("optional-metadata", []))
+
         if proxy:
             self.base.conf.proxy = proxy