diff --git a/src/Stripe.net/Infrastructure/Public/StripeConfiguration.cs b/src/Stripe.net/Infrastructure/Public/StripeConfiguration.cs
index 38550309a1..033b06ee56 100644
--- a/src/Stripe.net/Infrastructure/Public/StripeConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/Stripe.net/Infrastructure/Public/StripeConfiguration.cs
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ internal static JsonSerializerSettings DefaultSerializerSettings(ApiRequestor re
                     new StripeObjectConverter(),
                 },
                 DateParseHandling = DateParseHandling.None,
+                MetadataPropertyHandling = MetadataPropertyHandling.Ignore,
                 MaxDepth = 128,
             };
         }
diff --git a/src/StripeTests/Entities/_base/StripeEntityTest.cs b/src/StripeTests/Entities/_base/StripeEntityTest.cs
index 3a125686ba..bd237d5a4b 100644
--- a/src/StripeTests/Entities/_base/StripeEntityTest.cs
+++ b/src/StripeTests/Entities/_base/StripeEntityTest.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 namespace StripeTests
 {
     using System;
+    using System.Collections.Generic;
     using System.Globalization;
 
     using Newtonsoft.Json;
@@ -72,6 +73,20 @@ public void FromJsonGeneric()
             Assert.Equal("String!", o.String);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void FromJsonDollarRefInMetadata()
+        {
+            var json = "{\"integer\": 234, \"string\": \"String!\", \"metadata\": { \"$ref\": \"1\", \"foo\": \"bar\" }}";
+
+            var o = StripeEntity.FromJson<TestEntity>(json);
+
+            Assert.NotNull(o);
+            Assert.Equal(234, o.Integer);
+            Assert.Equal("String!", o.String);
+            Assert.Equal("1", o.Metadata["$ref"]);
+            Assert.Equal("bar", o.Metadata["foo"]);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void ToJson()
         {
@@ -79,11 +94,12 @@ public void ToJson()
             {
                 Integer = 234,
                 String = "String!",
+                Metadata = new Dictionary<string, string>() { { "foo", "bar" } },
             };
 
             var json = o.ToJson().Replace("\r\n", "\n");
 
-            var expectedJson = "{\n  \"integer\": 234,\n  \"string\": \"String!\",\n  \"nested\": null\n}";
+            var expectedJson = "{\n  \"integer\": 234,\n  \"string\": \"String!\",\n  \"metadata\": {\n    \"foo\": \"bar\"\n  },\n  \"nested\": null\n}";
             Assert.Equal(expectedJson, json);
         }
 
@@ -181,7 +197,7 @@ public void RawJObject()
                 subscription.RawJObject["items"]["data"][0]["id"]);
         }
 
-        private class TestEntity : StripeEntity<TestEntity>
+        private class TestEntity : StripeEntity<TestEntity>, IHasMetadata
         {
             [JsonProperty("integer")]
             public int Integer { get; set; }
@@ -189,6 +205,9 @@ private class TestEntity : StripeEntity<TestEntity>
             [JsonProperty("string")]
             public string String { get; set; }
 
+            [JsonProperty("metadata")]
+            public Dictionary<string, string> Metadata { get; set; }
+
             [JsonIgnore]
             public string NestedId
             {