diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7d3498a9..68763b66 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Added
+
+- Added `olmo_core.distributed.checkpoint.get_checkpoint_metadata()` function.
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - Old ephemeral checkpoints won't be removed until after the latest ephemeral checkpoint is saved successfully.
diff --git a/src/olmo_core/distributed/checkpoint/__init__.py b/src/olmo_core/distributed/checkpoint/__init__.py
index 4ca57bfc..18b4dd3b 100644
--- a/src/olmo_core/distributed/checkpoint/__init__.py
+++ b/src/olmo_core/distributed/checkpoint/__init__.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 import torch.distributed.checkpoint as dist_cp
 import torch.distributed.checkpoint.state_dict as dist_cp_sd
 import torch.nn as nn
+from torch.distributed.checkpoint.metadata import Metadata
 
 from olmo_core.aliases import PathOrStr
 from olmo_core.io import clear_directory, dir_is_empty, is_url, normalize_path
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@
     "async_save_model_and_optim_state",
     "load_model_and_optim_state",
     "unshard_checkpoint",
+    "get_checkpoint_metadata",
 ]
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -310,6 +312,17 @@ def save(state_dict: Dict[str, Any], path: Path):
     return model_path, optim_path
 
 
+def get_checkpoint_metadata(dir: PathOrStr) -> Metadata:
+    """
+    Load the metadata from a checkpoint.
+
+    :param dir: The path/URL to the checkpoint.
+    """
+    dir = normalize_path(dir)
+    storage_reader = RemoteFileSystemReader(dir)
+    return storage_reader.read_metadata()
+
+
 def _prepare_env_for_save(
     dir: PathOrStr,
     process_group: Optional[dist.ProcessGroup] = None,