diff --git a/src/daemon/rpmostreed-deployment-utils.c b/src/daemon/rpmostreed-deployment-utils.c
index e5d4ab86ff..1699bdee9e 100644
--- a/src/daemon/rpmostreed-deployment-utils.c
+++ b/src/daemon/rpmostreed-deployment-utils.c
@@ -231,28 +231,36 @@ rpmostreed_deployment_generate_variant (OstreeSysroot *sysroot,
                                               &replaced_base_pkgs, error))
     return NULL;
 
+  g_autoptr(GVariant) base_commit = NULL;
   if (is_layered)
     {
-      g_autoptr(GVariant) base_commit = NULL;
-
-      if (!ostree_repo_load_variant (repo,
-                                     OSTREE_OBJECT_TYPE_COMMIT,
-                                     base_checksum,
-                                     &base_commit,
-                                     error))
+      if (!ostree_repo_load_variant (repo, OSTREE_OBJECT_TYPE_COMMIT,
+                                     base_checksum, &base_commit, error))
         return NULL;
 
       g_variant_dict_insert (&dict, "base-checksum", "s", base_checksum);
       variant_add_commit_details (&dict, "base-", base_commit);
       /* for layered commits, check if their base commit has end of life attribute */
       variant_add_metadata_attribute (&dict, OSTREE_COMMIT_META_KEY_ENDOFLIFE, "endoflife", base_commit);
+
+      /* See below for base commit metadata */
+      g_autoptr(GVariant) layered_metadata = g_variant_get_child_value (commit, 0);
+      g_variant_dict_insert (&dict, "layered-commit-meta", "@a{sv}", layered_metadata);
     }
   else
     {
+      base_commit = g_variant_ref (commit);
       base_checksum = g_strdup (csum);
       variant_add_metadata_attribute (&dict, OSTREE_COMMIT_META_KEY_ENDOFLIFE, "endoflife", commit);
     }
 
+  /* We used to bridge individual keys, but that was annoying; just pass through all
+   * of the commit metadata.
+   */
+  { g_autoptr(GVariant) base_meta = g_variant_get_child_value (commit, 0);
+    g_variant_dict_insert (&dict, "base-commit-meta", "@a{sv}", base_meta);
+  }
+
   sigs = rpmostreed_deployment_gpg_results (repo, refspec, base_checksum, &gpg_enabled);
   variant_add_commit_details (&dict, NULL, commit);
 
diff --git a/tests/vmcheck/test-basic.sh b/tests/vmcheck/test-basic.sh
index 4ae27d1a0f..61ca6a59b9 100755
--- a/tests/vmcheck/test-basic.sh
+++ b/tests/vmcheck/test-basic.sh
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ vm_assert_status_jq \
   '.deployments[0]["requested-packages"]' \
   '.deployments[0]["requested-local-packages"]' \
   '.deployments[0]["base-removals"]' \
-  '.deployments[0]["requested-base-removals"]'
-echo "ok empty pkg arrays in status json"
+  '.deployments[0]["requested-base-removals"]' \
+  '.deployments[0]["base-commit-meta"]' \
+  '.deployments[0]["layered-commit-meta"]|not'
+echo "ok empty pkg arrays, and commit meta correct in status json"
 
 # Be sure an unprivileged user exists and that we can SSH into it. This is a bit
 # underhanded, but we need a bona fide user session to verify non-priv status,
diff --git a/tests/vmcheck/test-layering-basic.sh b/tests/vmcheck/test-layering-basic.sh
index 0e01444239..0c72a817c8 100755
--- a/tests/vmcheck/test-layering-basic.sh
+++ b/tests/vmcheck/test-layering-basic.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ echo "ok pkg-add foo"
 vm_reboot
 vm_assert_status_jq \
   '.deployments[0]["base-checksum"]' \
-  '.deployments[0]["pending-base-checksum"]|not'
+  '.deployments[0]["pending-base-checksum"]|not' \
+  '.deployments[0]["base-commit-meta"]' \
+  '.deployments[0]["layered-commit-meta"]["rpmostree.clientlayer_version"] == 2'
 
 vm_assert_layered_pkg foo-1.0 present
 echo "ok pkg foo added"