diff --git a/src/modules/module-metadata.c b/src/modules/module-metadata.c
index fc42b539c..4c3020224 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-metadata.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-metadata.c
@@ -79,9 +79,12 @@ static void *create_object(void *_data,
 		goto error_resource;
 	}
 
-	if (properties)
+	if (properties) {
 		pw_properties_setf(properties, PW_KEY_FACTORY_ID, "%d",
 				pw_impl_factory_get_info(data->this)->id);
+		pw_properties_setf(properties, PW_KEY_CLIENT_ID, "%d",
+				pw_impl_client_get_info(client)->id);
+	}
 
 	result = pw_metadata_new(pw_impl_client_get_context(client), metadata_resource, properties);
 	if (result == NULL) {