diff --git a/src/sparseml/yolov8/trainers.py b/src/sparseml/yolov8/trainers.py
index 76a55fb190a..ba817dab660 100644
--- a/src/sparseml/yolov8/trainers.py
+++ b/src/sparseml/yolov8/trainers.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 from typing import List, Optional
 
 import torch
+import yaml
 
 from sparseml.optim.helpers import load_recipe_yaml_str
 from sparseml.pytorch.optim.manager import ScheduledModifierManager
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@
     SparseSegmentationValidator,
 )
 from sparsezoo import Model
-from sparsezoo.utils import validate_onnx
+from sparsezoo.utils import validate_onnx, load_model, save_onnx
 from ultralytics import __version__
 from ultralytics.nn.modules import Detect, Segment
 from ultralytics.nn.tasks import SegmentationModel, attempt_load_one_weight
@@ -784,6 +785,28 @@ def export(self, **kwargs):
         except Exception:
             pass
 
+        # Add model metadata
+        data_yaml = Path(self.ckpt.get("train_args", {}).get("data", "")).read_text("utf-8")
+        names = yaml.safe_load(data_yaml).get("names", {})
+        metadata = {
+            "description": f"Ultralytics YOLOv8 via {source}",
+            "author": "Ultralytics",
+            "date": self.ckpt.get("date"),
+            "version": self.ckpt.get("version"),
+            "license": "AGPL-3.0 License (https://ultralytics.com/license)",
+            "docs": "https://docs.ultralytics.com",
+            "stride": int(max(model.model.stride)),
+            "task": self.task,
+            "batch": self.overrides.get("batch"),
+            "imgsz": self.overrides.get("imgsz"),
+            "names": names.copy(),
+        }
+        _onnx_m = load_model(complete_path)
+        for k,v in metadata.items():
+            meta = _onnx_m.metadata_props.add()
+            meta.key, meta.value = k, str(v)
+        _ = save_onnx(model=_onnx_m, model_path=complete_path)
+
         validate_onnx(complete_path)
         deployment_folder = exporter.create_deployment_folder(onnx_model_name=name)
         if args["export_samples"]: