diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/external.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/external.py
index 83c439ca8ddd..cdf5d874d7fa 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/external.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/external.py
@@ -923,6 +923,7 @@ def _normalize(coder_proto):
             for tag,
             pcoll in self._expanded_transform.outputs.items()
         },
+        annotations=self._expanded_transform.annotations,
         environment_id=self._expanded_transform.environment_id)