diff --git a/src/Ionide.ProjInfo/Library.fs b/src/Ionide.ProjInfo/Library.fs
index bf609f8..9c2efb3 100644
--- a/src/Ionide.ProjInfo/Library.fs
+++ b/src/Ionide.ProjInfo/Library.fs
@@ -742,6 +742,10 @@ module ProjectLoader =
                 Name = name
                 FullPath = fullPath
                 Link = link
+                Metadata =
+                    p.Metadata
+                    |> Seq.map (fun pm -> pm.Name, pm.EvaluatedValue)
+                    |> Map.ofSeq
             }
         )
 
@@ -1587,7 +1591,7 @@ module ProjectViewer =
             sources
             |> List.choose (
                 function
-                | ProjectItem.Compile(name, fullPath) -> Some(name, fullPath)
+                | ProjectItem.Compile(name, fullPath, _) -> Some(name, fullPath)
             )
             |> List.filter (fun (_, p) -> includeSourceFile p)
 
diff --git a/src/Ionide.ProjInfo/Types.fs b/src/Ionide.ProjInfo/Types.fs
index ec1af26..7c92a04 100644
--- a/src/Ionide.ProjInfo/Types.fs
+++ b/src/Ionide.ProjInfo/Types.fs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ module Types =
         | Exe
         | Custom of string
 
-    type ProjectItem = Compile of name: string * fullpath: string
+    type ProjectItem = Compile of name: string * fullpath: string * metadata: Map<string, string> option
 
     type ProjectOptions = {
         ProjectId: string option
@@ -75,10 +75,37 @@ module Types =
         member x.ResolvedTargetPath =
             defaultArg x.TargetRefPath x.TargetPath
 
+    /// Represents a `<Compile>` node within an fsproj file.
     type CompileItem = {
+        /// The `Compile` node's Include contents, after MSBuild has finished evaluation.
+        /// For example:
+        ///   * `<Compile Include="Foo.fs"/>` would have this set to "Foo.fs";
+        ///   * `<Compile Include="Bar/Baz.fs"/>` would have `"Bar/Baz.fs"`;
+        ///   * (contrived): `<Compile Include="$(IsPackable).fs"/>` might have `true.fs` or `false.fs`, for example.
         Name: string
+        /// Full path on disk to the F# file this `Compile` node is telling MsBuild to compile.
         FullPath: string
+        /// Value of the `<Link />` sub-node, if one exists.
+        /// For example, `<Compile Include="Foo.fs"><Link>../bar.fs</Link></Compile` would set this to
+        /// "../bar.fs" (no further path resolution takes place).
         Link: string option
+        /// All the other metadata in the project file associated with this Compile node.
+        /// This is a map of "name of metadata key" to "contents of that key".
+        /// Recall that according to MsBuild, those contents are not actually unrestricted XML, although they sure do look like it!
+        /// If you try and put XML as a metadata value, MsBuild will just give it to you as a string, or will fail to load the
+        /// project at all.
+        ///
+        /// For example:
+        ///   * `<Compile Include="Foo.fs"><Something>hello</Something></Compile>` sets the metadata key "Something" to the value "hello".
+        ///   * `<Compile Include="Foo.fs"><Blah Baz="hi" /></Compile>` fails at project load time.
+        ///   * `<Compile Include="Foo.fs"><Blah></Blah></Compile>` sets the metadata key "Blah" to the empty string.
+        ///   * `<Compile Include="Foo.fs"><Blah><Quux></Quux></Blah></Compile>` sets the metadata key "Blah" to the string "<Quux></Quux>".
+        ///
+        /// This map includes the `Link` value, if it exists, which was also extracted for convenience into the `Link` field
+        /// of this CompileItem.
+        ///
+        /// If you specify the same metadata key multiple times, the last value wins. (This is MsBuild's decision, not ours.)
+        Metadata: Map<string, string>
     }
 
     type ToolsPath = ToolsPath of string
diff --git a/src/Ionide.ProjInfo/VisualTree.fs b/src/Ionide.ProjInfo/VisualTree.fs
index d3c9aab..f5fa517 100644
--- a/src/Ionide.ProjInfo/VisualTree.fs
+++ b/src/Ionide.ProjInfo/VisualTree.fs
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ module VisualTree =
                 projPath
                 |> getVisualPath None (Some sourceFile) sourceFile
 
-            ProjectItem.Compile(name, fullpath)
+            ProjectItem.Compile(name, fullpath, None)
         | Some p ->
 
             let (name, fullpath) =
                 projPath
                 |> getVisualPath p.Link (Some p.FullPath) p.Name
 
-            ProjectItem.Compile(name, fullpath)
+            ProjectItem.Compile(name, fullpath, Some p.Metadata)