diff --git a/src/Event/GraphQL/AssetMetadataEvents.php b/src/Event/GraphQL/AssetMetadataEvents.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4b1e896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Event/GraphQL/AssetMetadataEvents.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Pimcore
+ *
+ * This source file is available under two different licenses:
+ * - GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3)
+ * - Pimcore Commercial License (PCL)
+ * Full copyright and license information is available in
+ * LICENSE.md which is distributed with this source code.
+ *
+ *  @copyright  Copyright (c) Pimcore GmbH (http://www.pimcore.org)
+ *  @license    http://www.pimcore.org/license     GPLv3 and PCL
+ */
+
+namespace Pimcore\Bundle\DataHubBundle\Event\GraphQL;
+
+final class AssetMetadataEvents
+{
+    /**
+     * @Event("Pimcore\Bundle\DataHubBundle\Event\GraphQL\Model\AssetEvent")
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    const PRE_RESOLVE = 'pimcore.datahub.graphql.asset.metadata.preResolve';
+}
diff --git a/src/GraphQL/Resolver/AssetType.php b/src/GraphQL/Resolver/AssetType.php
index 20bfe9a0..7bb3b982 100644
--- a/src/GraphQL/Resolver/AssetType.php
+++ b/src/GraphQL/Resolver/AssetType.php
@@ -17,11 +17,14 @@
 
 use Exception;
 use GraphQL\Type\Definition\ResolveInfo;
+use Pimcore\Bundle\DataHubBundle\Event\GraphQL\AssetMetadataEvents;
 use Pimcore\Bundle\DataHubBundle\GraphQL\ElementDescriptor;
 use Pimcore\Bundle\DataHubBundle\GraphQL\Traits\ElementTagTrait;
 use Pimcore\Bundle\DataHubBundle\GraphQL\Traits\ServiceTrait;
 use Pimcore\Bundle\DataHubBundle\WorkspaceHelper;
+use Pimcore\Event\Model\AssetEvent;
 use Pimcore\Model\Asset;
+use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher;
 
 class AssetType
 {
@@ -64,39 +67,48 @@ public function resolveTag($value = null, $args = [], $context = [], ResolveInfo
     public function resolveMetadata($value = null, $args = [], $context = [], ResolveInfo $resolveInfo = null)
     {
         $asset = $this->getAssetFromValue($value, $context);
+        $metadata = $asset?->getMetadata(raw: true);
+        if (!$metadata) {
+            return null;
+        }
 
-        if ($asset) {
-            $metadata = $asset->getObjectVar('metadata');
-            if ($metadata) {
-                if (isset($args['ignore_language']) && $args['ignore_language']) {
-                    return $metadata;
-                }
+        //Relational data would return as a comma separated list. each element type and id by `_`, eg. "object_154,asset_489"
+        $event = new AssetEvent($asset, [
+            'metadata' => $metadata,
+            'context' => $context
+        ]);
+        /** @var EventDispatcher $eventDispatcher */
+        $eventDispatcher = \Pimcore::getContainer()->get('event_dispatcher');
+        $eventDispatcher->dispatch($event, AssetMetadataEvents::PRE_RESOLVE);
+        $metadata = $event->getArgument('metadata');
+
+        if (isset($args['ignore_language']) && $args['ignore_language']) {
+            return $metadata;
+        }
 
-                $map = [];
-                $keys = [];
-                $language = isset($args['language']) ? $args['language'] : $this->getGraphQlService()->getLocaleService()->findLocale();
+        $map = [];
+        $keys = [];
+        $language = $args['language'] ?? $this->getGraphQlService()->getLocaleService()->findLocale();
 
-                foreach ($metadata as $item) {
-                    $keys[$item['name']] = 1;
-                    $l = $item['language'] ? $item['language'] : 'default';
-                    $map[$l][$item['name']] = $item;
-                }
-                $result = [];
-
-                foreach ($keys as $key => $found) {
-                    if (isset($map[$language][$key])) {
-                        $result[] = $map[$language][$key];
-                    } elseif (isset($map['default'][$key])) {
-                        $result[] = $map['default'][$key];
-                    }
-                }
+        foreach ($metadata as $item) {
+            $keys[$item['name']] = 1;
+            $l = $item['language'] ?: 'default';
+            $map[$l][$item['name']] = $item;
+        }
+        $result = [];
 
-                if ($result) {
-                    return $result;
-                }
+        foreach ($keys as $key => $found) {
+            if (isset($map[$language][$key])) {
+                $result[] = $map[$language][$key];
+            } elseif (isset($map['default'][$key])) {
+                $result[] = $map['default'][$key];
             }
         }
 
+        if ($result) {
+            return $result;
+        }
+
         return null;
     }