diff --git a/libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.cpp b/libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.cpp
index 14b335016395..986ff29636e7 100644
--- a/libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 #include <libyul/YulStack.h>
 #include <libyul/AST.h>
 #include <libyul/AsmParser.h>
+#include <libyul/optimiser/Suite.h>
 
 #include <liblangutil/Scanner.h>
 #include <liblangutil/SemVerHandler.h>
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ using namespace solidity;
 using namespace solidity::langutil;
 using namespace solidity::frontend;
 using namespace solidity::stdlib;
+using namespace solidity::yul;
 using namespace std::string_literals;
 
 using solidity::util::errinfo_comment;
@@ -1672,6 +1674,15 @@ std::string CompilerStack::createMetadata(Contract const& _contract, bool _forIR
 			details["yulDetails"]["stackAllocation"] = m_optimiserSettings.optimizeStackAllocation;
 			details["yulDetails"]["optimizerSteps"] = m_optimiserSettings.yulOptimiserSteps + ":" + m_optimiserSettings.yulOptimiserCleanupSteps;
 		}
+		else if
+		(
+			OptimiserSuite::isEmptyOptimizerSequence(m_optimiserSettings.yulOptimiserSteps) &&
+			OptimiserSuite::isEmptyOptimizerSequence(m_optimiserSettings.yulOptimiserCleanupSteps)
+		)
+		{
+			details["yulDetails"] = Json::objectValue;
+			details["yulDetails"]["optimizerSteps"] = m_optimiserSettings.yulOptimiserSteps + ":" + m_optimiserSettings.yulOptimiserCleanupSteps;
+		}
 
 		meta["settings"]["optimizer"]["details"] = std::move(details);
 	}
diff --git a/test/cmdlineTests/yul_optimizer_steps_without_optimize_empty_sequence/args b/test/cmdlineTests/yul_optimizer_steps_without_optimize_empty_sequence/args
index ccf611ee15c7..fef6c6531e19 100644
--- a/test/cmdlineTests/yul_optimizer_steps_without_optimize_empty_sequence/args
+++ b/test/cmdlineTests/yul_optimizer_steps_without_optimize_empty_sequence/args
@@ -1 +1 @@
---ir-optimized --yul-optimizations :
+--ir-optimized --metadata --yul-optimizations :
diff --git a/test/cmdlineTests/yul_optimizer_steps_without_optimize_empty_sequence/output b/test/cmdlineTests/yul_optimizer_steps_without_optimize_empty_sequence/output
index 30cf398dbe36..9ee68107929a 100644
--- a/test/cmdlineTests/yul_optimizer_steps_without_optimize_empty_sequence/output
+++ b/test/cmdlineTests/yul_optimizer_steps_without_optimize_empty_sequence/output
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+
+======= yul_optimizer_steps_without_optimize_empty_sequence/input.sol:C =======
 Optimized IR:
 /// @use-src 0:"yul_optimizer_steps_without_optimize_empty_sequence/input.sol"
 object "C_28" {
@@ -126,3 +128,6 @@ object "C_28" {
         data ".metadata" hex"<BYTECODE REMOVED>"
     }
 }
+
+Metadata:
+{"compiler":{"version": "<VERSION REMOVED>"},"language":"Solidity","output":{"abi":[{"inputs":[],"stateMutability":"nonpayable","type":"constructor"},{"inputs":[],"name":"foo","outputs":[{"internalType":"bool","name":"","type":"bool"}],"stateMutability":"pure","type":"function"}],"devdoc":{"kind":"dev","methods":{},"version":1},"userdoc":{"kind":"user","methods":{},"version":1}},"settings":{"compilationTarget":{"yul_optimizer_steps_without_optimize_empty_sequence/input.sol":"C"},"evmVersion":"shanghai","libraries":{},"metadata":{"bytecodeHash":"ipfs"},"optimizer":{"details":{"constantOptimizer":false,"cse":false,"deduplicate":false,"inliner":false,"jumpdestRemover":true,"orderLiterals":false,"peephole":true,"simpleCounterForLoopUncheckedIncrement":true,"yul":false,"yulDetails":{"optimizerSteps":":"}},"runs":200},"remappings":[]},"sources":{"yul_optimizer_steps_without_optimize_empty_sequence/input.sol":{"keccak256":"0x3fc910e345ce1ee62bfa6b0f66931ee632c08265b25b6139cfbbfe4d2f8d5dd8","license":"GPL-3.0","urls":["bzz-raw://e557e9ad2c2e420a669c06ae456b0b790d77d2d6d492cd8540e6b244388a5140","dweb:/ipfs/QmaNiZmC2Mo3YxGiehs1n3dVTjZwD7FguX7EUtpeshMVuR"]}},"version":1}