diff --git a/closed/custom/modules/java.base/Copy.gmk b/closed/custom/modules/java.base/Copy.gmk
index 872f8856ee0..55079e34274 100644
--- a/closed/custom/modules/java.base/Copy.gmk
+++ b/closed/custom/modules/java.base/Copy.gmk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # ===========================================================================
-# (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2017, 2023 All Rights Reserved
+# (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2017, 2024 All Rights Reserved
 # ===========================================================================
 # This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
@@ -187,6 +187,14 @@ $(call openj9_copy_files,, \
 
 endif # OPENJ9_ENABLE_DDR
 
+ifeq (true,$(OPENJ9_ENABLE_JFR))
+
+$(call openj9_copy_files,, \
+	$(OPENJ9_TOPDIR)/runtime/metadata.blob \
+	$(LIB_DST_DIR)/metadata.blob)
+
+endif # OPENJ9_ENABLE_JFR
+
 ##########################################################################################
 # Optionally copy OpenSSL Crypto Library
 # To bundle first search for openssl 1.1.x library, if not found, search for 1.0.x