diff --git a/ui/public/assets/schema/provider/external.schema.json b/ui/public/assets/schema/provider/external.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b003a5a62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/public/assets/schema/provider/external.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+    "type": "object",
+    "required": [
+        "name",
+        "@type",
+        "xmlId",
+        "description"
+    ],
+    "properties": {
+        "name": {
+            "title": "label.metadata-provider-name-dashboard-display-only",
+            "description": "tooltip.metadata-provider-name-dashboard-display-only",
+            "type": "string",
+            "widget": {
+                "id": "string",
+                "help": "message.must-be-unique"
+            }
+        },
+        "@type": {
+            "title": "label.metadata-provider-type",
+            "description": "tooltip.metadata-provider-type",
+            "type": "string",
+            "const": "FilesystemMetadataResolver"
+        },
+        "xmlId": {
+            "title": "label.xml-id",
+            "description": "tooltip.xml-id",
+            "type": "string",
+            "minLength": 1
+        },
+        "enabled": {
+            "title": "label.enable-provider-upon-saving",
+            "description": "tooltip.enable-provider-upon-saving",
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "default": false
+        },
+        "description": {
+            "title": "label.description",
+            "description": "tooltip.description",
+            "type": "string"
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ui/src/app/metadata/domain/provider/definition/ExternalMetadataProviderDefinition.js b/ui/src/app/metadata/domain/provider/definition/ExternalMetadataProviderDefinition.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1d67af99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/app/metadata/domain/provider/definition/ExternalMetadataProviderDefinition.js
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import defaultsDeep from 'lodash/defaultsDeep';
+import API_BASE_PATH from "../../../../App.constant";
+import { BaseProviderDefinition } from "./BaseProviderDefinition";
+
+export const ExternalMetadataProviderWizard = {
+    ...BaseProviderDefinition,
+    label: 'ExternalMetadataProvider',
+    type: 'ExternalMetadataResolver',
+    schema: 'assets/schema/provider/external.schema.json',
+    steps: [
+        ...BaseProviderDefinition.steps,
+        {
+            id: 'common',
+            label: 'label.common-attributes',
+            index: 2,
+            initialValues: [],
+            fields: [
+                'xmlId',
+                'metadataFile',
+                'description'
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            id: 'summary',
+            label: 'label.summary',
+            index: 2,
+            initialValues: [],
+            fields: [
+                'enabled',
+            ]
+        },
+    ],
+    uiSchema: defaultsDeep({
+        layout: {
+            groups: [
+                {
+                    size: 8,
+                    classNames: 'bg-light border rounded px-4 pt-4 pb-3 mb-4',
+                    fields: [
+                        'name',
+                        '@type'
+                    ]
+                },
+                {
+                    size: 8,
+                    fields: [
+                        'xmlId',
+                        'description',
+                    ]
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        description: {
+            'ui:widget': 'textarea'
+        }
+    }, BaseProviderDefinition.uiSchema)
+};
+
+
+export const ExternalMetadataProviderEditor = {
+    ...ExternalMetadataProviderWizard,
+    steps: [
+        {
+            id: 'common',
+            label: 'label.common-attributes',
+            index: 1,
+            initialValues: [],
+            fields: [
+                'name',
+                'xmlId',
+                '@type',
+                'description',
+                'enabled'
+            ],
+            override: {
+                '@type': {
+                    type: 'string',
+                    readOnly: true,
+                    widget: 'string',
+                    oneOf: [{ enum: ['ExternalMetadataResolver'],
+                    description: 'value.file-system-metadata-provider' }]
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    ],
+    uiSchema: defaultsDeep({
+        '@type': {
+            'ui:readonly': true
+        }
+    }, ExternalMetadataProviderWizard.uiSchema)
+};
diff --git a/ui/src/app/metadata/domain/provider/index.js b/ui/src/app/metadata/domain/provider/index.js
index 05c0e057d..9368df466 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/metadata/domain/provider/index.js
+++ b/ui/src/app/metadata/domain/provider/index.js
@@ -2,22 +2,26 @@ import { FileBackedHttpMetadataProviderWizard, FileBackedHttpMetadataProviderEdi
 import { DynamicHttpMetadataProviderWizard, DynamicHttpMetadataProviderEditor } from './definition/DynamicHttpMetadataProviderDefinition';
 import { LocalDynamicMetadataProviderWizard, LocalDynamicMetadataProviderEditor } from './definition/LocalDynamicMetadataProviderDefinition';
 import { FileSystemMetadataProviderWizard, FileSystemMetadataProviderEditor } from './definition/FileSystemMetadataProviderDefinition';
+import { ExternalMetadataProviderWizard, ExternalMetadataProviderEditor } from './definition/ExternalMetadataProviderDefinition';
 
 export const MetadataProviderWizardTypes = [
     FileBackedHttpMetadataProviderWizard,
     DynamicHttpMetadataProviderWizard,
     FileSystemMetadataProviderWizard,
-    LocalDynamicMetadataProviderWizard
+    LocalDynamicMetadataProviderWizard,
+    ExternalMetadataProviderWizard,
 ];
 
 export const MetadataProviderEditorTypes = [
     FileBackedHttpMetadataProviderEditor,
     DynamicHttpMetadataProviderEditor,
     LocalDynamicMetadataProviderEditor,
-    FileSystemMetadataProviderEditor
+    FileSystemMetadataProviderEditor,
+    ExternalMetadataProviderEditor,
 ];
 
 export const FilterableProviders = [
     FileBackedHttpMetadataProviderEditor.type,
-    DynamicHttpMetadataProviderEditor.type
+    DynamicHttpMetadataProviderEditor.type,
+    ExternalMetadataProviderEditor.type,
 ];
diff --git a/ui/src/app/metadata/new/NewProvider.js b/ui/src/app/metadata/new/NewProvider.js
index 43a9ed715..36a1f1a44 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/metadata/new/NewProvider.js
+++ b/ui/src/app/metadata/new/NewProvider.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { MetadataProviderTypeSelector } from '../wizard/MetadataProviderTypeSele
 
 export function NewProvider() {
 
-    const { data } = useMetadataProviderTypes({}, []);
+    const { data = [] } = useMetadataProviderTypes({}, []);
 
     return (
         <div className="container-fluid p-3">
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export function NewProvider() {
                     </div>
                 </div>
                 <div className="section-body p-4 border border-top-0 border-info">
-                    <MetadataProviderTypeSelector type={'provider'} types={data}>
+                    <MetadataProviderTypeSelector type={'provider'} types={[...data, 'ExternalMetadataResolver']}>
                         {(data, onRestart) =>
                         <MetadataSchema type={data.type} wizard={true}>
                             <MetadataWizard type="provider"