diff --git a/.changeset/shaggy-chicken-behave.md b/.changeset/shaggy-chicken-behave.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41445b0930
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/shaggy-chicken-behave.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend': minor
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common': minor
+---
+
+add entity metadata to the template info type
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
index e59f222e2d..a062272103 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
@@ -261,6 +261,9 @@ describe('createRouter', () => {
                 name: mockTemplate.metadata?.name,
               }),
               baseUrl: 'https://dev.azure.com',
+              entity: {
+                metadata: mockTemplate.metadata,
+              },
             },
           },
         }),
@@ -312,6 +315,9 @@ describe('createRouter', () => {
                 name: mockTemplate.metadata?.name,
               }),
               baseUrl: 'https://dev.azure.com',
+              entity: {
+                metadata: mockTemplate.metadata,
+              },
             },
           },
         }),
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
index 1c6ea39443..3dddd85c26 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -249,6 +249,9 @@ export async function createRouter(
             name: template.metadata?.name,
           }),
           baseUrl,
+          entity: {
+            metadata: template.metadata,
+          },
         },
       };
 
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-common/api-report.md b/plugins/scaffolder-common/api-report.md
index a1c5c2bf23..8864c0d76d 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-common/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-common/api-report.md
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 
 ```ts
 import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import type { EntityMeta } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { JsonObject } from '@backstage/types';
-import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
+import type { JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
 import { KindValidator } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
-import { UserEntity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import type { UserEntity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 
 // @public
 export type TaskSpec = TaskSpecV1beta3;
@@ -64,5 +65,8 @@ export const templateEntityV1beta3Validator: KindValidator;
 export type TemplateInfo = {
   entityRef: string;
   baseUrl?: string;
+  entity?: {
+    metadata: EntityMeta;
+  };
 };
 ```
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/TaskSpec.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/TaskSpec.ts
index 4ba43092ae..1c71790736 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/TaskSpec.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/TaskSpec.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { UserEntity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
-import { JsonValue, JsonObject } from '@backstage/types';
+import type { EntityMeta, UserEntity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import type { JsonValue, JsonObject } from '@backstage/types';
 
 /**
  * Information about a template that is stored on a task specification.
@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@ export type TemplateInfo = {
    * Where the template is stored, so we can resolve relative paths for things like `fetch:template` paths.
    */
   baseUrl?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * the Template entity
+   */
+  entity?: {
+    /**
+     * The metadata of the Template
+     */
+    metadata: EntityMeta;
+  };
 };
 
 /**