diff --git a/openstack/object_store/v1/_base.py b/openstack/object_store/v1/_base.py
index 779f1e92d..cb8bbb464 100644
--- a/openstack/object_store/v1/_base.py
+++ b/openstack/object_store/v1/_base.py
@@ -26,6 +26,23 @@ class BaseResource(resource.Resource):
     _custom_metadata_prefix = None
     _system_metadata = dict()
 
+    def __init__(self, metadata=None, **attrs):
+        """Process and save metadata known at creation stage
+        """
+        super().__init__(**attrs)
+        if metadata is not None:
+            for k, v in metadata.items():
+                if not k.lower().startswith(
+                        self._custom_metadata_prefix.lower()):
+                    self.metadata[self._custom_metadata_prefix + k] = v
+                else:
+                    self.metadata[k] = v
+
+    def _prepare_request(self, **kwargs):
+        request = super()._prepare_request(**kwargs)
+        request.headers.update(self._calculate_headers(self.metadata))
+        return request
+
     def _calculate_headers(self, metadata):
         headers = {}
         for key in metadata:
diff --git a/openstack/object_store/v1/_proxy.py b/openstack/object_store/v1/_proxy.py
index 6722440ff..9e9130330 100644
--- a/openstack/object_store/v1/_proxy.py
+++ b/openstack/object_store/v1/_proxy.py
@@ -359,11 +359,6 @@ class Proxy(proxy.Proxy):
             headers[self._connection._OBJECT_MD5_KEY] = md5 or ''
         if sha256:
             headers[self._connection._OBJECT_SHA256_KEY] = sha256 or ''
-        for (k, v) in metadata.items():
-            if not k.lower().startswith('x-object-meta-'):
-                headers['x-object-meta-' + k] = v
-            else:
-                headers[k] = v
 
         container_name = self._get_container_name(container=container)
         endpoint = '{container}/{name}'.format(container=container_name,
@@ -376,7 +371,8 @@ class Proxy(proxy.Proxy):
             # TODO(gtema): custom headers need to be somehow injected
             return self._create(
                 _obj.Object, container=container_name,
-                name=name, data=data, **headers)
+                name=name, data=data, metadata=metadata,
+                **headers)
 
         # segment_size gets used as a step value in a range call, so needs
         # to be an int
diff --git a/openstack/object_store/v1/obj.py b/openstack/object_store/v1/obj.py
index 116b8ccaf..8c7a11aa7 100644
--- a/openstack/object_store/v1/obj.py
+++ b/openstack/object_store/v1/obj.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class Object(_base.BaseResource):
     has_body = False
 
     def __init__(self, data=None, **attrs):
-        super(_base.BaseResource, self).__init__(**attrs)
+        super().__init__(**attrs)
         self.data = data
 
     # The Object Store treats the metadata for its resources inconsistently so
@@ -290,7 +290,8 @@ class Object(_base.BaseResource):
         response = session.put(
             request.url,
             data=self.data,
-            headers=request.headers)
+            headers=request.headers
+        )
         self._translate_response(response, has_body=False)
         return self
 
diff --git a/openstack/tests/unit/object_store/v1/test_container.py b/openstack/tests/unit/object_store/v1/test_container.py
index 7f522aa65..36698e752 100644
--- a/openstack/tests/unit/object_store/v1/test_container.py
+++ b/openstack/tests/unit/object_store/v1/test_container.py
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ class TestContainer(base.TestCase):
             "x-container-read": "some ACL",
             "x-container-write": "another ACL",
             "x-detect-content-type": 'True',
+            "X-Container-Meta-foo": "bar"
         }
         self.register_uris([
             dict(method=sess_method, uri=self.container_endpoint,
@@ -148,11 +149,13 @@ class TestContainer(base.TestCase):
         self.assert_calls()
 
     def test_create(self):
-        sot = container.Container.new(name=self.container)
+        sot = container.Container.new(
+            name=self.container, metadata={'foo': 'bar'})
         self._test_create_update(sot, sot.create, 'PUT')
 
     def test_commit(self):
-        sot = container.Container.new(name=self.container)
+        sot = container.Container.new(
+            name=self.container, metadata={'foo': 'bar'})
         self._test_create_update(sot, sot.commit, 'POST')
 
     def test_to_dict_recursion(self):
diff --git a/openstack/tests/unit/object_store/v1/test_obj.py b/openstack/tests/unit/object_store/v1/test_obj.py
index 85642251e..448652796 100644
--- a/openstack/tests/unit/object_store/v1/test_obj.py
+++ b/openstack/tests/unit/object_store/v1/test_obj.py
@@ -128,10 +128,14 @@ class TestObject(base_test_object.BaseTestObject):
         self.assert_calls()
 
     def _test_create(self, method, data):
-        sot = obj.Object.new(container=self.container, name=self.object,
-                             data=data)
+        sot = obj.Object.new(
+            container=self.container, name=self.object,
+            data=data, metadata={'foo': 'bar'})
         sot.is_newest = True
-        sent_headers = {"x-newest": 'True'}
+        sent_headers = {
+            "x-newest": 'True',
+            "X-Object-Meta-foo": "bar"
+        }
         self.register_uris([
             dict(method=method, uri=self.object_endpoint,
                  headers=self.headers,
diff --git a/openstack/tests/unit/object_store/v1/test_proxy.py b/openstack/tests/unit/object_store/v1/test_proxy.py
index 81cf1f19c..a88bb5838 100644
--- a/openstack/tests/unit/object_store/v1/test_proxy.py
+++ b/openstack/tests/unit/object_store/v1/test_proxy.py
@@ -93,7 +93,12 @@ class TestObjectStoreProxy(test_proxy_base.TestProxyBase):
         self._test_object_delete(True)
 
     def test_object_create_attrs(self):
-        kwargs = {"name": "test", "data": "data", "container": "name"}
+        kwargs = {
+            "name": "test",
+            "data": "data",
+            "container": "name",
+            "metadata": {}
+        }
 
         self._verify(
             "openstack.proxy.Proxy._create",
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/swift-set-metadata-c18c60e440f9e4a7.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/swift-set-metadata-c18c60e440f9e4a7.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6fe599ef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/swift-set-metadata-c18c60e440f9e4a7.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    It is now possible to pass `metadata` parameter directly into the create_container,
+    create_object object_store methods and will not be ignored.