diff --git a/rflint/rules/duplicates.py b/rflint/rules/duplicates.py
index 4db7aab..3245954 100644
--- a/rflint/rules/duplicates.py
+++ b/rflint/rules/duplicates.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def report_duplicate_setting(setting, prev_setting):
         for table in suite.tables:
             if table.name == "Settings":
                 check_duplicates(report_duplicate_setting, table,
-                    permitted_dups=["library", "resource", "variables"])
+                    permitted_dups=["library", "resource", "variables", "metadata"])
 
 class DuplicateSettingsInSuite(DuplicateSettingsCommon, SuiteRule):
     pass
diff --git a/test_data/acceptance/rules/DuplicateSettings_Data.robot b/test_data/acceptance/rules/DuplicateSettings_Data.robot
index 21a2bbe..fff56a7 100644
--- a/test_data/acceptance/rules/DuplicateSettings_Data.robot
+++ b/test_data/acceptance/rules/DuplicateSettings_Data.robot
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ Documentation    Having two documentation sections is illegal.
                  ...    Use continuation lines for multiple lines.
 Documentation    Error here.
 
+# Metadata can used multiple times
+Metadata    Version        2.0
+Metadata    More Info      For more information about *Robot Framework* see http://robotframework.org
+Metadata    Executed At    ${HOST}
+
 # Several Library settings is okay
 Library    DateTime
 Library    Collections