diff --git a/Sources/PackageModel/SwiftSDKs/SwiftSDKBundleStore.swift b/Sources/PackageModel/SwiftSDKs/SwiftSDKBundleStore.swift
index 7810717e683..06ef11f865c 100644
--- a/Sources/PackageModel/SwiftSDKs/SwiftSDKBundleStore.swift
+++ b/Sources/PackageModel/SwiftSDKs/SwiftSDKBundleStore.swift
@@ -370,9 +370,13 @@ public final class SwiftSDKBundleStore {
             var variants = [SwiftSDKBundle.Variant]()
 
             for variantMetadata in artifactMetadata.variants {
-                let variantConfigurationPath = bundlePath
+                var variantConfigurationPath = bundlePath
                     .appending(variantMetadata.path)
-                    .appending("swift-sdk.json")
+
+                if variantConfigurationPath.extension != ".json" &&
+                        self.fileSystem.isDirectory(variantConfigurationPath) {
+                    variantConfigurationPath = variantConfigurationPath.appending("swift-sdk.json")
+                }
 
                 guard self.fileSystem.exists(variantConfigurationPath) else {
                     self.observabilityScope.emit(
diff --git a/Tests/PackageModelTests/SwiftSDKBundleTests.swift b/Tests/PackageModelTests/SwiftSDKBundleTests.swift
index 0a65b116675..5a69093e5cf 100644
--- a/Tests/PackageModelTests/SwiftSDKBundleTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/PackageModelTests/SwiftSDKBundleTests.swift
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //
 // This source file is part of the Swift open source project
 //
-// Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Apple Inc. and the Swift project authors
+// Copyright (c) 2023-2025 Apple Inc. and the Swift project authors
 // Licensed under Apache License v2.0 with Runtime Library Exception
 //
 // See http://swift.org/LICENSE.txt for license information
@@ -27,20 +27,26 @@ private let targetTriple = try! Triple("aarch64-unknown-linux")
 private let jsonEncoder = JSONEncoder()
 
 private func generateBundleFiles(bundle: MockBundle) throws -> [(String, ByteString)] {
-    try [
+    return try [
         (
             "\(bundle.path)/info.json",
             ByteString(json: """
             {
                 "artifacts" : {
                     \(bundle.artifacts.map {
-                            """
+                            let path = if let metadataPath = $0.metadataPath {
+                                metadataPath.pathString
+                            } else {
+                                "\($0.id)/\(targetTriple.triple)"
+                            }
+
+                            return """
                             "\($0.id)" : {
                                 "type" : "swiftSDK",
                                 "version" : "0.0.1",
                                 "variants" : [
                                     {
-                                        "path" : "\($0.id)/\(targetTriple.triple)",
+                                        "path" : "\(path)",
                                         "supportedTriples" : \($0.supportedTriples.map(\.tripleString))
                                     }
                                 ]
@@ -55,14 +61,25 @@ private func generateBundleFiles(bundle: MockBundle) throws -> [(String, ByteStr
         ),
 
     ] + bundle.artifacts.map {
-        (
-            "\(bundle.path)/\($0.id)/\(targetTriple.tripleString)/swift-sdk.json",
+        let path = if let metadataPath = $0.metadataPath {
+            "\(bundle.path)/\(metadataPath.pathString)"
+        } else {
+            "\(bundle.path)/\($0.id)/\(targetTriple.triple)/swift-sdk.json"
+        }
+
+        return (
+            path,
             ByteString(json: try generateSwiftSDKMetadata(jsonEncoder, createToolset: $0.toolsetRootPath != nil))
         )
     } + bundle.artifacts.compactMap { artifact in
-        artifact.toolsetRootPath.map { path in
+        let toolsetPath = if artifact.metadataPath != nil {
+            "\(bundle.path)/toolset.json"
+        } else {
+            "\(bundle.path)/\(artifact.id)/\(targetTriple.triple)/toolset.json"
+        }
+        return artifact.toolsetRootPath.map { path in
             (
-                "\(bundle.path)/\(artifact.id)/\(targetTriple.tripleString)/toolset.json",
+                "\(toolsetPath)",
                 ByteString(json: """
                 {
                     "schemaVersion": "1.0",
@@ -101,16 +118,18 @@ private struct MockBundle {
 private struct MockArtifact {
     let id: String
     let supportedTriples: [Triple]
+    var metadataPath: RelativePath?
     var toolsetRootPath: AbsolutePath?
 }
 
-private func generateTestFileSystem(bundleArtifacts: [MockArtifact]) throws -> (some FileSystem, [MockBundle], AbsolutePath) {
+private func generateTestFileSystem(
+    bundleArtifacts: [MockArtifact]
+) throws -> (some FileSystem, [MockBundle], AbsolutePath) {
     let bundles = bundleArtifacts.enumerated().map { (i, artifacts) in
         let bundleName = "test\(i).\(artifactBundleExtension)"
         return MockBundle(name: "test\(i).\(artifactBundleExtension)", path: "/\(bundleName)", artifacts: [artifacts])
     }
 
-
     let fileSystem = try InMemoryFileSystem(
         files: Dictionary(
             uniqueKeysWithValues: bundles.flatMap {
@@ -475,4 +494,54 @@ final class SwiftSDKBundleTests: XCTestCase {
             )
         }
     }
+
+    func testMetadataJSONPaths() async throws {
+        let toolsetRootPath = AbsolutePath("/path/to/toolpath")
+        let (fileSystem, bundles, swiftSDKsDirectory) = try generateTestFileSystem(
+            bundleArtifacts: [
+                .init(
+                    id: "\(testArtifactID)1",
+                    supportedTriples: [arm64Triple],
+                    metadataPath: "metadata1.json"
+                ),
+                .init(
+                    id: "\(testArtifactID)2",
+                    supportedTriples: [i686Triple],
+                    metadataPath: "metadata2.json",
+                    toolsetRootPath: toolsetRootPath
+                ),
+            ]
+        )
+        let system = ObservabilitySystem.makeForTesting()
+        let archiver = MockArchiver()
+        
+        var output = [SwiftSDKBundleStore.Output]()
+        let store = SwiftSDKBundleStore(
+            swiftSDKsDirectory: swiftSDKsDirectory,
+            fileSystem: fileSystem,
+            observabilityScope: system.topScope,
+            outputHandler: { output.append($0) }
+        )
+
+        for bundle in bundles {
+            try await store.install(bundlePathOrURL: bundle.path, archiver)
+        }
+
+        let validBundles = try store.allValidBundles
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(validBundles.count, bundles.count)
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(validBundles.sortedArtifactIDs, ["\(testArtifactID)1", "\(testArtifactID)2"])
+        XCTAssertEqual(output.count, 2)
+        XCTAssertEqual(output, [
+            .installationSuccessful(
+                bundlePathOrURL: bundles[0].path,
+                bundleName: AbsolutePath(bundles[0].path).components.last!
+            ),
+            .installationSuccessful(
+                bundlePathOrURL: bundles[1].path,
+                bundleName: AbsolutePath(bundles[1].path).components.last!
+            ),
+        ])
+    }
 }