diff --git a/packages/astro/src/@types/astro-core.ts b/packages/astro/src/@types/astro-core.ts
index 575a4ece47..ea5adc02c3 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/@types/astro-core.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/@types/astro-core.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type babel from '@babel/core';
 import type vite from 'vite';
 import type { z } from 'zod';
 import type { AstroConfigSchema } from '../core/config';
-import type { AstroComponentFactory } from '../runtime/server';
+import type { AstroComponentFactory, Metadata } from '../runtime/server';
 
 export interface AstroComponentMetadata {
   displayName: string;
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ export interface CollectionRSS {
 export interface ComponentInstance {
   default: AstroComponentFactory;
   css?: string[];
+  $$metadata: Metadata;
   getStaticPaths?: (options: GetStaticPathsOptions) => GetStaticPathsResult;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/build/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/build/index.ts
index 16070de5e7..e19664da3a 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/build/index.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/build/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 import { createVite } from '../create-vite.js';
 import { pad } from '../dev/util.js';
 import { defaultLogOptions, levels, warn } from '../logger.js';
-import { ssr } from '../ssr/index.js';
+import { loadSsrModule, ssr } from '../ssr/index.js';
 import { generatePaginateFunction } from '../ssr/paginate.js';
 import { createRouteManifest, validateGetStaticPathsModule, validateGetStaticPathsResult } from '../ssr/routing.js';
 import { generateRssFunction } from '../ssr/rss.js';
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ class AstroBuilder {
       this.manifest.routes.map(async (route) => {
         const { pathname } = route;
         const filePath = new URL(`./${route.component}`, this.config.projectRoot);
+        const { mod } = await loadSsrModule(filePath, this.config, viteServer);
+        console.log("METADATA", mod.$$metadata);
         // static pages
         if (pathname) {
           allPages.push(
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/ssr/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/ssr/index.ts
index 906af24eb1..c2da54f576 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/ssr/index.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/ssr/index.ts
@@ -76,15 +76,22 @@ async function resolveRenderers(viteServer: ViteDevServer, ids: string[]): Promi
   return renderers;
 }
 
-/** use Vite to SSR */
-export async function ssr({ astroConfig, filePath, logging, mode, origin, pathname, route, routeCache, viteServer }: SSROptions): Promise<string> {
-  try {
-    // 1. resolve renderers
+export async function loadSsrModule(filePath: URL, astroConfig: AstroConfig, viteServer: ViteDevServer) {
+      // 1. resolve renderers
     // Important this happens before load module in case a renderer provides polyfills.
     const renderers = await resolveRenderers(viteServer, astroConfig.renderers);
 
     // 1.5. load module
     const mod = (await viteServer.ssrLoadModule(fileURLToPath(filePath))) as ComponentInstance;
+    return { renderers, mod };
+}
+
+/** use Vite to SSR */
+export async function ssr({ astroConfig, filePath, logging, mode, origin, pathname, route, routeCache, viteServer }: SSROptions): Promise<string> {
+  try {
+    // 1.
+    // Import the module and renderers
+    const { renderers, mod } = await loadSsrModule(filePath, astroConfig, viteServer);
 
     // 2. handle dynamic routes
     let params: Params = {};
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/index.ts
index 3f41e702a3..ece4e9b2c3 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/index.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { pathToFileURL } from 'url';
 import { valueToEstree } from 'estree-util-value-to-estree';
 import * as astring from 'astring';
 import shorthash from 'shorthash';
-export { createMetadata } from './metadata.js';
+export { createMetadata, Metadata } from './metadata.js';
 
 const { generate, GENERATOR } = astring;
 
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/metadata.ts b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/metadata.ts
index cb01adb401..12b5726fd9 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/metadata.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/metadata.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ interface ComponentMetadata {
   componentUrl: string;
 }
 
-class Metadata {
+export class Metadata {
   public fileURL: URL;
   private metadataCache: Map<any, ComponentMetadata | null>;
   constructor(fileURL: string, public modules: ModuleInfo[], components: any[]) {