diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/JsonObject.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/JsonObject.cs
index 06c050be70..37ec46f92f 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/JsonObject.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/JsonObject.cs
@@ -73,7 +73,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
                     // we just continue the deserialization.
                 }
 
-                obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(input, new JsonSerializerSettings() { TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.None, MaxDepth = 1024 });
+                obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(
+                    input,
+                    new JsonSerializerSettings
+                    {
+                        TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.None,
+                        MetadataPropertyHandling = MetadataPropertyHandling.Ignore,
+                        MaxDepth = 1024
+                    });
 
                 // JObject is a IDictionary
                 var dictionary = obj as JObject;
diff --git a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/ConvertFrom-Json.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/ConvertFrom-Json.Tests.ps1
index 97ae068d6b..e4a32a5ee8 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/ConvertFrom-Json.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/ConvertFrom-Json.Tests.ps1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 # Licensed under the MIT License.
 Describe 'ConvertFrom-Json' -tags "CI" {
-    
+
     BeforeAll {
         $testCasesWithAndWithoutAsHashtableSwitch = @(
             @{ AsHashtable = $true  }
@@ -34,4 +34,22 @@ Describe 'ConvertFrom-Json' -tags "CI" {
             $json | Should -BeOfType Hashtable
         }
     }
+
+    It 'Can convert an object with Newtonsoft.Json metadata properties with AsHashtable switch set to <AsHashtable>' -TestCase $testCasesWithAndWithoutAsHashtableSwitch {
+        Param($AsHashtable)
+        $id = 13
+        $type = 'Calendar.Months.December'
+        $ref = 1989
+
+        $json = '{"$id":' + $id + ', "$type":"' + $type + '", "$ref":' + $ref + '}' | ConvertFrom-Json -AsHashtable:$AsHashtable
+
+        $json.'$id' | Should -Be $id
+        $json.'$type' | Should -Be $type
+        $json.'$ref' | Should -Be $ref
+
+        if ($AsHashtable)
+        {
+            $json | Should -BeOfType Hashtable
+        }
+    }
 }