diff --git a/eng/scripts/build.ps1 b/eng/scripts/build.ps1
index 6b909c593505..e6d1daf45967 100644
--- a/eng/scripts/build.ps1
+++ b/eng/scripts/build.ps1
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #Requires -Version 7.0
 param($filter, [switch]$clean, [switch]$vet, [switch]$generate, [switch]$skipBuild)
 
+. $PSScriptRoot/meta_generation.ps1
+
 $startingDirectory = Get-Location
 $root = Resolve-Path ($PSScriptRoot + "/../..")
 Set-Location $root
@@ -34,11 +36,20 @@ $keys | ForEach-Object { $sdks[$_] } | ForEach-Object {
 
     if ($_.generate) {
         Write-Host "##[command]Executing autorest.go in " $_.path
-        $autorestPath = $_.path + "\autorest.md"
+        $autorestPath = $_.path + "/autorest.md"
+
+        if (ShouldGenerate-AutorestConfig $autorestPath) {
+            Generate-AutorestConfig $autorestPath
+            $removeAutorestFile = $true
+        }
+
         $autorestVersion = "@autorest/go@4.0.0-preview.23"
         $outputFolder = $_.path
         $root = $_.root
         autorest --use=$autorestVersion --go --track2 --go-sdk-folder=$root --output-folder=$outputFolder --file-prefix="zz_generated_" --clear-output-folder=false $autorestPath
+        if ($removeAutorestFile) {
+            Remove-Item $autorestPath
+        }
     }
     if (!$_.skipBuild) {
         Write-Host "##[command]Executing go build -v ./... in " $_.path
diff --git a/eng/scripts/meta_generation.ps1 b/eng/scripts/meta_generation.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8b9e55753bd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eng/scripts/meta_generation.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+function ShouldGenerate-AutorestConfig([string]$autorestPath) {
+    $metaPath = $autorestPath.Replace("autorest.md", "_meta.json")
+    return !(Test-Path $autorestPath -PathType Leaf) -and (Test-Path $metaPath -PathType Leaf)
+}
+
+function Generate-AutorestConfig([string]$autorestPath) {
+    $metaPath = $autorestPath.Replace("autorest.md", "_meta.json")
+    $meta = Get-Content $metaPath | ConvertFrom-Json
+    $readme = "https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/blob/" + $meta.commit + $meta.readme.Split("/azure-rest-api-specs")[1];
+
+    $contents = @'
+### AutoRest Configuration
+> see https://aka.ms/autorest
+``` yaml
+tag: {0}
+require:
+- {1}
+```
+'@;
+    $contents -f $meta.tag, $readme | Out-File -FilePath $autorestPath
+}
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