diff --git a/src/cargo/core/package.rs b/src/cargo/core/package.rs
index 093c64d72d30..6ca94aaa5ca3 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/package.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/package.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ use crate::util::network::http::http_handle_and_timeout;
 use crate::util::network::http::HttpTimeout;
 use crate::util::network::retry::{Retry, RetryResult};
 use crate::util::network::sleep::SleepTracker;
+use crate::util::toml::TomlProfiles;
 use crate::util::{self, internal, Config, Progress, ProgressStyle};
 
 pub const MANIFEST_PREAMBLE: &str = "\
@@ -104,6 +105,8 @@ pub struct SerializedPackage {
     metabuild: Option<Vec<String>>,
     default_run: Option<String>,
     rust_version: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    profiles: Option<TomlProfiles>,
 }
 
 impl Package {
@@ -263,6 +266,7 @@ impl Package {
             publish: self.publish().as_ref().cloned(),
             default_run: self.manifest().default_run().map(|s| s.to_owned()),
             rust_version: self.rust_version().map(|s| s.to_owned()),
+            profiles: self.manifest().profiles().cloned(),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_output_metadata.rs b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_output_metadata.rs
index c0a63aa75a2c..9ef49af03b24 100644
--- a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_output_metadata.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_output_metadata.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ use crate::core::compiler::{CompileKind, RustcTargetData};
 use crate::core::dependency::DepKind;
 use crate::core::package::SerializedPackage;
 use crate::core::resolver::{features::CliFeatures, HasDevUnits, Resolve};
-use crate::core::{Package, PackageId, Workspace};
+use crate::core::{MaybePackage, Package, PackageId, Workspace};
 use crate::ops::{self, Packages};
 use crate::util::interning::InternedString;
+use crate::util::toml::TomlProfiles;
 use crate::util::CargoResult;
 use cargo_platform::Platform;
 use serde::Serialize;
@@ -40,6 +41,11 @@ pub fn output_metadata(ws: &Workspace<'_>, opt: &OutputMetadataOptions) -> Cargo
         (packages, Some(resolve))
     };
 
+    let workspace_profiles = match ws.root_maybe() {
+        MaybePackage::Virtual(vm) => vm.profiles().cloned(),
+        _ => None, // regular packages include the profile information under their package section
+    };
+
     Ok(ExportInfo {
         packages,
         workspace_members: ws.members().map(|pkg| pkg.package_id()).collect(),
@@ -49,6 +55,7 @@ pub fn output_metadata(ws: &Workspace<'_>, opt: &OutputMetadataOptions) -> Cargo
         version: VERSION,
         workspace_root: ws.root().to_path_buf(),
         metadata: ws.custom_metadata().cloned(),
+        workspace_profiles,
     })
 }
 
@@ -65,6 +72,8 @@ pub struct ExportInfo {
     version: u32,
     workspace_root: PathBuf,
     metadata: Option<toml::Value>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    workspace_profiles: Option<TomlProfiles>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize)]
diff --git a/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs b/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs
index 284c5dd35d15..013067934c73 100644
--- a/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs
@@ -564,25 +564,42 @@ impl Display for TomlDebugInfo {
 #[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Clone, Debug, Default, Eq, PartialEq)]
 #[serde(default, rename_all = "kebab-case")]
 pub struct TomlProfile {
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub opt_level: Option<TomlOptLevel>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub lto: Option<StringOrBool>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub codegen_backend: Option<InternedString>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub codegen_units: Option<u32>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub debug: Option<TomlDebugInfo>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub split_debuginfo: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub debug_assertions: Option<bool>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub rpath: Option<bool>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub panic: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub overflow_checks: Option<bool>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub incremental: Option<bool>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub dir_name: Option<InternedString>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub inherits: Option<InternedString>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub strip: Option<StringOrBool>,
     // Note that `rustflags` is used for the cargo-feature `profile_rustflags`
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub rustflags: Option<Vec<InternedString>>,
     // These two fields must be last because they are sub-tables, and TOML
     // requires all non-tables to be listed first.
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub package: Option<BTreeMap<ProfilePackageSpec, TomlProfile>>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub build_override: Option<Box<TomlProfile>>,
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/metadata.rs b/tests/testsuite/metadata.rs
index ac2cec39661e..e38fbfb1f956 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/metadata.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/metadata.rs
@@ -4248,3 +4248,242 @@ fn workspace_metadata_with_dependencies_no_deps_artifact() {
         )
         .run();
 }
+
+#[cargo_test]
+fn library_metadata_with_profiles() {
+    let p = project()
+        .file("src/lib.rs", "")
+        .file(
+            "Cargo.toml",
+            r#"
+[package]
+name = "foo"
+version = "0.5.0"
+
+[profile.release]
+strip = "symbols"
+
+[profile.custom-lto]
+lto = "thin"
+            "#,
+        )
+        .build();
+
+    p.cargo("metadata")
+        .with_json(
+            r#"
+    {
+        "packages": [
+            {
+                "authors": [],
+                "categories": [],
+                "default_run": null,
+                "name": "foo",
+                "readme": null,
+                "repository": null,
+                "homepage": null,
+                "documentation": null,
+                "version": "0.5.0",
+                "rust_version": null,
+                "id": "foo[..]",
+                "keywords": [],
+                "source": null,
+                "dependencies": [],
+                "edition": "2015",
+                "license": null,
+                "license_file": null,
+                "links": null,
+                "description": null,
+                "targets": [
+                    {
+                        "kind": [
+                            "lib"
+                        ],
+                        "crate_types": [
+                            "lib"
+                        ],
+                        "doc": true,
+                        "doctest": true,
+                        "test": true,
+                        "edition": "2015",
+                        "name": "foo",
+                        "src_path": "[..]/foo/src/lib.rs"
+                    }
+                ],
+                "features": {},
+                "manifest_path": "[..]Cargo.toml",
+                "metadata": null,
+                "publish": null,
+                "profiles": {
+                  "custom-lto": {
+                    "lto": "thin"
+                  },
+                  "release": {
+                    "strip": "symbols"
+                  }
+                }
+            }
+        ],
+        "workspace_members": ["foo 0.5.0 (path+file:[..]foo)"],
+        "workspace_default_members": ["foo 0.5.0 (path+file:[..]foo)"],
+        "resolve": {
+            "nodes": [
+                {
+                    "dependencies": [],
+                    "deps": [],
+                    "features": [],
+                    "id": "foo 0.5.0 (path+file:[..]foo)"
+                }
+            ],
+            "root": "foo 0.5.0 (path+file:[..]foo)"
+        },
+        "target_directory": "[..]foo/target",
+        "version": 1,
+        "workspace_root": "[..]/foo",
+        "metadata": null
+    }"#,
+        )
+        .run();
+}
+
+#[cargo_test]
+fn workspace_metadata_with_profiles() {
+    let p = project()
+        .file(
+            "Cargo.toml",
+            r#"
+                [workspace]
+                members = ["bar", "baz"]
+
+                [profile.release]
+                strip = "symbols"
+                
+                [profile.custom-lto]
+                lto = "thin"
+            "#,
+        )
+        .file("bar/Cargo.toml", &basic_lib_manifest("bar"))
+        .file("bar/src/lib.rs", "")
+        .file("baz/Cargo.toml", &basic_lib_manifest("baz"))
+        .file("baz/src/lib.rs", "")
+        .build();
+
+    p.cargo("metadata")
+        .with_json(
+            r#"
+    {
+        "packages": [
+            {
+                "authors": [
+                    "wycats@example.com"
+                ],
+                "categories": [],
+                "default_run": null,
+                "name": "bar",
+                "version": "0.5.0",
+                "id": "bar[..]",
+                "readme": null,
+                "repository": null,
+                "rust_version": null,
+                "homepage": null,
+                "documentation": null,
+                "keywords": [],
+                "source": null,
+                "dependencies": [],
+                "license": null,
+                "license_file": null,
+                "links": null,
+                "description": null,
+                "edition": "2015",
+                "targets": [
+                    {
+                        "kind": [ "lib" ],
+                        "crate_types": [ "lib" ],
+                        "doc": true,
+                        "doctest": true,
+                        "test": true,
+                        "edition": "2015",
+                        "name": "bar",
+                        "src_path": "[..]bar/src/lib.rs"
+                    }
+                ],
+                "features": {},
+                "manifest_path": "[..]bar/Cargo.toml",
+                "metadata": null,
+                "publish": null
+            },
+            {
+                "authors": [
+                    "wycats@example.com"
+                ],
+                "categories": [],
+                "default_run": null,
+                "name": "baz",
+                "readme": null,
+                "repository": null,
+                "rust_version": null,
+                "homepage": null,
+                "documentation": null,
+                "version": "0.5.0",
+                "id": "baz[..]",
+                "keywords": [],
+                "source": null,
+                "dependencies": [],
+                "license": null,
+                "license_file": null,
+                "links": null,
+                "description": null,
+                "edition": "2015",
+                "targets": [
+                    {
+                        "kind": [ "lib" ],
+                        "crate_types": [ "lib" ],
+                        "doc": true,
+                        "doctest": true,
+                        "test": true,
+                        "edition": "2015",
+                        "name": "baz",
+                        "src_path": "[..]baz/src/lib.rs"
+                    }
+                ],
+                "features": {},
+                "manifest_path": "[..]baz/Cargo.toml",
+                "metadata": null,
+                "publish": null
+            }
+        ],
+        "workspace_members": ["bar 0.5.0 (path+file:[..]bar)", "baz 0.5.0 (path+file:[..]baz)"],
+        "workspace_default_members": ["bar 0.5.0 (path+file:[..]bar)", "baz 0.5.0 (path+file:[..]baz)"],
+        "resolve": {
+            "nodes": [
+                {
+                    "dependencies": [],
+                    "deps": [],
+                    "features": [],
+                    "id": "bar 0.5.0 (path+file:[..]bar)"
+                },
+                {
+                    "dependencies": [],
+                    "deps": [],
+                    "features": [],
+                    "id": "baz 0.5.0 (path+file:[..]baz)"
+                }
+            ],
+            "root": null
+        },
+        "target_directory": "[..]foo/target",
+        "version": 1,
+        "workspace_root": "[..]/foo",
+        "metadata": null,
+        "workspace_profiles": {
+          "custom-lto": {
+            "lto": "thin"
+          },
+          "release": {
+            "strip": "symbols"
+          }
+        }
+    }"#,
+        )
+        .run();
+}
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/script.rs b/tests/testsuite/script.rs
index 0c0441d625af..663f5c3b72ae 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/script.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/script.rs
@@ -1061,7 +1061,12 @@ fn cmd_metadata_with_embedded() {
                 "features": {},
                 "manifest_path": "[..]script.rs",
                 "metadata": null,
-                "publish": []
+                "publish": [],
+                "profiles": {
+                    "release": {
+                      "strip": true
+                    }
+                }
             }
         ],
         "workspace_members": ["script 0.0.0 (path+file:[..]foo)"],
@@ -1136,7 +1141,12 @@ fn cmd_read_manifest_with_embedded() {
     "features":{},
     "manifest_path":"[..]script.rs",
     "metadata": null,
-    "publish": []
+    "publish": [],
+    "profiles": {
+        "release": {
+          "strip": true
+        }
+    }
 }"#,
         )
         .with_stderr(