diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discovery/src/main/java/io/fabric8/spring/cloud/discovery/KubernetesServiceInstance.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discovery/src/main/java/io/fabric8/spring/cloud/discovery/KubernetesServiceInstance.java
index 62e82afb..95dfe36c 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discovery/src/main/java/io/fabric8/spring/cloud/discovery/KubernetesServiceInstance.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discovery/src/main/java/io/fabric8/spring/cloud/discovery/KubernetesServiceInstance.java
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ import org.springframework.cloud.client.ServiceInstance;
 
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import static io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.utils.Utils.isNotNullOrEmpty;
 import static io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.utils.Utils.isNullOrEmpty;
@@ -95,4 +98,8 @@ public class KubernetesServiceInstance implements ServiceInstance {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
     }
+
+    public Map<String, String> getMetadata() {
+        return Collections.EMPTY_MAP;
+    }
 }