diff --git a/examples/models/llama2/runner/runner.cpp b/examples/models/llama2/runner/runner.cpp
index cd5346bacda..3a0a4025417 100644
--- a/examples/models/llama2/runner/runner.cpp
+++ b/examples/models/llama2/runner/runner.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <executorch/extension/llm/tokenizer/bpe_tokenizer.h>
 #endif /* ET_USE_TIKTOKEN*/
 #include <executorch/extension/evalue_util/print_evalue.h>
+#include <executorch/extension/module/metadata_util.h>
 #include <executorch/extension/runner_util/managed_tensor.h>
 
 #include <ctime>
@@ -66,13 +67,17 @@ Error Runner::load() {
   const auto method_names = module_->method_names();
   ET_CHECK_MSG(method_names.ok(), "Failed to read method names from model");
   model_methods_ = method_names.get();
-  n_bos_ = getMetadataHelper<int64_t>("get_n_bos", 1);
-  n_eos_ = getMetadataHelper<int64_t>("get_n_eos", 1);
-  max_seq_len_ = getMetadataHelper<int64_t>("get_max_seq_len", 128);
-  use_kv_cache_ = getMetadataHelper("use_kv_cache", true);
-  use_sdpa_with_kv_cache_ = getMetadataHelper("use_sdpa_with_kv_cache", false);
-  append_eos_ = getMetadataHelper("append_eos_to_prompt", false);
-  enable_parallel_prefill_ = getMetadataHelper("enable_dynamic_shape", false);
+  n_bos_ = get_module_metadata<int64_t>(module_.get(), "get_n_bos", 1);
+  n_eos_ = get_module_metadata<int64_t>(module_.get(), "get_n_eos", 1);
+  max_seq_len_ =
+      get_module_metadata<int64_t>(module_.get(), "get_max_seq_len", 128);
+  use_kv_cache_ = get_module_metadata(module_.get(), "use_kv_cache", true);
+  use_sdpa_with_kv_cache_ =
+      get_module_metadata(module_.get(), "use_sdpa_with_kv_cache", false);
+  append_eos_ =
+      get_module_metadata(module_.get(), "append_eos_to_prompt", false);
+  enable_parallel_prefill_ =
+      get_module_metadata(module_.get(), "enable_dynamic_shape", false);
 
   // Load tokenizer
 #if ET_USE_TIKTOKEN
@@ -82,10 +87,12 @@ Error Runner::load() {
 #endif
   tokenizer_->load(tokenizer_path_);
 
-  vocab_size_ =
-      getMetadataHelper<int64_t>("get_vocab_size", tokenizer_->vocab_size());
-  bos_id_ = getMetadataHelper<int64_t>("get_bos_id", tokenizer_->bos_tok());
-  eos_id_ = getMetadataHelper<int64_t>("get_eos_id", tokenizer_->eos_tok());
+  vocab_size_ = get_module_metadata<int64_t>(
+      module_.get(), "get_vocab_size", tokenizer_->vocab_size());
+  bos_id_ = get_module_metadata<int64_t>(
+      module_.get(), "get_bos_id", tokenizer_->bos_tok());
+  eos_id_ = get_module_metadata<int64_t>(
+      module_.get(), "get_eos_id", tokenizer_->eos_tok());
 
   // Create sampler
   sampler_ = std::make_unique<Sampler>(
@@ -97,28 +104,6 @@ Error Runner::load() {
   return Error::Ok;
 }
 
-template <typename T>
-T Runner::getMetadataHelper(const std::string& method_name, T default_val) {
-  T res = default_val;
-  if (model_methods_.count(method_name)) {
-    Result<std::vector<EValue>> outputs = module_->execute(method_name);
-    if (outputs.ok()) {
-      std::vector<EValue> outs = outputs.get();
-      if (outs.size() > 0) {
-        res = outs[0].to<T>();
-      }
-    }
-  } else {
-    ET_LOG(
-        Info,
-        "The model does not contain %s method, using default value %lld",
-        method_name.c_str(),
-        (long long)default_val);
-  }
-  ET_LOG(Info, "%s: %lld", method_name.c_str(), (long long)res);
-  return res;
-}
-
 int32_t Runner::logitsToToken(const exec_aten::Tensor& logits_tensor) {
   ET_CHECK_MSG(logits_tensor.dim() == 3, "Logits tensor must be 3D");
   auto num_tokens = logits_tensor.size(1);
@@ -485,12 +470,4 @@ Error Runner::generate(
 void Runner::stop() {
   shouldStop_ = true;
 }
-
-// explicit instantiation of template methods
-template int64_t Runner::getMetadataHelper<int64_t>(
-    const std::string& method_name,
-    int64_t default_val);
-template bool Runner::getMetadataHelper<bool>(
-    const std::string& method_name,
-    bool default_val);
 } // namespace torch::executor
diff --git a/examples/models/llama2/runner/runner.h b/examples/models/llama2/runner/runner.h
index 407527531df..7e2cb612189 100644
--- a/examples/models/llama2/runner/runner.h
+++ b/examples/models/llama2/runner/runner.h
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ class Runner {
   void stop();
 
  private:
-  // metadata
-  template <typename T>
-  T getMetadataHelper(const std::string& method_name, T default_val);
   int32_t logitsToToken(const exec_aten::Tensor& logits_tensor);
   Result<torch::executor::Tensor> prefill(
       const std::vector<uint64_t>& tokens,
diff --git a/extension/module/metadata_util.h b/extension/module/metadata_util.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4ea2d9eebd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extension/module/metadata_util.h
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Constant metadata can be serialized in .pte files, this helper enables
+ * easy access to the metadata.
+ */
+#pragma once
+
+#include <executorch/extension/module/module.h>
+
+namespace torch::executor {
+template <typename T>
+T get_module_metadata(
+    Module* module,
+    const std::string& method_name,
+    T default_val) {
+  const auto method_names = module->method_names();
+  ET_CHECK_MSG(method_names.ok(), "Failed to read method names from model");
+  auto model_methods = method_names.get();
+
+  T res = default_val;
+  if (model_methods.count(method_name)) {
+    Result<std::vector<EValue>> outputs = module->execute(method_name);
+    if (outputs.ok()) {
+      std::vector<EValue> outs = outputs.get();
+      if (outs.size() > 0) {
+        res = outs[0].to<T>();
+      }
+    }
+  } else {
+    ET_LOG(
+        Info,
+        "The model does not contain %s method, using default value %lld",
+        method_name.c_str(),
+        (long long)default_val);
+  }
+  ET_LOG(Info, "%s: %lld", method_name.c_str(), (long long)res);
+  return res;
+}
+} // namespace torch::executor
diff --git a/extension/module/targets.bzl b/extension/module/targets.bzl
index 61251047dc8..07020b03a88 100644
--- a/extension/module/targets.bzl
+++ b/extension/module/targets.bzl
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ def define_common_targets():
             ],
             exported_headers = [
                 "module.h",
+                "metadata_util.h",
             ],
             visibility = [
                 "@EXECUTORCH_CLIENTS",