diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Database/LocalRestoreDatabase.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Database/LocalRestoreDatabase.cs
index a800a6d6d..e2f268f23 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Database/LocalRestoreDatabase.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Database/LocalRestoreDatabase.cs
@@ -975,6 +975,22 @@ ORDER BY ""A"".""TargetPath"", ""BB"".""Index""");
                 yield return new FileRequest(rd.ConvertValueToInt64(0), rd.ConvertValueToString(1), rd.ConvertValueToString(2), rd.ConvertValueToString(3), rd.ConvertValueToInt64(4), rd.ConvertValueToInt64(5));
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns a list of folders to restore. Used to restore folder metadata.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>A list of folders to restore.</returns>
+        public IEnumerable<FileRequest> GetFolderMetadataToRestore()
+        {
+            using var cmd = m_connection.CreateCommand();
+            using var rd = cmd.ExecuteReader(FormatInvariant($@"
+                SELECT F.ID, '', F.TargetPath, '', 0, {FOLDER_BLOCKSET_ID}
+                FROM ""{m_tempfiletable}"" F
+                WHERE F.BlocksetID = {FOLDER_BLOCKSET_ID} AND F.MetadataID IS NOT NULL AND F.MetadataID >= 0"));
+
+            while (rd.Read())
+                yield return new FileRequest(rd.ConvertValueToInt64(0), rd.ConvertValueToString(1), rd.ConvertValueToString(2), rd.ConvertValueToString(3), rd.ConvertValueToInt64(4), rd.ConvertValueToInt64(5));
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns a list of blocks and their volume IDs. Used by the <see cref="BlockManager"/> to keep track of blocks and volumes to automatically evict them from the respective caches.
         /// </summary>
@@ -996,7 +1012,6 @@ ORDER BY ""A"".""TargetPath"", ""BB"".""Index""");
                 INNER JOIN ""Metadataset"" ON ""{m_tempfiletable}"".""MetadataID"" = ""Metadataset"".""ID""
                 INNER JOIN ""BlocksetEntry"" ON ""Metadataset"".""BlocksetID"" = ""BlocksetEntry"".""BlocksetID""
                 INNER JOIN ""Block"" ON ""BlocksetEntry"".""BlockID"" = ""Block"".""ID""
-                WHERE ""{m_tempfiletable}"".""BlocksetID"" IS NOT {FOLDER_BLOCKSET_ID}
             ")));
             while (reader.Read())
                 yield return (reader.ConvertValueToInt64(0), reader.ConvertValueToInt64(1));
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/Restore/FileLister.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/Restore/FileLister.cs
index 23571662f..0da993f88 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/Restore/FileLister.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/Restore/FileLister.cs
@@ -71,7 +71,14 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Restore
                     sw_write?.Start();
                     foreach (var file in files)
                         await self.Output.WriteAsync(file).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                    sw_write?.Stop();
+
+                    if (!options.SkipMetadata)
+                    {
+                        var folders = db.GetFolderMetadataToRestore().ToArray();
+
+                        foreach (var folder in folders)
+                            await self.Output.WriteAsync(folder).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    }
                 }
                 catch (Exception ex)
                 {
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/Restore/FileProcessor.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/Restore/FileProcessor.cs
index 7ef1b1fe0..f84244ec6 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/Restore/FileProcessor.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/Restore/FileProcessor.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using CoCoL;
 using Duplicati.Library.Common.IO;
@@ -48,6 +49,10 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Restore
         /// The log tag for this class.
         /// </summary>
         private static readonly string LOGTAG = Logging.Log.LogTagFromType<FileProcessor>();
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The number of file processors that are still restoring files. It is set by the <see cref="RestoreHandler"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static int file_processors_restoring_files;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Runs the file processor process that restores the files that need to be restored.
@@ -84,6 +89,9 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Restore
                 Stopwatch sw_work_results = options.InternalProfiling ? new() : null;
                 Stopwatch sw_work_meta = options.InternalProfiling ? new() : null;
 
+                // Indicates whether this FileProcessor is still restoring files
+                var decremented = false;
+
                 try
                 {
                     using var filehasher = HashFactory.CreateHasher(options.FileHashAlgorithm);
@@ -97,6 +105,20 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Restore
                         var file = await self.Input.ReadAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
                         sw_file?.Stop();
 
+                        if (file.BlocksetID == LocalDatabase.FOLDER_BLOCKSET_ID && !options.SkipMetadata)
+                        {
+                            // Check if there are other FileProcessor's still restoring files
+                            if (!decremented)
+                            {
+                                await RendesvouzBeforeProcessingFolderMetadata();
+                                decremented = true;
+                            }
+
+                            await RestoreMetadata(db, file, block_request, block_response, options, sw_meta, sw_work_meta, sw_req, sw_resp);
+
+                            continue;
+                        }
+
                         // Get information about the blocks for the file
                         // TODO rather than keeping all of the blocks in memory, we could do a single pass over the blocks using a cursor, only keeping the relevant block requests in memory. Maybe even only a single block request at a time.
                         sw_block?.Start();
@@ -436,6 +458,9 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Restore
                 }
                 finally
                 {
+                    if (!decremented)
+                        Interlocked.Decrement(ref file_processors_restoring_files);
+
                     block_request.Retire();
                     block_response.Retire();
                 }
@@ -523,6 +548,20 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.Restore
             return newname;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Rendesvouz with the other FileProcessor's before processing folder metadata.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>An awaitable task that completes once all of the FileProcessor's have rendezvoused.</returns>
+        private static async Task RendesvouzBeforeProcessingFolderMetadata()
+        {
+            Interlocked.Decrement(ref file_processors_restoring_files);
+
+            while (file_processors_restoring_files > 0)
+            {
+                await Task.CompletedTask.ConfigureAwait(ConfigureAwaitOptions.ForceYielding);
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Restores the metadata for a file.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/RestoreHandler.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/RestoreHandler.cs
index d68e29d4b..df2499bbb 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/RestoreHandler.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/RestoreHandler.cs
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation
             // Create the process network
             Restore.Channels channels = new();
             var filelister = Restore.FileLister.Run(channels, database, m_options, m_result);
+            Restore.FileProcessor.file_processors_restoring_files = m_options.RestoreFileProcessors;
             var fileprocessors = Enumerable.Range(0, m_options.RestoreFileProcessors).Select(i => Restore.FileProcessor.Run(channels, database, fileprocessor_requests[i], fileprocessor_responses[i], m_options, m_result)).ToArray();
             var blockmanager = Restore.BlockManager.Run(channels, database, m_options, fileprocessor_requests, fileprocessor_responses);
             var volumecache = Restore.VolumeManager.Run(channels, m_options);