src/Controller/EntityResource.php                  | 11 +++++++---
 src/JsonApiResource/JsonApiDocumentTopLevel.php    | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++--
 .../JsonApiDocumentTopLevelNormalizer.php          |  6 ++----
 .../JsonApiDocumentTopLevelNormalizerValue.php     | 22 ++++++++++----------
 4 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Controller/EntityResource.php b/src/Controller/EntityResource.php
index 87a0c84..189e9a6 100644
--- a/src/Controller/EntityResource.php
+++ b/src/Controller/EntityResource.php
@@ -794,13 +794,15 @@ class EntityResource {
    *   An array of response headers.
    * @param \Drupal\Core\Url[]|string[] $links
    *   The URLs to which to link. A 'self' link is added automatically.
+   * @param array $meta
+   *   (optional) The top-level metadata.
    *
    * @return \Drupal\jsonapi\ResourceResponse
    *   The response.
    */
-  protected function buildWrappedResponse($data, $response_code = 200, array $headers = [], array $links = []) {
+  protected function buildWrappedResponse($data, $response_code = 200, array $headers = [], array $links = [], array $meta = []) {
     $links['self'] = $this->linkManager->getRequestLink(\Drupal::request());
-    return new ResourceResponse(new JsonApiDocumentTopLevel($data, $links), $response_code, $headers);
+    return new ResourceResponse(new JsonApiDocumentTopLevel($data, $links, $meta), $response_code, $headers);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -821,8 +823,11 @@ class EntityResource {
         ? $entity_collection->getTotalCount()
         : FALSE,
     ];
+    $meta = $link_context['total_count'] === FALSE
+      ? []
+      : ['count' => $link_context['total_count']];
     $collection_links = $this->linkManager->getPagerLinks(\Drupal::request(), $link_context);
-    $response = $this->buildWrappedResponse($entity_collection, 200, [], $collection_links);
+    $response = $this->buildWrappedResponse($entity_collection, 200, [], $collection_links, $meta);
 
     // When a new change to any entity in the resource happens, we cannot ensure
     // the validity of this cached list. Add the list tag to deal with that.
diff --git a/src/JsonApiResource/JsonApiDocumentTopLevel.php b/src/JsonApiResource/JsonApiDocumentTopLevel.php
index 049e755..72560d2 100644
--- a/src/JsonApiResource/JsonApiDocumentTopLevel.php
+++ b/src/JsonApiResource/JsonApiDocumentTopLevel.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use Drupal\Core\Url;
  *
  * @internal
  *
- * @todo Add the missing required members: 'error' and 'meta' or document why not.
+ * @todo Add the missing required members: 'error' or document why not.
  * @todo Add support for the missing optional members: 'jsonapi' and 'included' or document why not.
  */
 class JsonApiDocumentTopLevel {
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ class JsonApiDocumentTopLevel {
   protected $data;
 
   /**
+   * The metadata to normalize.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  protected $meta;
+
+  /**
    * The links. Keys are link relation types.
    *
    * @var array|\Drupal\Core\Url[]|string[]
@@ -40,8 +47,10 @@ class JsonApiDocumentTopLevel {
    * @param \Drupal\Core\Url[]|string[] $links
    *   The URLs to which the top-level document should link. Keys are link
    *   relation types. Values are URLs.
+   * @param array $meta
+   *   (optional) The metadata to normalize.
    */
-  public function __construct($data, array $links) {
+  public function __construct($data, array $links, array $meta = []) {
     assert(empty(array_diff(array_keys($links), [
       'self',
       'first',
@@ -56,6 +65,7 @@ class JsonApiDocumentTopLevel {
 
     $this->data = $data;
     $this->links = $links;
+    $this->meta = $meta;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -78,4 +88,14 @@ class JsonApiDocumentTopLevel {
     return $this->links;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Gets the metadata.
+   *
+   * @return array
+   *   The metadata.
+   */
+  public function getMeta() {
+    return $this->meta;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/Normalizer/JsonApiDocumentTopLevelNormalizer.php b/src/Normalizer/JsonApiDocumentTopLevelNormalizer.php
index 9d5cf89..ad0976b 100644
--- a/src/Normalizer/JsonApiDocumentTopLevelNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Normalizer/JsonApiDocumentTopLevelNormalizer.php
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class JsonApiDocumentTopLevelNormalizer extends NormalizerBase implements Denorm
       $normalizer_values = [
         $this->serializer->normalize($data, $format, $context),
       ];
-      return new JsonApiDocumentTopLevelNormalizerValue($normalizer_values, [], FALSE);
+      return new JsonApiDocumentTopLevelNormalizerValue($normalizer_values, [], FALSE, $object->getMeta());
     }
     $is_collection = $data instanceof EntityCollection;
     // To improve the logical workflow deal with an array at all times.
@@ -184,9 +184,7 @@ class JsonApiDocumentTopLevelNormalizer extends NormalizerBase implements Denorm
       return $serializer->normalize($entity, $format, $context);
     }, $entities);
 
-    $total_count = $is_collection && $context['resource_type']->includeCount() ? $data->getTotalCount() : FALSE;
-
-    return new JsonApiDocumentTopLevelNormalizerValue($normalizer_values, $object->getLinks(), $is_collection, $total_count);
+    return new JsonApiDocumentTopLevelNormalizerValue($normalizer_values, $object->getLinks(), $is_collection, $object->getMeta());
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/Normalizer/Value/JsonApiDocumentTopLevelNormalizerValue.php b/src/Normalizer/Value/JsonApiDocumentTopLevelNormalizerValue.php
index 3bfdc4b..f148ad6 100644
--- a/src/Normalizer/Value/JsonApiDocumentTopLevelNormalizerValue.php
+++ b/src/Normalizer/Value/JsonApiDocumentTopLevelNormalizerValue.php
@@ -47,9 +47,11 @@ class JsonApiDocumentTopLevelNormalizerValue implements ValueExtractorInterface,
   protected $isCollection;
 
   /**
-   * @var int
+   * The metadata.
+   *
+   * @var array
    */
-  protected $totalCount;
+  protected $meta;
 
   /**
    * Instantiates a JsonApiDocumentTopLevelNormalizerValue object.
@@ -61,12 +63,10 @@ class JsonApiDocumentTopLevelNormalizerValue implements ValueExtractorInterface,
    *   The URLs to which to link.
    * @param bool $is_collection
    *   TRUE if this is a serialization for a list.
-   * @param int $total_count
-   *   (optional) A total count of resources available in a collection without
-   *   respect for access control.
+   * @param array $meta
+   *   (optional) The metadata to normalize.
    */
-  public function __construct(array $values, array $links, $is_collection = FALSE, $total_count = FALSE) {
-    assert($total_count === FALSE || $is_collection, 'Only collection documents can contain result counts.');
+  public function __construct(array $values, array $links, $is_collection = FALSE, array $meta = []) {
     $this->values = $values;
     array_walk($values, [$this, 'addCacheableDependency']);
     // Make sure that different sparse fieldsets are cached differently.
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ class JsonApiDocumentTopLevelNormalizerValue implements ValueExtractorInterface,
     }, $links));
     $this->links = $links;
 
+    $this->meta = $meta;
+
     // Get an array of arrays of includes.
     $this->includes = array_map(function ($value) {
       return $value->getIncludes();
@@ -102,7 +104,6 @@ class JsonApiDocumentTopLevelNormalizerValue implements ValueExtractorInterface,
     }, []);
     // Filter the empty values.
     $this->includes = array_filter($this->includes);
-    $this->totalCount = $total_count;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -120,9 +121,8 @@ class JsonApiDocumentTopLevelNormalizerValue implements ValueExtractorInterface,
       ],
       'links' => $this->links,
     ];
-
-    if ($this->totalCount !== FALSE) {
-      $rasterized['meta']['count'] = $this->totalCount;
+    if (!empty($this->meta)) {
+      $rasterized['meta'] = $this->meta;
     }
 
     foreach ($this->values as $normalizer_value) {