diff -u b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/query/Sql.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/query/Sql.php
--- b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/query/Sql.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/query/Sql.php
@@ -1378,9 +1378,10 @@
       }
 
       if (isset($base_table_data['table']['base']['query metadata'])) {
-        foreach ($base_table_data['table']['base']['query metadata'] as $key => $value)
-        $query->addMetaData($key, $value);
-        $count_query->addMetaData($key, $value);
+        foreach ($base_table_data['table']['base']['query metadata'] as $key => $value) {
+          $query->addMetaData($key, $value);
+          $count_query->addMetaData($key, $value);
+        }
       }
     }
 
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/Plugin/SqlQueryTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\views\Tests\Plugin\SqlQueryTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\views\Tests\Plugin;
+
+use Drupal\views\Tests\ViewUnitTestBase;
+use Drupal\views\Views;
+
+/**
+ * Tests the sql query plugin.
+ *
+ * @see \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\query\Sql
+ */
+class SqlQueryTest extends ViewUnitTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * Views used by this test.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  public static $testViews = array('test_view');
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public static function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => 'Sql query',
+      'description' => 'Tests the sql query plugin',
+      'group' => 'Views Plugins'
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function viewsData() {
+    $data = parent::viewsData();
+    $data['views_test_data']['table']['base']['access query tag'] = 'test_tag';
+    $data['views_test_data']['table']['base']['query metadata'] = array('key1' => 'test_metadata', 'key2' => 'test_metadata2');
+
+    return $data;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests the execute method.
+   */
+  public function testExecute() {
+    $this->doTestExecuteMetadata();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests adding some metadata/tags to the views query.
+   */
+  protected function doTestExecuteMetadata() {
+    $view = Views::getView('test_view');
+    $view->setDisplay();
+
+    $view->initQuery();
+    $view->execute();
+    /** @var \Drupal\Core\Database\Query\Select $query */
+    $main_query = $view->build_info['query'];
+    /** @var \Drupal\Core\Database\Query\Select $count_query */
+    $count_query = $view->build_info['count_query'];
+
+    foreach (array($main_query, $count_query) as $query) {
+      // Check query access tags.
+      $this->assertTrue($query->hasTag('test_tag'));
+
+      // Check metadata.
+      $this->assertEqual($query->getMetaData('key1'), 'test_metadata');
+      $this->assertEqual($query->getMetaData('key2'), 'test_metadata2');
+    }
+
+    $query_options = $view->display_handler->getOption('query');
+    $query_options['options']['disable_sql_rewrite'] = TRUE;
+    $view->display_handler->setOption('query', $query_options);
+    $view->save();
+    $view->destroy();
+
+    $view = Views::getView('test_view');
+    $view->setDisplay();
+    $view->initQuery();
+    $view->execute();
+    /** @var \Drupal\Core\Database\Query\Select $query */
+    $main_query = $view->build_info['query'];
+    /** @var \Drupal\Core\Database\Query\Select $count_query */
+    $count_query = $view->build_info['count_query'];
+
+    foreach (array($main_query, $count_query) as $query) {
+      // Check query access tags.
+      $this->assertFalse($query->hasTag('test_tag'));
+
+      // Check metadata.
+      $this->assertIdentical($query->getMetaData('key1'), NULL);
+      $this->assertIdentical($query->getMetaData('key2'), NULL);
+    }
+  }
+
+}