diff --git a/src/blacksim/blacksimfreefunctions.cpp b/src/blacksim/blacksimfreefunctions.cpp
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+#include "blacksimfreefunctions.h"
+#include "fscommon/aircraftcfgentrieslist.h"
+#include "fscommon/aircraftmappinglist.h"
+
+namespace BlackSim
+{
+
+    void registerMetadata()
+    {
+        BlackSim::FsCommon::CAircraftCfgEntries::registerMetadata();
+        BlackSim::FsCommon::CAircraftMapping::registerMetadata();
+        BlackSim::FsCommon::CAircraftCfgEntriesList::registerMetadata();
+        BlackSim::FsCommon::CAircraftMappingList::registerMetadata();
+    }
+
+} // namespace
diff --git a/src/blacksim/blacksimfreefunctions.h b/src/blacksim/blacksimfreefunctions.h
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+/*  Copyright (C) 2013 VATSIM Community / contributors
+ *  This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ *  License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ *  file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#ifndef BLACKSIM_FREEFUNCTIONS_H
+#define BLACKSIM_FREEFUNCTIONS_H
+
+/*!
+ * Free functions in BlackSim
+ */
+namespace BlackSim
+{
+    /*!
+     * \brief Register all relevant metadata in BlackMisc
+     */
+    void registerMetadata();
+
+} // BlackSim
+
+#endif // guard