diff --git a/packages/@n8n/nodes-langchain/nodes/vector_store/shared/createVectorStoreNode.ts b/packages/@n8n/nodes-langchain/nodes/vector_store/shared/createVectorStoreNode.ts
index 74c78417b3..2661559af1 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/nodes-langchain/nodes/vector_store/shared/createVectorStoreNode.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/nodes-langchain/nodes/vector_store/shared/createVectorStoreNode.ts
@@ -405,6 +405,11 @@ export const createVectorStoreNode = (args: VectorStoreNodeConstructorArgs) =>
 				const toolDescription = this.getNodeParameter('toolDescription', itemIndex) as string;
 				const toolName = this.getNodeParameter('toolName', itemIndex) as string;
 				const topK = this.getNodeParameter('topK', itemIndex, 4) as number;
+				const includeDocumentMetadata = this.getNodeParameter(
+					'includeDocumentMetadata',
+					itemIndex,
+					false,
+				) as boolean;
 
 				const vectorStoreTool = new DynamicTool({
 					name: toolName,
@@ -426,11 +431,11 @@ export const createVectorStoreNode = (args: VectorStoreNodeConstructorArgs) =>
 
 						return documents
 							.map((document) => {
-								// Tools can only return a string or array of objects with type text
-								// todo return concatenated strings instead? Or just without metadata?
-								// return { type: 'text', text: document[0].pageContent };
-								// todo with metadata?
-								return { type: 'text', text: JSON.stringify(document[0]) };
+								if (includeDocumentMetadata) {
+									return { type: 'text', text: JSON.stringify(document[0]) };
+								}
+
+								return { type: 'text', text: document[0].pageContent };
 							})
 							.filter((document) => !!document);
 					},
diff --git a/packages/workflow/src/NodeHelpers.ts b/packages/workflow/src/NodeHelpers.ts
index 698444d771..92a9e7dd7f 100644
--- a/packages/workflow/src/NodeHelpers.ts
+++ b/packages/workflow/src/NodeHelpers.ts
@@ -400,6 +400,18 @@ export function convertNodeToAiTool<
 				default: 'auto',
 			};
 
+			if (isVectorStore) {
+				const metadataProp: INodeProperties = {
+					displayName: 'Include metadata',
+					name: 'includeDocumentMetadata',
+					type: 'boolean',
+					default: false,
+					description: 'Whether or not to include document metadata',
+				};
+
+				item.description.properties.unshift(metadataProp);
+			}
+
 			const descProp: INodeProperties = {
 				displayName: 'Description',
 				name: 'toolDescription',