diff --git a/odata/metadata.py b/odata/metadata.py
index 6cc85b3..dcbce09 100644
--- a/odata/metadata.py
+++ b/odata/metadata.py
@@ -37,10 +37,11 @@ class MetaData(object):
         'Edm.Guid': UUIDProperty,
     }
 
-    def __init__(self, service):
+    def __init__(self, service, metadata_local_file_path=None):
         self.url = service.url + '$metadata/'
         self.connection = service.default_context.connection
         self.service = service
+        self.metadata_local_file_path = metadata_local_file_path
 
     def property_type_to_python(self, edm_type):
         return self.property_types.get(edm_type, StringProperty)
@@ -219,9 +220,15 @@ def get_entity_or_prop_from_type(typename):
         return base_class, entities, all_types
 
     def load_document(self):
-        self.log.info('Loading metadata document: {0}'.format(self.url))
-        response = self.connection._do_get(self.url)
-        return ET.fromstring(response.content)
+        if self.metadata_local_file_path:
+            self.log.info('Reading metadata document: {0}'.format(self.metadata_local_file_path))
+            with open(self.metadata_local_file_path, 'r') as metadata_file:
+                content = metadata_file.read()
+                return ET.fromstring(content)
+        else:
+            self.log.info('Loading metadata document: {0}'.format(self.url))
+            response = self.connection._do_get(self.url)
+            return ET.fromstring(response.content)
 
     def _parse_action(self, xmlq, action_element, schema_name):
         action = {
diff --git a/odata/service.py b/odata/service.py
index 6238462..1335c0d 100644
--- a/odata/service.py
+++ b/odata/service.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class ODataService(object):
     :param auth: Custom Requests auth object to use for credentials
     :raises ODataConnectionError: Fetching metadata failed. Server returned an HTTP error code
     """
-    def __init__(self, url, base=None, reflect_entities=False, session=None, auth=None):
+    def __init__(self, url, base=None, reflect_entities=False, session=None, auth=None, metadata_local_file_path=None):
         self.url = url
         self.metadata_url = ''
         self.collections = {}
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def __init__(self, url, base=None, reflect_entities=False, session=None, auth=No
         :type types: dict
         """
 
-        self.metadata = MetaData(self)
+        self.metadata = MetaData(self, metadata_local_file_path)
         self.Base = base or declarative_base()
         """
         Entity base class. Either a custom one given in init or a generated one. Can be used to define entities