diff --git a/src/sagemaker/workflow/airflow.py b/src/sagemaker/workflow/airflow.py
index 8663cc59c1..6d663bad94 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/workflow/airflow.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker/workflow/airflow.py
@@ -236,6 +236,9 @@ def training_config(estimator, inputs=None, job_name=None, mini_batch_size=None)
     if estimator.tags is not None:
         train_config["Tags"] = estimator.tags
 
+    if estimator.metric_definitions is not None:
+        train_config["AlgorithmSpecification"]["MetricDefinitions"] = estimator.metric_definitions
+
     return train_config
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_airflow.py b/tests/unit/test_airflow.py
index b878069c59..835929e750 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_airflow.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_airflow.py
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ def test_framework_training_config_all_args(ecr_prefix, sagemaker_session):
         tags=[{"{{ key }}": "{{ value }}"}],
         subnets=["{{ subnet }}"],
         security_group_ids=["{{ security_group_ids }}"],
+        metric_definitions=[{"Name": "{{ name }}", "Regex": "{{ regex }}"}],
         sagemaker_session=sagemaker_session,
     )
 
@@ -294,6 +295,7 @@ def test_framework_training_config_all_args(ecr_prefix, sagemaker_session):
         "AlgorithmSpecification": {
             "TrainingImage": "520713654638.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/sagemaker-tensorflow:1.10.0-cpu-py2",
             "TrainingInputMode": "Pipe",
+            "MetricDefinitions": [{"Name": "{{ name }}", "Regex": "{{ regex }}"}],
         },
         "OutputDataConfig": {
             "S3OutputPath": "{{ output_path }}",