diff --git a/compiler/crates/relay-compiler/tests/compile_relay_artifacts/fixtures/required-bubbles-to-client-edge.expected b/compiler/crates/relay-compiler/tests/compile_relay_artifacts/fixtures/required-bubbles-to-client-edge.expected
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c5e40cfa35ec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/crates/relay-compiler/tests/compile_relay_artifacts/fixtures/required-bubbles-to-client-edge.expected
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+==================================== INPUT ====================================
+fragment requiredBubblesToClientEdge_user on User {
+  best_friend {
+    # This will bubble nullability to the parent which is a client edge.
+    # Under the hood that adds a metadata directive to that node, which
+    # this test is designed to assert is allowed.
+    name @required(action: NONE)
+  }
+}
+
+# %extensions%
+
+type ClientUser {
+  name: String
+}
+
+extend type User {
+  best_friend: ClientUser @relay_resolver(import_path: "BestFriendResolver")
+}
+==================================== OUTPUT ===================================
+{
+  "argumentDefinitions": [],
+  "kind": "Fragment",
+  "metadata": {
+    "hasClientEdges": true
+  },
+  "name": "requiredBubblesToClientEdge_user",
+  "selections": [
+    {
+      "kind": "ClientEdgeToClientObject",
+      "concreteType": "ClientUser",
+      "backingField": {
+        "alias": null,
+        "args": null,
+        "fragment": null,
+        "kind": "RelayResolver",
+        "name": "best_friend",
+        "resolverModule": require('BestFriendResolver'),
+        "path": "best_friend"
+      },
+      "linkedField": {
+        "alias": null,
+        "args": null,
+        "concreteType": "ClientUser",
+        "kind": "LinkedField",
+        "name": "best_friend",
+        "plural": false,
+        "selections": [
+          {
+            "kind": "RequiredField",
+            "field": {
+              "alias": null,
+              "args": null,
+              "kind": "ScalarField",
+              "name": "name",
+              "storageKey": null
+            },
+            "action": "NONE",
+            "path": "best_friend.name"
+          }
+        ],
+        "storageKey": null
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "type": "User",
+  "abstractKey": null
+}
diff --git a/compiler/crates/relay-compiler/tests/compile_relay_artifacts/fixtures/required-bubbles-to-client-edge.graphql b/compiler/crates/relay-compiler/tests/compile_relay_artifacts/fixtures/required-bubbles-to-client-edge.graphql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..39f2e15373915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/crates/relay-compiler/tests/compile_relay_artifacts/fixtures/required-bubbles-to-client-edge.graphql
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+fragment requiredBubblesToClientEdge_user on User {
+  best_friend {
+    # This will bubble nullability to the parent which is a client edge.
+    # Under the hood that adds a metadata directive to that node, which
+    # this test is designed to assert is allowed.
+    name @required(action: NONE)
+  }
+}
+
+# %extensions%
+
+type ClientUser {
+  name: String
+}
+
+extend type User {
+  best_friend: ClientUser @relay_resolver(import_path: "BestFriendResolver")
+}
diff --git a/compiler/crates/relay-compiler/tests/compile_relay_artifacts_test.rs b/compiler/crates/relay-compiler/tests/compile_relay_artifacts_test.rs
index c58dc2d637fbf..6669a2d726067 100644
--- a/compiler/crates/relay-compiler/tests/compile_relay_artifacts_test.rs
+++ b/compiler/crates/relay-compiler/tests/compile_relay_artifacts_test.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  *
- * @generated SignedSource<<2a17651ff486f00579270758059a000e>>
+ * @generated SignedSource<<4c83edb5a97709b48ab136e569a1bc3e>>
  */
 
 mod compile_relay_artifacts;
@@ -1244,6 +1244,13 @@ fn required_argument_not_passed_other_args_invalid() {
     test_fixture(transform_fixture, "required_argument_not_passed_other_args.invalid.graphql", "compile_relay_artifacts/fixtures/required_argument_not_passed_other_args.invalid.expected", input, expected);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn required_bubbles_to_client_edge() {
+    let input = include_str!("compile_relay_artifacts/fixtures/required-bubbles-to-client-edge.graphql");
+    let expected = include_str!("compile_relay_artifacts/fixtures/required-bubbles-to-client-edge.expected");
+    test_fixture(transform_fixture, "required-bubbles-to-client-edge.graphql", "compile_relay_artifacts/fixtures/required-bubbles-to-client-edge.expected", input, expected);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn required_directive() {
     let input = include_str!("compile_relay_artifacts/fixtures/required-directive.graphql");
diff --git a/compiler/crates/relay-transforms/src/client_edges.rs b/compiler/crates/relay-transforms/src/client_edges.rs
index bb3086129651e..a38759dfc9be4 100644
--- a/compiler/crates/relay-transforms/src/client_edges.rs
+++ b/compiler/crates/relay-transforms/src/client_edges.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ use crate::refetchable_fragment::REFETCHABLE_NAME;
 use crate::relay_resolvers::get_bool_argument_is_true;
 use crate::RequiredMetadataDirective;
 use crate::ValidationMessage;
+use crate::CHILDREN_CAN_BUBBLE_METADATA_KEY;
 use crate::REQUIRED_DIRECTIVE_NAME;
 
 lazy_static! {
@@ -319,6 +320,7 @@ impl<'program, 'sc> ClientEdgesTransform<'program, 'sc> {
         let allowed_directive_names = [
             *CLIENT_EDGE_WATERFALL_DIRECTIVE_NAME,
             *REQUIRED_DIRECTIVE_NAME,
+            *CHILDREN_CAN_BUBBLE_METADATA_KEY,
             RequiredMetadataDirective::directive_name(),
         ];
 
diff --git a/compiler/crates/relay-transforms/src/relay_resolvers.rs b/compiler/crates/relay-transforms/src/relay_resolvers.rs
index ff266716b4082..745f144065b2d 100644
--- a/compiler/crates/relay-transforms/src/relay_resolvers.rs
+++ b/compiler/crates/relay-transforms/src/relay_resolvers.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ use crate::generate_relay_resolvers_operations_for_nested_objects::generate_name
 use crate::ClientEdgeMetadata;
 use crate::FragmentAliasMetadata;
 use crate::RequiredMetadataDirective;
+use crate::CHILDREN_CAN_BUBBLE_METADATA_KEY;
 use crate::CLIENT_EDGE_WATERFALL_DIRECTIVE_NAME;
 use crate::REQUIRED_DIRECTIVE_NAME;
 
@@ -408,6 +409,7 @@ impl<'program> RelayResolverFieldTransform<'program> {
                             // For now, only @required and @waterfall are allowed on Resolver fields.
                             directive.name.item != RequiredMetadataDirective::directive_name()
                                 && directive.name.item != *REQUIRED_DIRECTIVE_NAME
+                                && directive.name.item != *CHILDREN_CAN_BUBBLE_METADATA_KEY
                                 && directive.name.item != *CLIENT_EDGE_WATERFALL_DIRECTIVE_NAME
                         });
                     if let Some(directive) = non_required_directives.next() {