Copy Metadata from Entities to ViewModels in Automapper 5

Question

In my MVC application I use Autofac IoC container together with Automapper. It gives me an opportunity to implement custom ViewModels.

The main question: How can I copy Metadata from Entities to ViewModels using Automapper 5.1.1?

I tried to implement Bettys solution, but I can't correctly register new providers using this approach.

Code is also presented below:

ModelMetadataProviders.Current = new MetadataProvider(
AutoMapper.Mapper.Engine.ConfigurationProvider);

ModelValidatorProviders.Providers.Add(new ValidatorProvider(
AutoMapper.Mapper.Engine.ConfigurationProvider);

or

ModelMetadataProviders.Current = new MetadataProvider(
(AutoMapper.IConfigurationProvider)AutoMapper.Mapper.Configuration);

ModelValidatorProviders.Providers.Add(new ValidatorProvider(
(AutoMapper.IConfigurationProvider)AutoMapper.Mapper.Configuration));

There is no property like Mapper.Engine.

When I implement a second approach, I got invalid operation exception:

Additional information: Mapper not initialized. Call Initialize with appropriate configuration. If you are trying to use mapper instances through a container or otherwise, make sure you do not have any calls to the static Mapper.Map methods, and if you're using ProjectTo or UseAsDataSource extension methods, make sure you pass in the appropriate IConfigurationProvider instance.

So, how should I initialize AutoMapper.Mapper.Configuration?

Thank you in advance for your time and help.

Or maybe there is another, better way to map metadata with viewmodels?