diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7af5152e..53f47565 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 xbps-0.37 (???):
 
+ * A new object is now recorded in the pkgdb to see the origin repository of
+   which a package was installed from, i.e:
+
+	$ xbps-query --property=repository-origin pkg
+	...
+	$
+
  * xbps-remove(8): the -n,--dry-run option does not acquire the pkgdb file lock
    anymore, so that any user can use this mode even without write permission to
    the target pkgdb.
diff --git a/lib/package_register.c b/lib/package_register.c
index 6dee6003..19d66204 100644
--- a/lib/package_register.c
+++ b/lib/package_register.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ xbps_register_pkg(struct xbps_handle *xhp, xbps_dictionary_t pkgrd)
 	char outstr[64];
 	time_t t;
 	struct tm *tmp;
-	const char *desc, *pkgver;
+	const char *desc, *pkgver, *repo;
 	char *pkgname = NULL, *buf, *sha256;
 	int rv = 0;
 	bool autoinst = false;
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ xbps_register_pkg(struct xbps_handle *xhp, xbps_dictionary_t pkgrd)
 
 	xbps_dictionary_get_cstring_nocopy(pkgrd, "pkgver", &pkgver);
 	xbps_dictionary_get_cstring_nocopy(pkgrd, "short_desc", &desc);
+	xbps_dictionary_get_cstring_nocopy(pkgrd, "repository", &repo);
 	xbps_dictionary_get_bool(pkgrd, "automatic-install", &autoinst);
 	provides = xbps_dictionary_get(pkgrd, "provides");
 	rundeps = xbps_dictionary_get(pkgrd, "run_depends");
@@ -118,6 +119,12 @@ xbps_register_pkg(struct xbps_handle *xhp, xbps_dictionary_t pkgrd)
 		rv = EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
+	/* Save the repository origin which was used to install the pkg from */
+	if (!xbps_dictionary_set_cstring(pkgd, "repository-origin", repo)) {
+		xbps_dbg_printf(xhp, "%s: repository-origin set failed!\n", pkgver);
+		rv = EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Create a hash for the pkg's metafile.