diff --git a/doc/redirects.json b/doc/redirects.json
index 1230b6460b548..72b46ad9aba20 100644
--- a/doc/redirects.json
+++ b/doc/redirects.json
@@ -231,6 +231,9 @@
   "sec-meta-identifiers-cpe": [
     "index.html#sec-meta-identifiers-cpe"
   ],
+  "sec-meta-identifiers-purl": [
+    "index.html#sec-meta-identifiers-purl"
+  ],
   "sec-modify-via-packageOverrides": [
     "index.html#sec-modify-via-packageOverrides"
   ],
@@ -643,6 +646,15 @@
   "var-meta-identifiers-possibleCPEs": [
     "index.html#var-meta-identifiers-possibleCPEs"
   ],
+  "var-meta-identifiers-purl": [
+    "index.html#var-meta-identifiers-purl"
+  ],
+  "var-meta-identifiers-purlParts": [
+    "index.html#var-meta-identifiers-purlParts"
+  ],
+  "var-meta-identifiers-purls": [
+    "index.html#var-meta-identifiers-purls"
+  ],
   "var-meta-teams": [
     "index.html#var-meta-teams"
   ],
diff --git a/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md b/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
index 018554743449d..93c5143f9679f 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@
 
 <!-- To avoid merge conflicts, consider adding your item at an arbitrary place in the list instead. -->
 
+- Metadata identifier purl (Package URL, https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec) has been added for fetchgit, fetchpypi and fetchFromGithub fetchers and mkDerivation has been adjusted to reuse these informations. Package URL's enables a reliable identification and locatization of software packages. Maintainers of derivations using the adopted fetchers should rely on the `drv.src.meta.identifiers.v1.purl` default identifier and can enhance their `drv.meta.identifiers.v1.purls` list once they would like to have additional identifiers. Maintainers using fetchurl for `drv.src` are urged to adopt their `drv.meta.identifiers.purlParts` for proper identification.
+
 - Added `rewriteURL` attribute to the nixpkgs `config`, to allow for rewriting the URLs downloaded by `fetchurl`.
 
 - The `dockerTools.streamLayeredImage` builder now uses a better algorithm for generating layered docker images, such that much more sharing is possible when the number of store paths exceeds the layer limit. It gives each of the largest store paths its own layer and adds dependencies to those layers when they aren't used elsewhere.
diff --git a/doc/stdenv/meta.chapter.md b/doc/stdenv/meta.chapter.md
index 947009869ff15..55727bb84b8b3 100644
--- a/doc/stdenv/meta.chapter.md
+++ b/doc/stdenv/meta.chapter.md
@@ -319,3 +319,22 @@ A readonly attribute that concatenates all CPE parts in one string.
 #### `meta.identifiers.possibleCPEs` {#var-meta-identifiers-possibleCPEs}
 
 A readonly attribute containing the list of guesses for what CPE for this package can look like. It includes all variants of version handling mentioned above. Each item is an attrset with attributes `cpeParts` and `cpe` for each guess.
+
+### Package URL {#sec-meta-identifiers-purl}
+
+[Package-URL](https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec) (PURL) is a specification to reliably identify and locate software packages. Through identification of software packages, additional (non-major) use cases are e.g. software license cross-verification via third party databases or initial vulnerability response management. Package URL's default to the mkDerivation.src, as the original consumed software package is the single point of truth.
+
+#### `meta.identifiers.purlParts` {#var-meta-identifiers-purlParts}
+
+This attribute contains an attribute set of all parts of the PURL for this package.
+
+* `type` mandatory [type](https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec/blob/18fd3e395dda53c00bc8b11fe481666dc7b3807a/docs/standard/summary.md) which needs to be provided
+* `spec` specify the PURL in accordance with the [purl-spec](https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec/blob/18fd3e395dda53c00bc8b11fe481666dc7b3807a/purl-specification.md)
+
+#### `meta.identifiers.purl` {#var-meta-identifiers-purl}
+
+An extendable attribute which is built based on purlParts. It is the main identifier, consumers should consider using the PURL's list interface to be prepared for edge cases.
+
+#### `meta.identifiers.purls` {#var-meta-identifiers-purls}
+
+An extendable attribute list which defaults to a single element equal to the main PURL. It provides an interface for additional identifiers of mkDerivation.src and / or vendored dependencies inside mkDerivation.src, which maintainers can conciously decide to use on top. Identifiers different to the default src identifier are not recommended by default as they might cause maintenance overhead or may diverge (e.g. differences between source distribution pkg:github and binary distribution like pkg:pypi).
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix
index b2f5f15a309da..05abacef8d803 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix
@@ -185,7 +185,18 @@ lib.makeOverridable (
             "FETCHGIT_HTTP_PROXIES"
           ];
 
-        inherit preferLocalBuild meta allowedRequisites;
+        inherit preferLocalBuild allowedRequisites;
+
+        meta = meta // {
+          identifiers = {
+            purlParts = {
+              type = "generic";
+              # https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec/blob/18fd3e395dda53c00bc8b11fe481666dc7b3807a/types-doc/generic-definition.md
+              spec = "${name}?vcs_url=${url}@${(lib.revOrTag rev tag)}";
+            };
+          }
+          // meta.identifiers or { };
+        };
 
         passthru = {
           gitRepoUrl = url;
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgithub/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgithub/default.nix
index 2b3ab060418af..a19a0a5a3cab8 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgithub/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgithub/default.nix
@@ -46,11 +46,28 @@ lib.makeOverridable (
       meta
       // {
         homepage = meta.homepage or baseUrl;
+        identifiers = {
+          purlParts =
+            if githubBase == "github.com" then
+              {
+                type = "github";
+                # https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec/blob/18fd3e395dda53c00bc8b11fe481666dc7b3807a/types-doc/github-definition.md
+                spec = "${owner}/${repo}@${(lib.revOrTag rev tag)}";
+              }
+            else
+              {
+                type = "generic";
+                # https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec/blob/18fd3e395dda53c00bc8b11fe481666dc7b3807a/types-doc/generic-definition.md
+                spec = "${repo}?vcs_url=https://${githubBase}/${owner}/${repo}@${(lib.revOrTag rev tag)}";
+              };
+        }
+        // meta.identifiers or { };
       }
       // lib.optionalAttrs (position != null) {
         # to indicate where derivation originates, similar to make-derivation.nix's mkDerivation
         position = "${position.file}:${toString position.line}";
       };
+
     passthruAttrs = removeAttrs args [
       "owner"
       "repo"
@@ -153,12 +170,12 @@ lib.makeOverridable (
       // passthruAttrs
       // {
         inherit name;
+        meta = newMeta;
       };
   in
 
   fetcher fetcherArgs
   // {
-    meta = newMeta;
     inherit owner repo tag;
     rev = revWithTag;
   }
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchpypi/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchpypi/default.nix
index cb7e443ab7eff..7510582ccf58b 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchpypi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchpypi/default.nix
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ makeOverridable (
     format ? "setuptools",
     sha256 ? "",
     hash ? "",
+    pname,
+    version,
     ...
   }@attrs:
   let
@@ -60,8 +62,20 @@ makeOverridable (
         "hash"
       ]
     );
+    meta = {
+      identifiers.purlParts = {
+        type = "pypi";
+        # https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec/blob/18fd3e395dda53c00bc8b11fe481666dc7b3807a/types-doc/pypi-definition.md
+        spec = "${pname}@${version}";
+      };
+    };
   in
   fetchurl {
-    inherit url sha256 hash;
+    inherit
+      url
+      sha256
+      hash
+      meta
+      ;
   }
 )
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/jq/jq/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/jq/jq/package.nix
index b2a0941a79fe4..5ad75de67faf0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/jq/jq/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/jq/jq/package.nix
@@ -134,5 +134,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
     mainProgram = "jq";
+    identifiers.purlParts = {
+      type = "github";
+      spec = "jqlang/jq@jq-${finalAttrs.version}";
+    };
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/po/popt/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/po/popt/package.nix
index eb9e4f3685ed4..c40e17228f54a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/po/popt/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/po/popt/package.nix
@@ -49,5 +49,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ qyliss ];
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
+    identifiers.purlParts = {
+      type = "github";
+      spec = "rpm-software-management/popt@popt-${version}-release";
+    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/gem/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/gem/default.nix
index 0e3c1c4187f2a..7ea5a32d70cc2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/gem/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/gem/default.nix
@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@ lib.makeOverridable (
               attrs.source.remotes or [ "https://rubygems.org" ]
             );
             inherit (attrs.source) sha256;
+            meta = {
+              identifiers.purlParts = {
+                type = "gem";
+                # https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec/blob/18fd3e395dda53c00bc8b11fe481666dc7b3807a/types-doc/gem-definition.md
+                spec = "${gemName}@${version}?platform=${platform}";
+              };
+            };
           }
         else if type == "git" then
           fetchgit {
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix
index d8f519b0f1851..da0e8f4bb182a 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ let
     toList
     isList
     elem
+    flatten
+    filter
     ;
 
   inherit (lib.meta)
@@ -299,7 +301,7 @@ let
     let
       expectedOutputs = attrs.meta.outputsToInstall or [ ];
       actualOutputs = attrs.outputs or [ "out" ];
-      missingOutputs = builtins.filter (output: !builtins.elem output actualOutputs) expectedOutputs;
+      missingOutputs = filter (output: !builtins.elem output actualOutputs) expectedOutputs;
     in
     ''
       The package ${getNameWithVersion attrs} has set meta.outputsToInstall to: ${builtins.concatStringsSep ", " expectedOutputs}
@@ -475,7 +477,7 @@ let
     let
       expectedOutputs = attrs.meta.outputsToInstall or [ ];
       actualOutputs = attrs.outputs or [ "out" ];
-      missingOutputs = builtins.filter (output: !builtins.elem output actualOutputs) expectedOutputs;
+      missingOutputs = filter (output: !builtins.elem output actualOutputs) expectedOutputs;
     in
     if config.checkMeta then builtins.length missingOutputs > 0 else false;
 
@@ -710,14 +712,54 @@ let
                   cpe = makeCPE guessedParts;
                 }
               ) possibleCPEPartsFuns;
+
+          purlParts = attrs.meta.identifiers.purlParts or { };
+          purlPartsFormatted =
+            if purlParts ? type && purlParts ? spec then "pkg:${purlParts.type}/${purlParts.spec}" else null;
+
+          # search for a PURL in the following order:
+          purl =
+            # 1) locally set through API
+            if purlPartsFormatted != null then
+              purlPartsFormatted
+            else
+              # 2) locally overwritten through meta.identifiers.purl
+              (attrs.src.meta.identifiers.purl or null);
+
+          # search for a PURL in the following order:
+          purls =
+            # 1) locally overwritten through meta.identifiers.purls (e.g. extension of list)
+            attrs.meta.identifiers.purls or (
+              # 2) locally set through API
+              if purlPartsFormatted != null then
+                [ purlPartsFormatted ]
+              else
+                # 3) src.meta.PURL
+                (attrs.src.meta.identifiers.purls or (
+                  # 4) srcs.meta.PURL
+                  if !attrs ? srcs then
+                    [ ]
+                  else if isList attrs.srcs then
+                    concatMap (drv: drv.meta.identifiers.purls or [ ]) attrs.srcs
+                  else
+                    attrs.srcs.meta.identifiers.purls or [ ]
+                )
+                )
+            );
+
           v1 = {
-            inherit cpeParts possibleCPEs;
+            inherit
+              cpeParts
+              possibleCPEs
+              purls
+              ;
             ${if cpe != null then "cpe" else null} = cpe;
+            ${if purl != null then "purl" else null} = purl;
           };
         in
         v1
         // {
-          inherit v1;
+          inherit v1 purlParts;
         };
 
       # Expose the result of the checks for everyone to see.