diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetch9front/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetch9front/default.nix
index 677fee1decd77..f6fa6d29236e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetch9front/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetch9front/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ lib.makeOverridable (
       passthru = {
         inherit gitRepoUrl;
       };
-    }) // passthruAttrs // { inherit name; };
+    })
+    // passthruAttrs
+    // { inherit name; }
+    // { meta.repository = [ gitRepoUrl ]; };
   in
 
   fetcher fetcherArgs // { inherit rev; }
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchbitbucket/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchbitbucket/default.nix
index 2f9103f2bb3e0..c21fdd24c77a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchbitbucket/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchbitbucket/default.nix
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ lib.makeOverridable (
   inherit name;
   url = "https://bitbucket.org/${owner}/${repo}/get/${rev}.tar.gz";
   meta.homepage = "https://bitbucket.org/${owner}/${repo}/";
+  meta.repository = [ "https://bitbucket.org/${owner}/${repo}/" ];
 } // removeAttrs args [ "owner" "repo" "rev" ]) // { inherit rev; }
 )
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchbzr/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchbzr/default.nix
index b7db9e9274da3..94eed7c6eea39 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchbzr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchbzr/default.nix
@@ -12,4 +12,6 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
   outputHash = sha256;
 
   inherit url rev;
+
+  meta.repository = [ url ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchcvs/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchcvs/default.nix
index 43a10c3aa5529..5acb1855f3ce4 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchcvs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchcvs/default.nix
@@ -18,5 +18,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
   outputHash = sha256;
 
   inherit cvsRoot module sha256 tag date;
+
+  meta.repository = [ cvsRoot ];
 }
 )
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchdarcs/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchdarcs/default.nix
index 6073efec28159..722c1154418c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchdarcs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchdarcs/default.nix
@@ -17,5 +17,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
   outputHash = sha256;
 
   inherit url rev context name;
+
+  meta.repository = [ url ];
 }
 )
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchfossil/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchfossil/default.nix
index 3f3bf69db0477..36f4cccac15bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchfossil/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchfossil/default.nix
@@ -30,4 +30,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   inherit url rev;
   preferLocalBuild = true;
+
+  meta.repository = [ url ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix
index 66bb3b7c09ffc..184c49c3318fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix
@@ -101,10 +101,14 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
   ];
 
 
-  inherit preferLocalBuild meta allowedRequisites;
+  inherit preferLocalBuild allowedRequisites;
 
   passthru = {
     gitRepoUrl = url;
   };
+
+  meta = {
+    repository = [ url ];
+  } // meta;
 }
 )
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgithub/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgithub/default.nix
index 4ce3c6e84d768..eab1904e3dd6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgithub/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgithub/default.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ let
   baseUrl = "https://${githubBase}/${owner}/${repo}";
   newMeta = meta // {
     homepage = meta.homepage or baseUrl;
+    repository = meta.repository or [ baseUrl ];
   } // lib.optionalAttrs (position != null) {
     # to indicate where derivation originates, similar to make-derivation.nix's mkDerivation
     position = "${position.file}:${toString position.line}";
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgitiles/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgitiles/default.nix
index be81c6e8a4c21..4e4e34ac3886b 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgitiles/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgitiles/default.nix
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ fetchzip ({
   url = "${url}/+archive/${rev}.tar.gz";
   stripRoot = false;
   meta.homepage = url;
+  meta.repository = [ url ];
 } // removeAttrs args [ "url" "rev" ]) // { inherit rev; }
 )
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgitlab/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgitlab/default.nix
index 749883f2365eb..33d7614b55598 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgitlab/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgitlab/default.nix
@@ -32,5 +32,8 @@ let
   }) // passthruAttrs // { inherit name; };
 in
 
-fetcher fetcherArgs // { meta.homepage = "${protocol}://${domain}/${slug}/"; inherit rev owner repo; }
-)
+fetcher fetcherArgs // {
+  meta.homepage = "${protocol}://${domain}/${slug}/";
+  meta.repository = [ gitRepoUrl ];
+  inherit rev owner repo;
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchhg/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchhg/default.nix
index 6af886bf09344..ec022413b59f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchhg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchhg/default.nix
@@ -31,4 +31,6 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
 
   inherit url rev;
   inherit preferLocalBuild;
+
+  meta.repository = [ url ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchpijul/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchpijul/default.nix
index fd41cfa55355c..992f3009a03af 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchpijul/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchpijul/default.nix
@@ -55,5 +55,7 @@ else
     inherit url change state channel;
 
     impureEnvVars = lib.fetchers.proxyImpureEnvVars;
+
+    meta.repository = [ url ];
   }
 )
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchrepoorcz/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchrepoorcz/default.nix
index 3ac7cace0dcf7..ecb851cf05d46 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchrepoorcz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchrepoorcz/default.nix
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@
   inherit name;
   url = "https://repo.or.cz/${repo}.git/snapshot/${rev}.tar.gz";
   meta.homepage = "https://repo.or.cz/${repo}.git/";
+  meta.repository = [ "https://repo.or.cz/${repo}.git/" ];
 } // removeAttrs args [ "repo" "rev" ]) // { inherit rev; }
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchsavannah/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchsavannah/default.nix
index e75e25fc1e70b..66a740dd74b4a 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchsavannah/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchsavannah/default.nix
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ lib.makeOverridable (
   inherit name;
   url = "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/${repo}.git/snapshot/${repo}-${rev}.tar.gz";
   meta.homepage = "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/${repo}.git/";
+  meta.repository = [ "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/${repo}.git/" ];
 } // removeAttrs args [ "repo" "rev" ]) // { inherit rev; }
 )
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchsourcehut/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchsourcehut/default.nix
index 42d437b3555e6..2692bb1e40c73 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchsourcehut/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchsourcehut/default.nix
@@ -58,5 +58,6 @@ let
 in cases.${fetcher}.fetch cases.${fetcher}.arguments // {
   inherit rev;
   meta.homepage = "${baseUrl}";
+  meta.repository = [ "${baseUrl}" ];
 }
 )
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchsvn/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchsvn/default.nix
index 41752eb55a7a8..efb15f81388cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchsvn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchsvn/default.nix
@@ -56,4 +56,6 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
 
   impureEnvVars = lib.fetchers.proxyImpureEnvVars;
   inherit preferLocalBuild;
+
+  meta.repository = [ url ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix
index 502343f01fb32..03c0488151e32 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix
@@ -318,6 +318,10 @@ let
       (listOf licenseType)
       licenseType
     ];
+    repository = union [
+      (listOf str)
+      str
+    ];
     sourceProvenance = listOf attrs;
     maintainers = listOf (attrsOf any); # TODO use the maintainer type from lib/tests/maintainer-module.nix
     priority = int;
@@ -461,6 +465,10 @@ let
       # Let's have a clean always accessible version here.
       name = attrs.name or "${attrs.pname}-${attrs.version}";
 
+      # `repository` shall default to an empty list
+
+      repository = attrs.repository or [];
+
       # If the packager hasn't specified `outputsToInstall`, choose a default,
       # which is the name of `p.bin or p.out or p` along with `p.man` when
       # present.