diff --git a/component_catalog/admin.py b/component_catalog/admin.py
index 3e96cf22..edb32988 100644
--- a/component_catalog/admin.py
+++ b/component_catalog/admin.py
@@ -884,6 +884,7 @@ class PackageAdmin(
                     "parties",
                     "datasource_id",
                     "file_references",
+                    "package_content",
                 )
             },
         ),
diff --git a/component_catalog/api.py b/component_catalog/api.py
index b7054945..602624ea 100644
--- a/component_catalog/api.py
+++ b/component_catalog/api.py
@@ -687,6 +687,7 @@ class Meta:
             "parties",
             "datasource_id",
             "file_references",
+            "package_content",
             "external_references",
             "created_date",
             "last_modified_date",
diff --git a/component_catalog/forms.py b/component_catalog/forms.py
index eb824a0a..a586bdc7 100644
--- a/component_catalog/forms.py
+++ b/component_catalog/forms.py
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ class Meta:
             "version",
             "qualifiers",
             "subpath",
+            "package_content",
             "collect_data",
         ]
         widgets = {
@@ -407,7 +408,7 @@ def helper(self):
                 HTML("<hr>"),
                 Group("description", "keywords"),
                 Group("primary_language", "cpe"),
-                Group("size", "release_date"),
+                Group("package_content", "size", "release_date"),
                 Group("dependencies", "notes"),
                 HTML("<hr>"),
                 Group("homepage_url", "code_view_url"),
@@ -1183,6 +1184,7 @@ class Meta:
             "version",
             "qualifiers",
             "subpath",
+            "package_content",
         ]
 
 
diff --git a/component_catalog/migrations/0013_package_package_content.py b/component_catalog/migrations/0013_package_package_content.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ccf667de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/component_catalog/migrations/0013_package_package_content.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.8 on 2025-11-24 12:00
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('component_catalog', '0012_alter_component_children'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='package',
+            name='package_content',
+            field=models.IntegerField(blank=True, choices=[(1, 'curation'), (2, 'patch'), (3, 'source_repo'), (4, 'source_archive'), (5, 'binary'), (6, 'test'), (7, 'doc')], help_text='Content of this Package as one of: curation, patch, source_repo, source_archive, binary, test, doc', null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/component_catalog/models.py b/component_catalog/models.py
index e0a5f46a..5f72e942 100644
--- a/component_catalog/models.py
+++ b/component_catalog/models.py
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 from dejacode_toolkit.download import collect_package_data
 from dejacode_toolkit.purldb import PurlDB
 from dejacode_toolkit.purldb import pick_purldb_entry
+from dejacode_toolkit.purldb import pick_source_package
 from dejacode_toolkit.scancodeio import ScanCodeIO
 from dje import urn
 from dje.copier import post_copy
@@ -1653,6 +1654,44 @@ def __str__(self):
         return self.label
 
 
+class PackageContentFieldMixin(models.Model):
+    """
+    Field extracted from the `purldb.packagedb.models.Package` model.
+    It need to stay aligned with its upstream PurlDB implementation.
+    """
+
+    class PackageContentType(models.IntegerChoices):
+        CURATION = 1, "curation"
+        PATCH = 2, "patch"
+        SOURCE_REPO = 3, "source_repo"
+        SOURCE_ARCHIVE = 4, "source_archive"
+        BINARY = 5, "binary"
+        TEST = 6, "test"
+        DOC = 7, "doc"
+
+    package_content = models.IntegerField(
+        null=True,
+        blank=True,
+        choices=PackageContentType.choices,
+        help_text=_(
+            "Content of this Package as one of: {}".format(", ".join(PackageContentType.labels))
+        ),
+    )
+
+    class Meta:
+        abstract = True
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_package_content_value_from_label(cls, label):
+        """Convert a package_content string label to its integer value."""
+        if not label:
+            return None
+        try:
+            return cls.PackageContentType[label.upper()].value
+        except (KeyError, AttributeError):
+            return None
+
+
 PACKAGE_URL_FIELDS = ["type", "namespace", "name", "version", "qualifiers", "subpath"]
 
 
@@ -1792,6 +1831,7 @@ class Package(
     URLFieldsMixin,
     HashFieldsMixin,
     PackageURLMixin,
+    PackageContentFieldMixin,
     DataspacedModel,
 ):
     filename = models.CharField(
@@ -2496,7 +2536,7 @@ def create_from_url(cls, url, user):
             package_for_match = cls(download_url=download_url)
             package_for_match.set_package_url(package_url)
             purldb_entries = package_for_match.get_purldb_entries(user)
-            # Look for one ith the same exact purl in that case
+            # Look for one with the same exact purl in that case
             if purldb_data := pick_purldb_entry(purldb_entries, purl=url):
                 # The format from PurlDB is "2019-11-18T00:00:00Z" from DateTimeField
                 if release_date := purldb_data.get("release_date"):
@@ -2589,6 +2629,8 @@ def update_from_purldb(self, user):
 
         - Retrieves matching entries from PurlDB using the given user.
         - If exactly one match is found, its data is used directly.
+        - If multiple entries are found, leverage the package_content value when
+          available to select a "source" package.
         - If multiple entries are found, only values that are non-empty and
           common across all entries are merged and used to update the Package.
         """
@@ -2599,6 +2641,11 @@ def update_from_purldb(self, user):
         purldb_entries_count = len(purldb_entries)
         if purldb_entries_count == 1:
             package_data = purldb_entries[0]
+        elif source_package := pick_source_package(purldb_entries):
+            package_data = source_package
+            package_data["package_content"] = Package.get_package_content_value_from_label(
+                package_data["package_content"]
+            )
         else:
             package_data = merge_common_non_empty_values(purldb_entries)
 
@@ -2639,6 +2686,12 @@ def update_from_purldb(self, user):
             override=False,
             override_unknown=True,
         )
+
+        if updated_fields:
+            msg = f"Automatically updated {', '.join(updated_fields)} from PurlDB."
+            logger.debug(f"PurlDB: {msg}")
+            History.log_change(user, self, message=msg)
+
         return updated_fields
 
     def update_from_scan(self, user, update_products=False):
diff --git a/component_catalog/tests/test_models.py b/component_catalog/tests/test_models.py
index a97afe3e..899d5d5c 100644
--- a/component_catalog/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/component_catalog/tests/test_models.py
@@ -1366,6 +1366,7 @@ def test_component_catalog_models_get_exclude_candidates_fields(self):
                     "file_references",
                     "other_license_expression",
                     "parties",
+                    "package_content",
                 ],
             ),
         )
diff --git a/component_catalog/views.py b/component_catalog/views.py
index 00198a08..8e18d7be 100644
--- a/component_catalog/views.py
+++ b/component_catalog/views.py
@@ -1140,6 +1140,7 @@ class PackageDetailsView(
                 "parties",
                 "datasource_id",
                 "file_references",
+                "package_content",
             ],
         },
         "components": {
@@ -1293,6 +1294,7 @@ def tab_others(self):
             TabField("parties"),
             TabField("datasource_id"),
             TabField("file_references"),
+            TabField("package_content"),
         ]
 
         fields = self.get_tab_fields(tab_fields)
@@ -1930,6 +1932,12 @@ def get_initial(self):
         if purldb_entry := self.get_entry_from_purldb():
             # Duplicate the declared_license_expression as the "concluded" license_expression
             purldb_entry["license_expression"] = purldb_entry.get("declared_license_expression")
+
+            # Convert package_content string label to integer value
+            if content_label := purldb_entry.pop("package_content", None):
+                if content_value := Package.get_package_content_value_from_label(content_label):
+                    purldb_entry["package_content"] = content_value
+
             model_fields = [field.name for field in Package._meta.get_fields()]
             initial_from_purldb_entry = {
                 field_name: value
diff --git a/dejacode_toolkit/purldb.py b/dejacode_toolkit/purldb.py
index 0f63d7a2..83db1ab4 100644
--- a/dejacode_toolkit/purldb.py
+++ b/dejacode_toolkit/purldb.py
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ def get_package_by_purl(self, package_url):
 
     def find_packages(self, payload, timeout=None):
         """Get Packages details using provided `payload` filters on the PurlDB package list."""
+        payload.update({"sort": "package_content"})
+
         response = self.request_get(self.package_api_url, params=payload, timeout=timeout)
         if response and response.get("count") > 0:
             return response.get("results")
@@ -88,3 +90,17 @@ def pick_purldb_entry(purldb_entries, purl=None):
         matches = [entry for entry in purldb_entries if entry.get("purl") == purl]
         if len(matches) == 1:
             return matches[0]
+
+
+def pick_source_package(purldb_entries):
+    """Pick a source package from a list of PurlDB entries."""
+    if not purldb_entries:
+        return
+
+    if len(purldb_entries) == 1:
+        return purldb_entries[0]
+
+    for entry in purldb_entries:
+        package_content = entry.get("package_content")
+        if package_content and package_content.lower() == "source_archive":
+            return entry
diff --git a/dje/tests/testfiles/test_dataset_cc_only.json b/dje/tests/testfiles/test_dataset_cc_only.json
index b80388ec..cab86eff 100644
--- a/dje/tests/testfiles/test_dataset_cc_only.json
+++ b/dje/tests/testfiles/test_dataset_cc_only.json
@@ -292,12 +292,13 @@
     "vcs_url": "",
     "code_view_url": "",
     "bug_tracking_url": "",
+    "md5": "",
+    "sha1": "",
     "sha256": "",
     "sha512": "",
+    "package_content": null,
     "filename": "systemu-2.5.2.gem",
     "download_url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.s3.rubygems.org/gems/systemu-2.5.2.gem",
-    "sha1": "",
-    "md5": "",
     "size": null,
     "release_date": null,
     "primary_language": "",
diff --git a/dje/tests/testfiles/test_dataset_pp_only.json b/dje/tests/testfiles/test_dataset_pp_only.json
index 988add2d..264e1bff 100644
--- a/dje/tests/testfiles/test_dataset_pp_only.json
+++ b/dje/tests/testfiles/test_dataset_pp_only.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     "sha1": "",
     "sha256": "",
     "sha512": "",
+    "package_content": null,
     "filename": "systemu-2.5.2.gem",
     "download_url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.s3.rubygems.org/gems/systemu-2.5.2.gem",
     "size": null,