diff --git a/builder/file/artifact.go b/builder/file/artifact.go
index 6854fa11214..1a7442370d0 100644
--- a/builder/file/artifact.go
+++ b/builder/file/artifact.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type FileArtifact struct {
+	source   string
 	filename string
 }
 
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ func (a *FileArtifact) State(name string) interface{} {
 		img, err := registryimage.FromArtifact(a,
 			registryimage.WithID(path.Base(a.filename)),
 			registryimage.WithRegion(path.Dir(a.filename)),
+			registryimage.WithSourceID(a.source),
 		)
 
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/builder/file/builder.go b/builder/file/builder.go
index 08a991b7996..82ddd095951 100644
--- a/builder/file/builder.go
+++ b/builder/file/builder.go
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ctx context.Context, ui packersdk.Ui, hook packersdk.Hook)
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		ui.Say(fmt.Sprintf("Copied %d bytes", bytes))
+
+		artifact.source = b.config.Source
 		artifact.filename = target.Name()
 	} else {
 		// We're going to write Contents; if it's empty we'll just create an
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ctx context.Context, ui packersdk.Ui, hook packersdk.Hook)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
+		artifact.source = "<no-defined-source-file>"
 		artifact.filename = b.config.Target
 	}