diff --git a/britney2/__init__.py b/britney2/__init__.py
index 15a8df2..6f678e3 100644
--- a/britney2/__init__.py
+++ b/britney2/__init__.py
@@ -240,10 +240,10 @@ class Suites(object):
 class SourcePackage(object):
 
     __slots__ = ['source', 'version', 'section', 'binaries', 'maintainer', 'is_fakesrc', 'build_deps_arch',
-                 'build_deps_indep', 'testsuite', 'testsuite_triggers']
+                 'build_deps_indep', 'testsuite', 'testsuite_triggers', 'component']
 
     def __init__(self, source, version, section, binaries, maintainer, is_fakesrc, build_deps_arch,
-                 build_deps_indep, testsuite, testsuite_triggers):
+                 build_deps_indep, testsuite, testsuite_triggers, component):
         self.source = source
         self.version = version
         self.section = section
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ class SourcePackage(object):
         self.build_deps_indep = build_deps_indep
         self.testsuite = testsuite
         self.testsuite_triggers = testsuite_triggers
+        self.component = component
 
     def __getitem__(self, item):
         return getattr(self, self.__slots__[item])
@@ -313,4 +314,5 @@ BinaryPackage = namedtuple('BinaryPackage', [
     'is_essential',
     'pkg_id',
     'builtusing',
+    'component'
 ])
diff --git a/britney2/inputs/suiteloader.py b/britney2/inputs/suiteloader.py
index f075800..78e3646 100644
--- a/britney2/inputs/suiteloader.py
+++ b/britney2/inputs/suiteloader.py
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class DebMirrorLikeSuiteContentLoader(SuiteContentLoader):
                 filename = os.path.join(basedir, component, "source", "Sources")
                 filename = possibly_compressed(filename)
                 self.logger.info("Loading source packages from %s", filename)
-                read_sources_file(filename, sources)
+                read_sources_file(filename, sources, component=component)
         else:
             filename = os.path.join(basedir, "Sources")
             self.logger.info("Loading source packages from %s", filename)
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class DebMirrorLikeSuiteContentLoader(SuiteContentLoader):
         """
         return separator.join(filter(None, (get_field(x) for x in field_names))) or None
 
-    def _read_packages_file(self, filename, arch, srcdist, packages=None, intern=sys.intern):
+    def _read_packages_file(self, filename, arch, srcdist, packages=None, intern=sys.intern, component=None):
         self.logger.info("Loading binary packages from %s", filename)
 
         if packages is None:
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ class DebMirrorLikeSuiteContentLoader(SuiteContentLoader):
                                  ess,
                                  pkg_id,
                                  builtusing,
+                                 component,
                                  )
 
             # if the source package is available in the distribution, then register this binary package
@@ -399,7 +400,17 @@ class DebMirrorLikeSuiteContentLoader(SuiteContentLoader):
                     srcdist[source].binaries.add(pkg_id)
             # if the source package doesn't exist, create a fake one
             else:
-                srcdist[source] = SourcePackage(source, source_version, 'faux', {pkg_id}, None, True, None, None, [], [])
+                srcdist[source] = SourcePackage(source,
+                                                source_version,
+                                                'faux',
+                                                {pkg_id},
+                                                None,
+                                                True,
+                                                None,
+                                                None,
+                                                [],
+                                                [],
+                                                component)
 
             # add the resulting dictionary to the package list
             packages[pkg] = dpkg
@@ -469,11 +480,13 @@ class DebMirrorLikeSuiteContentLoader(SuiteContentLoader):
                     self._read_packages_file(filename,
                                              arch,
                                              suite.sources,
-                                             packages)
+                                             packages,
+                                             component=component)
                     self._read_packages_file(udeb_filename,
                                              arch,
                                              suite.sources,
-                                             packages)
+                                             packages,
+                                             component=component)
                 # create provides
                 provides = create_provides_map(packages)
                 binaries[arch] = packages
diff --git a/britney2/utils.py b/britney2/utils.py
index 4526f71..96f7654 100644
--- a/britney2/utils.py
+++ b/britney2/utils.py
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ def read_release_file(suite_dir):
     return result
 
 
-def read_sources_file(filename, sources=None, intern=sys.intern):
+def read_sources_file(filename, sources=None, intern=sys.intern, component=None):
     """Parse a single Sources file into a hash
 
     Parse a single Sources file into a dict mapping a source package
@@ -585,6 +585,7 @@ def read_sources_file(filename, sources=None, intern=sys.intern):
                                              build_deps_indep,
                                              get_field('Testsuite', '').split(),
                                              get_field('Testsuite-Triggers', '').replace(',', '').split(),
+                                             component,
                                              )
     return sources
 
diff --git a/tests/test_policy.py b/tests/test_policy.py
index b5b9796..00af280 100644
--- a/tests/test_policy.py
+++ b/tests/test_policy.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def create_excuse(name, pkgs):
 def create_source_package(name, version, section='devel', binaries=None):
     if binaries is None:
         binaries = set()
-    return SourcePackage(name, version, section, binaries, 'Random tester', False, None, None, ['autopkgtest'], [])
+    return SourcePackage(name, version, section, binaries, 'Random tester', False, None, None, ['autopkgtest'], [], 'fake-component')
 
 
 def create_bin_package(pkg_id, source_name=None, depends=None, conflicts=None):
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ def create_bin_package(pkg_id, source_name=None, depends=None, conflicts=None):
         False,
         pkg_id,
         [],
+        'fake-component'
         )