diff --git a/nomenclature/code.py b/nomenclature/code.py
index a02350ac..b936a18b 100644
--- a/nomenclature/code.py
+++ b/nomenclature/code.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class Code(BaseModel):
     description: str | None = None
     file: Union[str, Path] | None = None
     extra_attributes: Dict[str, Any] = {}
+    repository: str | None = None
 
     def __eq__(self, other) -> bool:
         return self.model_dump(exclude="file") == other.model_dump(exclude="file")
diff --git a/nomenclature/codelist.py b/nomenclature/codelist.py
index b26fea85..e2e1b40d 100644
--- a/nomenclature/codelist.py
+++ b/nomenclature/codelist.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def from_directory(
         cls,
         name: str,
         path: Path,
-        config: NomenclatureConfig = None,
+        config: NomenclatureConfig | None = None,
         file_glob_pattern: str = "**/*",
     ):
         """Initialize a CodeList from a directory with codelist files
@@ -200,9 +200,12 @@ def from_directory(
         for repo in getattr(
             config.definitions, name.lower(), CodeListConfig()
         ).repositories:
-            repo_path = config.repositories[repo].local_path / "definitions" / name
-            code_list = (
-                cls._parse_codelist_dir(repo_path, file_glob_pattern) + code_list
+            code_list.extend(
+                cls._parse_codelist_dir(
+                    config.repositories[repo].local_path / "definitions" / name,
+                    file_glob_pattern,
+                    repo,
+                )
             )
         errors = ErrorCollector()
         mapping: Dict[str, Code] = {}
@@ -217,7 +220,12 @@ def from_directory(
         return cls(name=name, mapping=mapping)
 
     @classmethod
-    def _parse_codelist_dir(cls, path: Path, file_glob_pattern: str = "**/*"):
+    def _parse_codelist_dir(
+        cls,
+        path: Path,
+        file_glob_pattern: str = "**/*",
+        repository: str | None = None,
+    ):
         code_list: List[Code] = []
         for yaml_file in (
             f
@@ -229,6 +237,8 @@ def _parse_codelist_dir(cls, path: Path, file_glob_pattern: str = "**/*"):
             for code_dict in _code_list:
                 code = cls.code_basis.from_dict(code_dict)
                 code.file = yaml_file.relative_to(path.parent).as_posix()
+                if repository:
+                    code.repository = repository
                 code_list.append(code)
 
         code_list = cls._parse_and_replace_tags(code_list, path, file_glob_pattern)
@@ -569,7 +579,7 @@ def from_directory(
         cls,
         name: str,
         path: Path,
-        config: NomenclatureConfig = None,
+        config: NomenclatureConfig | None = None,
         file_glob_pattern: str = "**/*",
     ):
         """Initialize a RegionCodeList from a directory with codelist files
@@ -617,7 +627,7 @@ def from_directory(
                 code_list,
                 repo_path,
                 file_glob_pattern,
-                repository=config.definitions.region.repositories,
+                repository=repo,
             )
             code_list = cls._parse_and_replace_tags(
                 code_list, repo_path, file_glob_pattern
@@ -656,7 +666,7 @@ def _parse_region_code_dir(
         code_list: List[Code],
         path: Path,
         file_glob_pattern: str = "**/*",
-        repository: Path = None,
+        repository: str | None = None,
     ) -> List[RegionCode]:
         """"""
 
diff --git a/tests/test_codelist.py b/tests/test_codelist.py
index 5ebcad8e..b5b68aaf 100644
--- a/tests/test_codelist.py
+++ b/tests/test_codelist.py
@@ -351,6 +351,22 @@ def test_multiple_external_repos():
         clean_up_external_repos(nomenclature_config.repositories)
 
 
+def test_multiple_external_repos():
+    nomenclature_config = NomenclatureConfig.from_file(
+        TEST_DATA_DIR / "nomenclature_configs" / "multiple_repos_per_dimension.yaml"
+    )
+    try:
+        variable_code_list = VariableCodeList.from_directory(
+            "variable",
+            TEST_DATA_DIR / "nomenclature_configs" / "variable",
+            nomenclature_config,
+        )
+        assert variable_code_list["Final Energy"].repository == "common-definitions"
+        assert variable_code_list["Employment"].repository == "legacy-definitions"
+    finally:
+        clean_up_external_repos(nomenclature_config.repositories)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("CodeList", [VariableCodeList, CodeList])
 def test_variable_codelist_with_duplicates_raises(CodeList):
     error_string = "2 errors:\n.*Some Variable\n.*Some other Variable"