diff --git a/include/vcpkg/base/contractual-constants.h b/include/vcpkg/base/contractual-constants.h
index e637a800db..9c73988f70 100644
--- a/include/vcpkg/base/contractual-constants.h
+++ b/include/vcpkg/base/contractual-constants.h
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ namespace vcpkg
     inline constexpr StringLiteral SpdxDocumentNamespace = "documentNamespace";
     inline constexpr StringLiteral SpdxDownloadLocation = "downloadLocation";
     inline constexpr StringLiteral SpdxElementId = "spdxElementId";
+    inline constexpr StringLiteral SpdxExternalRefs = "externalRefs";
+    inline constexpr StringLiteral SpdxExternalReferenceCategory = "referenceCategory";
+    inline constexpr StringLiteral SpdxExternalReferenceCategoryPackageManager = "PACKAGE_MANAGER";
+    inline constexpr StringLiteral SpdxExternalReferenceLocator = "referenceLocator";
+    inline constexpr StringLiteral SpdxExternalReferenceType = "referenceType";
+    inline constexpr StringLiteral SpdxExternalReferenceTypePurl = "purl";
     inline constexpr StringLiteral SpdxFileName = "fileName";
     inline constexpr StringLiteral SpdxGeneratedFrom = "GENERATED_FROM";
     inline constexpr StringLiteral SpdxGenerates = "GENERATES";
diff --git a/src/vcpkg-test/spdx.cpp b/src/vcpkg-test/spdx.cpp
index 743e0207f2..bbe40322ac 100644
--- a/src/vcpkg-test/spdx.cpp
+++ b/src/vcpkg-test/spdx.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,14 @@ TEST_CASE ("spdx maximum serialization", "[spdx]")
       "copyrightText": "NOASSERTION",
       "summary": "summary",
       "description": "description",
-      "comment": "This is the port (recipe) consumed by vcpkg."
+      "comment": "This is the port (recipe) consumed by vcpkg.",
+      "externalRefs": [
+        {
+          "referenceCategory": "PACKAGE_MANAGER",
+          "referenceLocator": "pkg:vcpkg/zlib@1.0?registry_url=git%3A%2F%2Fsome-vcs-url&port_version=5",
+          "referenceType": "purl"
+        }
+      ]
     },
     {
       "name": "zlib:arm-uwp",
@@ -247,7 +254,14 @@ TEST_CASE ("spdx minimum serialization", "[spdx]")
       "licenseConcluded": "NOASSERTION",
       "licenseDeclared": "NOASSERTION",
       "copyrightText": "NOASSERTION",
-      "comment": "This is the port (recipe) consumed by vcpkg."
+      "comment": "This is the port (recipe) consumed by vcpkg.",
+      "externalRefs": [
+        {
+          "referenceCategory": "PACKAGE_MANAGER",
+          "referenceLocator": "pkg:vcpkg/zlib@1.0",
+          "referenceType": "purl"
+        }
+      ]
     },
     {
       "name": "zlib:arm-uwp",
@@ -366,7 +380,14 @@ TEST_CASE ("spdx concat resources", "[spdx]")
       "licenseConcluded": "NOASSERTION",
       "licenseDeclared": "NOASSERTION",
       "copyrightText": "NOASSERTION",
-      "comment": "This is the port (recipe) consumed by vcpkg."
+      "comment": "This is the port (recipe) consumed by vcpkg.",
+      "externalRefs": [
+        {
+          "referenceCategory": "PACKAGE_MANAGER",
+          "referenceLocator": "pkg:vcpkg/zlib@1.0",
+          "referenceType": "purl"
+        }
+      ]
     },
     {
       "name": "zlib:arm-uwp",
diff --git a/src/vcpkg/spdx.cpp b/src/vcpkg/spdx.cpp
index bcaba964b6..a621b344a8 100644
--- a/src/vcpkg/spdx.cpp
+++ b/src/vcpkg/spdx.cpp
@@ -195,6 +195,21 @@ std::string vcpkg::create_spdx_sbom(const InstallPlanAction& action,
             rel.insert(SpdxRelationshipType, SpdxContains);
             rel.insert(SpdxRelatedSpdxElement, fmt::format("SPDXRef-file-{}", i));
         }
+        auto& external_refs = obj.insert(SpdxExternalRefs, Json::Array());
+        auto& external_ref = external_refs.push_back(Json::Object());
+        external_ref.insert(SpdxExternalReferenceCategory, SpdxExternalReferenceCategoryPackageManager);
+        external_ref.insert(SpdxExternalReferenceType, SpdxExternalReferenceTypePurl);
+        std::string purl_qualifiers = "";
+        if (!scfl.spdx_location.empty())
+        {
+            purl_qualifiers = Strings::concat("?registry_url=", Strings::percent_encode(scfl.spdx_location));
+            if (cpgh.version.port_version > 0)
+            {
+                purl_qualifiers += fmt::format("&port_version={}", cpgh.version.port_version);
+            }
+        }
+        external_ref.insert(SpdxExternalReferenceLocator,
+                            Strings::concat("pkg:vcpkg/", action.spec.name(), '@', cpgh.version.text, purl_qualifiers));
     }
     {
         auto& obj = packages.push_back(Json::Object());