diff --git a/app/components/crate-sidebar.hbs b/app/components/crate-sidebar.hbs
index 6d62d7b95fc..aef44513106 100644
--- a/app/components/crate-sidebar.hbs
+++ b/app/components/crate-sidebar.hbs
@@ -6,6 +6,28 @@
   <div local-class="metadata">
     <h2 local-class="heading">Metadata</h2>
 
+    <div local-class="purl" data-test-purl>
+      {{svg-jar "link"}}
+      <CopyButton
+        @copyText={{@version.purl}}
+        class="button-reset"
+        local-class="purl-copy-button"
+      >
+        <span local-class="purl-text">{{@version.purl}}</span>
+        <Tooltip local-class="purl-tooltip"><strong>Package URL:</strong> {{@version.purl}} <small>(click to copy)</small></Tooltip>
+      </CopyButton>
+      <a
+        href="https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec"
+        target="_blank"
+        rel="noopener noreferrer"
+        local-class="purl-help-link"
+        aria-label="Learn more"
+      >
+        {{svg-jar "circle-question"}}
+        <Tooltip @text="Learn more about Package URLs" />
+      </a>
+    </div>
+
     <time
       datetime={{date-format-iso @version.created_at}}
       local-class="date"
diff --git a/app/components/crate-sidebar.js b/app/components/crate-sidebar.js
index bb88e61398e..f0cd38545ae 100644
--- a/app/components/crate-sidebar.js
+++ b/app/components/crate-sidebar.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { action } from '@ember/object';
 import { service } from '@ember/service';
 import Component from '@glimmer/component';
 
@@ -6,6 +7,7 @@ import { didCancel } from 'ember-concurrency';
 import { simplifyUrl } from './crate-sidebar/link';
 
 export default class CrateSidebar extends Component {
+  @service notifications;
   @service playground;
   @service sentry;
 
@@ -39,4 +41,14 @@ export default class CrateSidebar extends Component {
       }
     });
   }
+
+  @action
+  async copyToClipboard(text) {
+    try {
+      await navigator.clipboard.writeText(text);
+      this.notifications.success('Copied to clipboard!');
+    } catch {
+      this.notifications.error('Copy to clipboard failed!');
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/app/components/crate-sidebar.module.css b/app/components/crate-sidebar.module.css
index 4468a0256b6..7c8224eff52 100644
--- a/app/components/crate-sidebar.module.css
+++ b/app/components/crate-sidebar.module.css
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
 .msrv,
 .edition,
 .license,
-.bytes {
+.bytes,
+.purl {
     display: flex;
     align-items: center;
 
@@ -52,6 +53,60 @@
     font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
 }
 
+.purl {
+    align-items: flex-start;
+}
+
+.purl-copy-button {
+    text-align: left;
+    width: 100%;
+    min-width: 0;
+    cursor: pointer;
+
+    &:focus {
+        outline: 2px solid var(--yellow500);
+        outline-offset: 1px;
+        border-radius: var(--space-3xs);
+    }
+}
+
+.purl-text {
+    word-break: break-all;
+    max-width: 100%;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    display: block;
+}
+
+.purl-tooltip {
+    word-break: break-all;
+
+    > small {
+        word-break: normal;
+    }
+}
+
+.purl-help-link {
+    color: unset;
+    margin-left: var(--space-2xs);
+    flex-shrink: 0;
+
+    &:hover {
+        color: unset;
+    }
+
+    &:focus {
+        outline: 2px solid var(--yellow500);
+        outline-offset: 1px;
+        border-radius: var(--space-3xs);
+    }
+
+    svg {
+        margin: 0;
+    }
+}
+
 .links {
     > * + * {
         margin-top: var(--space-m);
diff --git a/app/models/version.js b/app/models/version.js
index c07e781e1ed..6220c3a72db 100644
--- a/app/models/version.js
+++ b/app/models/version.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { alias } from 'macro-decorators';
 import semverParse from 'semver/functions/parse';
 
 import ajax from '../utils/ajax';
+import { addRegistryUrl } from '../utils/purl';
 
 const EIGHT_DAYS = 8 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 
@@ -52,6 +53,15 @@ export default class Version extends Model {
     return this.belongsTo('crate').id();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the Package URL (PURL) for this version.
+   * @type {string}
+   */
+  get purl() {
+    let basePurl = `pkg:cargo/${this.crateName}@${this.num}`;
+    return addRegistryUrl(basePurl);
+  }
+
   get editionMsrv() {
     if (this.edition === '2018') {
       return '1.31.0';
diff --git a/app/utils/purl.js b/app/utils/purl.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bf07b5bf173
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/utils/purl.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import window from 'ember-window-mock';
+
+/**
+ * Adds a repository_url query parameter to a PURL string based on the host.
+ *
+ * @param {string} purl - The base PURL string (e.g., "pkg:cargo/serde@1.0.0")
+ * @param {string} [host] - The host to use for repository URL. Defaults to current window location host.
+ * @returns {string} The PURL with repository_url parameter added, or unchanged if host is crates.io
+ */
+export function addRegistryUrl(purl) {
+  let host = window.location.host;
+
+  // Don't add repository_url for the main crates.io registry
+  if (host === 'crates.io') {
+    return purl;
+  }
+
+  // Add repository_url query parameter
+  const repositoryUrl = `https://${host}/`;
+  const separator = purl.includes('?') ? '&' : '?';
+  return `${purl}${separator}repository_url=${encodeURIComponent(repositoryUrl)}`;
+}
diff --git a/tests/models/version-test.js b/tests/models/version-test.js
index a24b7873f17..ef6e4d52611 100644
--- a/tests/models/version-test.js
+++ b/tests/models/version-test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { module, test } from 'qunit';
 
 import { calculateReleaseTracks } from '@crates-io/msw/utils/release-tracks';
+import window from 'ember-window-mock';
+import { setupWindowMock } from 'ember-window-mock/test-support';
 
 import { setupTest } from 'crates-io/tests/helpers';
 import setupMsw from 'crates-io/tests/helpers/setup-msw';
@@ -8,6 +10,7 @@ import setupMsw from 'crates-io/tests/helpers/setup-msw';
 module('Model | Version', function (hooks) {
   setupTest(hooks);
   setupMsw(hooks);
+  setupWindowMock(hooks);
 
   hooks.beforeEach(function () {
     this.store = this.owner.lookup('service:store');
@@ -345,4 +348,36 @@ module('Model | Version', function (hooks) {
     assert.ok(version.published_by);
     assert.strictEqual(version.published_by.name, 'JD');
   });
+
+  module('purl', function () {
+    test('generates PURL for crates.io version', async function (assert) {
+      let { db, store } = this;
+
+      window.location = 'https://crates.io';
+
+      let crate = db.crate.create({ name: 'serde' });
+      db.version.create({ crate, num: '1.0.136' });
+
+      let crateRecord = await store.findRecord('crate', crate.name);
+      let versions = (await crateRecord.versions).slice();
+      let version = versions[0];
+
+      assert.strictEqual(version.purl, 'pkg:cargo/serde@1.0.136');
+    });
+
+    test('generates PURL with registry URL for non-crates.io hosts', async function (assert) {
+      let { db, store } = this;
+
+      window.location = 'https://staging.crates.io';
+
+      let crate = db.crate.create({ name: 'test-crate' });
+      db.version.create({ crate, num: '2.5.0' });
+
+      let crateRecord = await store.findRecord('crate', crate.name);
+      let versions = (await crateRecord.versions).slice();
+      let version = versions[0];
+
+      assert.strictEqual(version.purl, 'pkg:cargo/test-crate@2.5.0?repository_url=https%3A%2F%2Fstaging.crates.io%2F');
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/tests/utils/purl-test.js b/tests/utils/purl-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4f5f340c2e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/utils/purl-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { module, test } from 'qunit';
+
+import window from 'ember-window-mock';
+import { setupWindowMock } from 'ember-window-mock/test-support';
+
+import { addRegistryUrl } from 'crates-io/utils/purl';
+
+module('Utils | purl', function (hooks) {
+  setupWindowMock(hooks);
+
+  module('addRegistryUrl()', function () {
+    test('returns PURL unchanged for crates.io host', function (assert) {
+      window.location = 'https://crates.io';
+
+      let purl = 'pkg:cargo/serde@1.0.0';
+      let result = addRegistryUrl(purl);
+
+      assert.strictEqual(result, purl);
+    });
+
+    test('adds repository_url parameter for non-crates.io hosts', function (assert) {
+      window.location = 'https://staging.crates.io';
+
+      let purl = 'pkg:cargo/serde@1.0.0';
+      let result = addRegistryUrl(purl);
+
+      assert.strictEqual(result, 'pkg:cargo/serde@1.0.0?repository_url=https%3A%2F%2Fstaging.crates.io%2F');
+    });
+
+    test('adds repository_url parameter for custom registry hosts', function (assert) {
+      window.location = 'https://my-registry.example.com';
+
+      let purl = 'pkg:cargo/my-crate@2.5.0';
+      let result = addRegistryUrl(purl);
+
+      assert.strictEqual(result, 'pkg:cargo/my-crate@2.5.0?repository_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmy-registry.example.com%2F');
+    });
+
+    test('appends repository_url parameter when PURL already has query parameters', function (assert) {
+      window.location = 'https://staging.crates.io';
+
+      let purl = 'pkg:cargo/serde@1.0.0?arch=x86_64';
+      let result = addRegistryUrl(purl);
+
+      assert.strictEqual(result, 'pkg:cargo/serde@1.0.0?arch=x86_64&repository_url=https%3A%2F%2Fstaging.crates.io%2F');
+    });
+
+    test('properly URL encodes the repository URL', function (assert) {
+      window.location = 'https://registry.example.com:8080';
+
+      let purl = 'pkg:cargo/test@1.0.0';
+      let result = addRegistryUrl(purl);
+
+      assert.strictEqual(result, 'pkg:cargo/test@1.0.0?repository_url=https%3A%2F%2Fregistry.example.com%3A8080%2F');
+    });
+
+    test('handles PURL with complex qualifiers', function (assert) {
+      window.location = 'https://private.registry.co';
+
+      let purl = 'pkg:cargo/complex@1.0.0?os=linux&arch=amd64';
+      let result = addRegistryUrl(purl);
+
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        result,
+        'pkg:cargo/complex@1.0.0?os=linux&arch=amd64&repository_url=https%3A%2F%2Fprivate.registry.co%2F',
+      );
+    });
+  });
+});