diff --git a/boulder/src/draft/metadata.rs b/boulder/src/draft/metadata.rs
index 4e8f06873..b7af2b2fd 100644
--- a/boulder/src/draft/metadata.rs
+++ b/boulder/src/draft/metadata.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use super::Upstream;
 
 mod basic;
 mod github;
+mod gitlab;
 mod metacpan;
 mod pypi;
 
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ impl Metadata {
                 if let Some(matched) = match matcher {
                     Matcher::Basic => basic::source(&upstream.uri),
                     Matcher::Github => github::source(&upstream.uri),
+                    Matcher::Gitlab => gitlab::source(&upstream.uri),
                     Matcher::Pypi => pypi::source(&upstream.uri),
                     Matcher::Metacpan => metacpan::source(&upstream.uri),
                 } {
@@ -65,11 +67,12 @@ impl Metadata {
 
 enum Matcher {
     Basic,
+    Gitlab,
     Github,
     Pypi,
     Metacpan,
 }
 
 impl Matcher {
-    const ALL: &'static [Self] = &[Self::Github, Self::Pypi, Self::Metacpan, Self::Basic];
+    const ALL: &'static [Self] = &[Self::Github, Self::Gitlab, Self::Pypi, Self::Metacpan, Self::Basic];
 }
diff --git a/boulder/src/draft/metadata/gitlab.rs b/boulder/src/draft/metadata/gitlab.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d01795b22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boulder/src/draft/metadata/gitlab.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright © 2020-2025 Serpent OS Developers
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+
+use regex::Regex;
+use url::Url;
+
+use super::Source;
+
+pub fn source(upstream: &Url) -> Option<Source> {
+    // Attempt to match gitlab.com as well as self-hosted gitlab URLs
+    let automatic_regex = Regex::new(
+        r"https\:\/\/([a-z0-9\-\.]+)\/([A-Za-z0-9-_]+)\/([A-Za-z0-9-_]+(?:\/[A-Za-z0-9-_]+)?)\/-\/archive\/([A-Za-z0-9\.\-_]+)\/([A-Za-z0-9-_]+)-([A-Za-z0-9\.\-_]+)\.(tar|gz|bz2|xz)"
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+
+    if let Some(captures) = automatic_regex.captures(upstream.as_str()) {
+        let base_url = captures.get(1)?.as_str();
+
+        if !base_url.contains("gitlab") {
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        let owner = captures.get(2)?.as_str();
+        let project = captures.get(3)?.as_str();
+        let canonical_project = project.split_once('/').map(|(_, second)| second).unwrap_or(project);
+        let version = captures.get(4)?.as_str().to_owned();
+
+        // Strip 'v' if the second character is a digit e.g. v1.2.3
+        let version =
+            if version.starts_with('v') && version.len() > 1 && version[1..2].chars().all(|c| c.is_ascii_digit()) {
+                version[1..].to_owned()
+            } else {
+                version
+            };
+
+        return Some(Source {
+            name: canonical_project.to_lowercase(),
+            version,
+            homepage: format!("https://{base_url}/{owner}/{project}"),
+            uri: upstream.to_string(),
+        });
+    }
+
+    None
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use url::Url;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_canonical_gitlab_url() {
+        let url_str = "https://gitlab.com/serebit/wraith-master/-/archive/v1.2.1/wraith-master-v1.2.1.tar.bz2";
+        let url = Url::parse(url_str).unwrap();
+
+        let source = source(&url);
+        assert!(source.is_some());
+
+        let source = source.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(source.name, "wraith-master");
+        assert_eq!(source.version, "1.2.1");
+        assert_eq!(source.homepage, "https://gitlab.com/serebit/wraith-master");
+        assert_eq!(source.uri, url_str);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_self_hosted_gitlab_url_1() {
+        let url_str = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/-/archive/1.57.0/pango-1.57.0.tar.gz";
+        let url = Url::parse(url_str).unwrap();
+
+        let source = source(&url);
+        assert!(source.is_some());
+
+        let source = source.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(source.name, "pango");
+        assert_eq!(source.version, "1.57.0");
+        assert_eq!(source.homepage, "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango");
+        assert_eq!(source.uri, url_str);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_self_hosted_gitlab_url_2() {
+        let url_str = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/serebit/waycheck/-/archive/v1.7.0/waycheck-v1.7.0.tar";
+        let url = Url::parse(url_str).unwrap();
+
+        let source = source(&url);
+        assert!(source.is_some());
+
+        let source = source.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(source.name, "waycheck");
+        assert_eq!(source.version, "1.7.0");
+        assert_eq!(source.homepage, "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/serebit/waycheck");
+        assert_eq!(source.uri, url_str);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_self_hosted_gitlab_url_3() {
+        let url_str = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xkeyboard-config/xkeyboard-config/-/archive/xkeyboard-config-2.46/xkeyboard-config-xkeyboard-config-2.46.tar.gz";
+        let url = Url::parse(url_str).unwrap();
+
+        let source = source(&url);
+        assert!(source.is_some());
+
+        let source = source.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(source.name, "xkeyboard-config");
+        // TODO: we do not handle the case where the project name is part of the version
+        assert_eq!(source.version, "xkeyboard-config-2.46");
+        assert_eq!(
+            source.homepage,
+            "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xkeyboard-config/xkeyboard-config"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(source.uri, url_str);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_subproject_in_selfhosted_url() {
+        let url_str =
+            "https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/mkinitcpio/mkinitcpio/-/archive/v40/mkinitcpio-v40.tar.bz2";
+        let url = Url::parse(url_str).unwrap();
+
+        let source = source(&url);
+        assert!(source.is_some());
+
+        let source = source.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(source.name, "mkinitcpio");
+        assert_eq!(source.version, "40");
+        assert_eq!(
+            source.homepage,
+            "https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/mkinitcpio/mkinitcpio"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(source.uri, url_str);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_version_with_leading_v() {
+        let url_str = "https://gitlab.com/serebit/wraith-master/-/archive/v1.2.1/wraith-master-v1.2.1.tar.gz";
+        let url = Url::parse(url_str).unwrap();
+
+        let source = source(&url);
+        assert!(source.is_some());
+
+        let source = source.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(source.name, "wraith-master");
+        assert_eq!(source.version, "1.2.1");
+        assert_eq!(source.homepage, "https://gitlab.com/serebit/wraith-master");
+        assert_eq!(source.uri, url_str);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_url_without_version_prefix() {
+        let url_str = "https://gitlab.com/serebit/wraith-master/-/archive/1.2.1/wraith-master-1.2.1.tar.gz";
+        let url = Url::parse(url_str).unwrap();
+
+        let source = source(&url);
+        assert!(source.is_some());
+
+        let source = source.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(source.name, "wraith-master");
+        assert_eq!(source.version, "1.2.1");
+        assert_eq!(source.homepage, "https://gitlab.com/serebit/wraith-master");
+        assert_eq!(source.uri, url_str);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_avoid_github_url_match() {
+        let url_str = "https://github.com/GNOME/pango/archive/refs/tags/1.57.0.tar.gz";
+        let url = Url::parse(url_str).unwrap();
+
+        let source = source(&url);
+        assert!(source.is_none());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_invalid_url() {
+        let url_str = "https://invalid-url.com";
+        let url = Url::parse(url_str).unwrap();
+
+        let source = source(&url);
+        assert!(source.is_none());
+    }
+}