diff --git a/build-test.sh b/build-test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6b8c6e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+echo "Starting to build debug version"
+
+if [ ! -d ~/.packer.d ]; then
+  mkdir ~/.packer.d
+fi
+if [ ! -d ~/.packer.d/plugins ]; then
+  mkdir ~/.packer.d/plugins
+fi
+
+echo "Building packer-builder-parallels"
+go build -o ~/.packer.d/plugins/packer-builder-parallels
+echo "Setting the log environment variable"
+export PACKER_LOG=1
+
diff --git a/builder/parallels/common/artifact.go b/builder/parallels/common/artifact.go
index 4290a81..1bddab0 100644
--- a/builder/parallels/common/artifact.go
+++ b/builder/parallels/common/artifact.go
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ package common
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 
 	packersdk "github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/packer"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/packer/registry/image"
 )
 
 // BuilderId is the common builder ID to all of these artifacts.
@@ -22,8 +24,10 @@ var unnecessaryFiles = []string{"\\.log$", "\\.backup$", "\\.Backup$", "\\.app"}
 // Artifact is the result of running the parallels builder, namely a set
 // of files associated with the resulting machine.
 type artifact struct {
-	dir string
-	f   []string
+	APIEndpoint     string
+	SourceImageList string
+	dir             string
+	f               []string
 
 	// StateData should store data such as GeneratedData
 	// to be shared with post-processors
@@ -32,7 +36,7 @@ type artifact struct {
 
 // NewArtifact returns a Parallels artifact containing the files
 // in the given directory.
-func NewArtifact(dir string, generatedData map[string]interface{}) (packersdk.Artifact, error) {
+func NewArtifact(dir string, generatedData map[string]interface{}, apiEndpoint string, sourceImageList string) (packersdk.Artifact, error) {
 	files := make([]string, 0, 5)
 	visit := func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
 		if err != nil {
@@ -64,9 +68,11 @@ func NewArtifact(dir string, generatedData map[string]interface{}) (packersdk.Ar
 	}
 
 	return &artifact{
-		dir:       dir,
-		f:         files,
-		StateData: generatedData,
+		APIEndpoint:     apiEndpoint,
+		SourceImageList: sourceImageList,
+		dir:             dir,
+		f:               files,
+		StateData:       generatedData,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -87,9 +93,33 @@ func (a *artifact) String() string {
 }
 
 func (a *artifact) State(name string) interface{} {
+	log.Printf("[TRACE] Artifact State is %s", name)
+
+	if name == image.ArtifactStateURI {
+		return a.buildHCPackerRegistryMetadata()
+	}
 	return a.StateData[name]
 }
 
 func (a *artifact) Destroy() error {
 	return os.RemoveAll(a.dir)
 }
+
+func (a *artifact) buildHCPackerRegistryMetadata() interface{} {
+	region := a.APIEndpoint
+	if region == "" {
+		region = "local"
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("[TRACE] Region is %s", a.APIEndpoint)
+	log.Printf("[TRACE] SourceId is %s", a.SourceImageList)
+
+	img, err := image.FromArtifact(a, image.WithRegion(region), image.WithSourceID(a.SourceImageList))
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("[TRACE] error encountered when creating HCP Packer registry image for artifact: %s", err)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return img
+}
diff --git a/builder/parallels/common/artifact_test.go b/builder/parallels/common/artifact_test.go
index 780173f..fa25bda 100644
--- a/builder/parallels/common/artifact_test.go
+++ b/builder/parallels/common/artifact_test.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func TestNewArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	generatedData := map[string]interface{}{"generated_data": "data"}
-	a, err := NewArtifact(td, generatedData)
+	a, err := NewArtifact(td, generatedData, "", "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
 	}
diff --git a/builder/parallels/ipsw/builder.go b/builder/parallels/ipsw/builder.go
index 1338aca..c318806 100644
--- a/builder/parallels/ipsw/builder.go
+++ b/builder/parallels/ipsw/builder.go
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ type Builder struct {
 }
 
 type Config struct {
+	APIEndpoint                         string `mapstructure:"api_endpoint"`
+	SourceImageList                     string `mapstructure:"source_image_list"`
 	common.PackerConfig                 `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	commonsteps.HTTPConfig              `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	bootcommand.BootConfig              `mapstructure:",squash"`
@@ -270,5 +272,5 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ctx context.Context, ui packersdk.Ui, hook packersdk.Hook)
 	}
 
 	generatedData := map[string]interface{}{"generated_data": state.Get("generated_data")}
-	return parallelscommon.NewArtifact(b.config.OutputDir, generatedData)
+	return parallelscommon.NewArtifact(b.config.OutputDir, generatedData, b.config.APIEndpoint, b.config.SourceImageList)
 }
diff --git a/builder/parallels/iso/builder.go b/builder/parallels/iso/builder.go
index 874790b..e3e0731 100644
--- a/builder/parallels/iso/builder.go
+++ b/builder/parallels/iso/builder.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 
 	parallelscommon "github.com/Parallels/packer-plugin-parallels/builder/parallels/common"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2/hcldec"
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ type Builder struct {
 }
 
 type Config struct {
+	APIEndpoint                         string `mapstructure:"api_endpoint"`
+	SourceImageList                     string `mapstructure:"source_image_list"`
 	common.PackerConfig                 `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	commonsteps.HTTPConfig              `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	commonsteps.ISOConfig               `mapstructure:",squash"`
@@ -294,5 +297,9 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ctx context.Context, ui packersdk.Ui, hook packersdk.Hook)
 	}
 
 	generatedData := map[string]interface{}{"generated_data": state.Get("generated_data")}
-	return parallelscommon.NewArtifact(b.config.OutputDir, generatedData)
+	log.Printf("generatedData: %v", generatedData)
+	log.Printf("b.config.OutputDir: %v", b.config.OutputDir)
+	log.Printf("b.config.APIEndpoint: %v", b.config.APIEndpoint)
+	log.Printf("b.config.SourceImageList: %v", b.config.SourceImageList)
+	return parallelscommon.NewArtifact(b.config.OutputDir, generatedData, b.config.APIEndpoint, b.config.SourceImageList)
 }
diff --git a/builder/parallels/macvm/builder.go b/builder/parallels/macvm/builder.go
index b910951..364e699 100644
--- a/builder/parallels/macvm/builder.go
+++ b/builder/parallels/macvm/builder.go
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ctx context.Context, ui packersdk.Ui, hook packersdk.Hook)
 	}
 
 	generatedData := map[string]interface{}{"generated_data": state.Get("generated_data")}
-	return parallelscommon.NewArtifact(b.config.OutputDir, generatedData)
+	return parallelscommon.NewArtifact(b.config.OutputDir, generatedData, b.config.APIEndpoint, b.config.SourceImageList)
 }
 
 // Cancel.
diff --git a/builder/parallels/macvm/config.go b/builder/parallels/macvm/config.go
index 7160b70..206d7ba 100644
--- a/builder/parallels/macvm/config.go
+++ b/builder/parallels/macvm/config.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import (
 
 // Config is the configuration structure for the builder.
 type Config struct {
+	APIEndpoint                         string `mapstructure:"api_endpoint"`
+	SourceImageList                     string `mapstructure:"source_image_list"`
 	common.PackerConfig                 `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	parallelscommon.OutputConfig        `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	parallelscommon.PrlctlConfig        `mapstructure:",squash"`
diff --git a/builder/parallels/pvm/builder.go b/builder/parallels/pvm/builder.go
index b47bc39..807a683 100644
--- a/builder/parallels/pvm/builder.go
+++ b/builder/parallels/pvm/builder.go
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ctx context.Context, ui packersdk.Ui, hook packersdk.Hook)
 	}
 
 	generatedData := map[string]interface{}{"generated_data": state.Get("generated_data")}
-	return parallelscommon.NewArtifact(b.config.OutputDir, generatedData)
+	return parallelscommon.NewArtifact(b.config.OutputDir, generatedData, b.config.APIEndpoint, b.config.SourceImageList)
 }
 
 // Cancel.
diff --git a/builder/parallels/pvm/config.go b/builder/parallels/pvm/config.go
index 3275920..7e24602 100644
--- a/builder/parallels/pvm/config.go
+++ b/builder/parallels/pvm/config.go
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import (
 
 // Config is the configuration structure for the builder.
 type Config struct {
+	APIEndpoint                         string `mapstructure:"api_endpoint"`
+	SourceImageList                     string `mapstructure:"source_image_list"`
 	common.PackerConfig                 `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	commonsteps.FloppyConfig            `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	parallelscommon.OutputConfig        `mapstructure:",squash"`