diff --git a/rpm.go b/rpm.go
index 6600e9d..f65b7ca 100644
--- a/rpm.go
+++ b/rpm.go
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ type RPMMetaData struct {
 	// Prefixes is used for relocatable packages, usually with a one item
 	// slice, e.g. `["/opt"]`.
 	Prefixes []string
+	// SourceRPM indicates this is a source RPM (as opposed to a binary RPM).
+	// When true, the SOURCERPM tag is omitted from the header.
+	SourceRPM bool
 	Provides,
 	Obsoletes,
 	Suggests,
@@ -425,7 +428,9 @@ func (r *RPM) writeGenIndexes(h *index) {
 
 	// rpm utilities look for the sourcerpm tag to deduce if this is not a source rpm (if it has a sourcerpm,
 	// it is NOT a source rpm).
-	h.Add(tagSourceRPM, EntryString(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s.src.rpm", r.Name, r.FullVersion())))
+	if !r.SourceRPM {
+		h.Add(tagSourceRPM, EntryString(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s.src.rpm", r.Name, r.FullVersion())))
+	}
 	if r.pretrans != "" {
 		h.Add(tagPretrans, EntryString(r.pretrans))
 		h.Add(tagPretransProg, EntryString("/bin/sh"))
diff --git a/rpm_test.go b/rpm_test.go
index 79edf4c..825583d 100644
--- a/rpm_test.go
+++ b/rpm_test.go
@@ -182,6 +182,51 @@ func TestAllowListDirs(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestSourceRPMNoSourceRPMTag(t *testing.T) {
+	r, err := NewRPM(RPMMetaData{
+		Name:      "test",
+		Version:   "1.0",
+		Release:   "1",
+		Summary:   "test summary",
+		Licence:   "MIT",
+		SourceRPM: true,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("NewRPM returned error %v", err)
+	}
+
+	var b bytes.Buffer
+	if err := r.Write(&b); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Write returned error %v", err)
+	}
+
+	data := b.Bytes()
+	sourceRPMValue := "test-1.0-1.src.rpm"
+	if bytes.Contains(data, []byte(sourceRPMValue)) {
+		t.Errorf("source RPM should not contain SOURCERPM tag value %q, but found it", sourceRPMValue)
+	}
+
+	r2, err := NewRPM(RPMMetaData{
+		Name:    "test",
+		Version: "1.0",
+		Release: "1",
+		Summary: "test summary",
+		Licence: "MIT",
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("NewRPM returned error %v", err)
+	}
+
+	b.Reset()
+	if err := r2.Write(&b); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Write returned error %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if !bytes.Contains(b.Bytes(), []byte(sourceRPMValue)) {
+		t.Errorf("binary RPM should contain SOURCERPM tag value %q, but did not find it", sourceRPMValue)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestMinimalSpec(t *testing.T) {
 	r, err := NewRPM(RPMMetaData{
 		Name:        "test",