diff --git a/debian/snapshot.go b/debian/snapshot.go
index ed0eb340..62e6e048 100644
--- a/debian/snapshot.go
+++ b/debian/snapshot.go
@@ -46,6 +46,24 @@ func NewSnapshotFromRepository(name string, repo *RemoteRepo) (*Snapshot, error)
 	}, nil
 }
 
+// NewSnapshotFromPackageList creates snapshot from PackageList
+func NewSnapshotFromPackageList(name string, sources []*Snapshot, list *PackageList, description string) *Snapshot {
+	sourceUUIDs := make([]string, len(sources))
+	for i := range sources {
+		sourceUUIDs[i] = sources[i].UUID
+	}
+
+	return &Snapshot{
+		UUID:        uuid.New(),
+		Name:        name,
+		CreatedAt:   time.Now(),
+		SourceKind:  "snapshot",
+		SourceIDs:   sourceUUIDs,
+		Description: description,
+		packageRefs: NewPackageRefListFromPackageList(list),
+	}
+}
+
 // String returns string representation of snapshot
 func (s *Snapshot) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("[%s]: %s", s.Name, s.Description)
diff --git a/debian/snapshot_test.go b/debian/snapshot_test.go
index 465f142e..41003150 100644
--- a/debian/snapshot_test.go
+++ b/debian/snapshot_test.go
@@ -24,12 +24,24 @@ func (s *SnapshotSuite) TestNewSnapshotFromRepository(c *C) {
 	c.Check(snapshot.Name, Equals, "snap1")
 	c.Check(snapshot.NumPackages(), Equals, 3)
 	c.Check(snapshot.RefList().Len(), Equals, 3)
+	c.Check(snapshot.SourceKind, Equals, "repo")
+	c.Check(snapshot.SourceIDs, DeepEquals, []string{s.repo.UUID})
 
 	s.repo.packageRefs = nil
 	_, err := NewSnapshotFromRepository("snap2", s.repo)
 	c.Check(err, ErrorMatches, ".*not updated")
 }
 
+func (s *SnapshotSuite) TestNewSnapshotFromPackageList(c *C) {
+	snap, _ := NewSnapshotFromRepository("snap1", s.repo)
+
+	snapshot := NewSnapshotFromPackageList("snap2", []*Snapshot{snap}, s.list, "Pulled")
+	c.Check(snapshot.Name, Equals, "snap2")
+	c.Check(snapshot.NumPackages(), Equals, 3)
+	c.Check(snapshot.SourceKind, Equals, "snapshot")
+	c.Check(snapshot.SourceIDs, DeepEquals, []string{snap.UUID})
+}
+
 func (s *SnapshotSuite) TestKey(c *C) {
 	snapshot, _ := NewSnapshotFromRepository("snap1", s.repo)
 	c.Assert(len(snapshot.Key()), Equals, 37)