diff --git a/internal/archive/archive.go b/internal/archive/archive.go
index d76caa87..f864f3c5 100644
--- a/internal/archive/archive.go
+++ b/internal/archive/archive.go
@@ -13,9 +13,17 @@ import (
 	"github.com/canonical/chisel/internal/deb"
 )
 
+type PackageInfo interface {
+	Name() string
+	Version() string
+	Arch() string
+	SHA256() string
+}
+
 type Archive interface {
 	Options() *Options
 	Fetch(pkg string) (io.ReadCloser, error)
+	Info(pkg string) PackageInfo
 	Exists(pkg string) bool
 }
 
@@ -79,6 +87,22 @@ func (a *ubuntuArchive) Exists(pkg string) bool {
 	return err == nil
 }
 
+type pkgInfo struct{ control.Section }
+
+var _ PackageInfo = pkgInfo{}
+
+func (info pkgInfo) Name() string    { return info.Get("Package") }
+func (info pkgInfo) Version() string { return info.Get("Version") }
+func (info pkgInfo) Arch() string    { return info.Get("Architecture") }
+func (info pkgInfo) SHA256() string  { return info.Get("SHA256") }
+
+func (a *ubuntuArchive) Info(pkg string) PackageInfo {
+	if section, _, _ := a.selectPackage(pkg); section != nil {
+		return &pkgInfo{section}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (a *ubuntuArchive) selectPackage(pkg string) (control.Section, *ubuntuIndex, error) {
 	var selectedVersion string
 	var selectedSection control.Section
diff --git a/internal/archive/archive_test.go b/internal/archive/archive_test.go
index a94c73a3..123d78ab 100644
--- a/internal/archive/archive_test.go
+++ b/internal/archive/archive_test.go
@@ -332,6 +332,39 @@ func (s *httpSuite) TestArchiveLabels(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, ErrorMatches, `.*\bno Ubuntu section`)
 }
 
+func (s *httpSuite) TestPackageInfo(c *C) {
+	s.prepareArchive("jammy", "22.04", "amd64", []string{"main", "universe"})
+
+	options := archive.Options{
+		Label:      "ubuntu",
+		Version:    "22.04",
+		Arch:       "amd64",
+		Suites:     []string{"jammy"},
+		Components: []string{"main", "universe"},
+		CacheDir:   c.MkDir(),
+	}
+
+	archive, err := archive.Open(&options)
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+
+	info1 := archive.Info("mypkg1")
+	c.Assert(info1, NotNil)
+	c.Assert(info1.Name(), Equals, "mypkg1")
+	c.Assert(info1.Version(), Equals, "1.1")
+	c.Assert(info1.Arch(), Equals, "amd64")
+	c.Assert(info1.SHA256(), Equals, "1f08ef04cfe7a8087ee38a1ea35fa1810246648136c3c42d5a61ad6503d85e05")
+
+	info3 := archive.Info("mypkg3")
+	c.Assert(info3, NotNil)
+	c.Assert(info3.Name(), Equals, "mypkg3")
+	c.Assert(info3.Version(), Equals, "1.3")
+	c.Assert(info3.Arch(), Equals, "amd64")
+	c.Assert(info3.SHA256(), Equals, "fe377bf13ba1a5cb287cb4e037e6e7321281c929405ae39a72358ef0f5d179aa")
+
+	info99 := archive.Info("mypkg99")
+	c.Assert(info99, IsNil)
+}
+
 func read(r io.Reader) string {
 	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/slicer/slicer_test.go b/internal/slicer/slicer_test.go
index 79ba47e8..9433c27e 100644
--- a/internal/slicer/slicer_test.go
+++ b/internal/slicer/slicer_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 type testPackage struct {
+	info    map[string]string
 	content []byte
 }
 
@@ -608,6 +609,22 @@ const defaultChiselYaml = `
 			components: [main, universe]
 `
 
+type testPackageInfo map[string]string
+
+var _ archive.PackageInfo = (testPackageInfo)(nil)
+
+func (info testPackageInfo) Name() string    { return info["Package"] }
+func (info testPackageInfo) Version() string { return info["Version"] }
+func (info testPackageInfo) Arch() string    { return info["Architecture"] }
+func (info testPackageInfo) SHA256() string  { return info["SHA256"] }
+
+func (s testPackageInfo) Get(key string) (value string) {
+	if s != nil {
+		value = s[key]
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 type testArchive struct {
 	options archive.Options
 	pkgs    map[string]testPackage
@@ -629,6 +646,18 @@ func (a *testArchive) Exists(pkg string) bool {
 	return ok
 }
 
+func (a *testArchive) Info(pkg string) archive.PackageInfo {
+	var info map[string]string
+	if pkgData, ok := a.pkgs[pkg]; ok {
+		if info = pkgData.info; info == nil {
+			info = map[string]string{
+				"Version": "1.0",
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return testPackageInfo(info)
+}
+
 func (s *S) TestRun(c *C) {
 	for _, test := range slicerTests {
 		c.Logf("Summary: %s", test.summary)