diff --git a/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Contracts/TypedComponent/LinuxComponent.cs b/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Contracts/TypedComponent/LinuxComponent.cs
index f95501ec2..db286d69d 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Contracts/TypedComponent/LinuxComponent.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Contracts/TypedComponent/LinuxComponent.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 namespace Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Contracts.TypedComponent;
 
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 using PackageUrl;
 
@@ -60,10 +61,20 @@ public override PackageUrl PackageUrl
             {
                 packageType = "rpm";
             }
+            else if (this.IsAlpine())
+            {
+                packageType = "apk";
+            }
 
             if (packageType != null)
             {
-                return new PackageUrl(packageType, this.Distribution, this.Name, this.Version, null, null);
+                var distroId = this.GetDistroId();
+                var qualifiers = new SortedDictionary<string, string>
+                {
+                    { "distro", $"{distroId}-{this.Release}" },
+                };
+
+                return new PackageUrl(packageType, distroId, this.Name, this.Version, qualifiers, null);
             }
 
             return null;
@@ -96,4 +107,19 @@ private bool IsRHEL()
     {
         return this.Distribution.Equals("RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
     }
+
+    private bool IsAlpine()
+    {
+        return this.Distribution.Equals("ALPINE", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+    }
+
+    private string GetDistroId()
+    {
+        if (this.IsRHEL())
+        {
+            return "redhat";
+        }
+
+        return this.Distribution.ToLowerInvariant();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Contracts.Tests/PurlGenerationTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Contracts.Tests/PurlGenerationTests.cs
index 18b9f99c4..b2313bd21 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Contracts.Tests/PurlGenerationTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Contracts.Tests/PurlGenerationTests.cs
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ public void DebianAndUbuntuAreDebType()
 
         ubuntuComponent.PackageUrl.Type.Should().Be("deb");
         debianComponent.PackageUrl.Type.Should().Be("deb");
+
+        ubuntuComponent.PackageUrl.Qualifiers["distro"].Should().Be("ubuntu-18.04");
+        debianComponent.PackageUrl.Qualifiers["distro"].Should().Be("debian-buster");
     }
 
     [TestMethod]
@@ -61,17 +64,29 @@ public void CentOsFedoraAndRHELAreRpmType()
         centosComponent.PackageUrl.Type.Should().Be("rpm");
         fedoraComponent.PackageUrl.Type.Should().Be("rpm");
         rhelComponent.PackageUrl.Type.Should().Be("rpm");
+
+        centosComponent.PackageUrl.Qualifiers["distro"].Should().Be("centos-18.04");
+        fedoraComponent.PackageUrl.Qualifiers["distro"].Should().Be("fedora-18.04");
+        rhelComponent.PackageUrl.Qualifiers["distro"].Should().Be("redhat-18.04");
     }
 
     [TestMethod]
-    public void AlpineAndUnknownDoNotHavePurls()
+    public void AlpineIsApkType()
     {
-        // Alpine is not yet defined
-        // https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec/blame/180c46d266c45aa2bd81a2038af3f78e87bb4a25/README.rst#L711
+        // Alpine uses "apk" purl type
+        // https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec/blob/master/PURL-TYPES.rst#apk
         var alpineComponent = new LinuxComponent("Alpine", "3.13", "bash", "1");
+
+        alpineComponent.PackageUrl.Type.Should().Be("apk");
+        alpineComponent.PackageUrl.Namespace.Should().Be("alpine");
+        alpineComponent.PackageUrl.Qualifiers["distro"].Should().Be("alpine-3.13");
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void UnknownDistroDoesNotHavePurl()
+    {
         var unknownLinuxComponent = new LinuxComponent("Linux", "0", "bash", "1'");
 
-        alpineComponent.PackageUrl.Should().BeNull();
         unknownLinuxComponent.PackageUrl.Should().BeNull();
     }
 
@@ -88,6 +103,16 @@ public void DistroNamesAreLowerCased()
         fedoraComponent.PackageUrl.Namespace.Should().Be("fedora");
     }
 
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void RhelNamespaceIsRedhat()
+    {
+        // RHEL should use "redhat" as the namespace and distro id, matching Syft conventions
+        var rhelComponent = new LinuxComponent("Red Hat Enterprise Linux", "9.0", "bash", "1");
+
+        rhelComponent.PackageUrl.Namespace.Should().Be("redhat");
+        rhelComponent.PackageUrl.Qualifiers["distro"].Should().Be("redhat-9.0");
+    }
+
     [TestMethod]
     public void CocoaPodNameShouldSupportPurl()
     {