diff --git a/cachi2/core/package_managers/generic/main.py b/cachi2/core/package_managers/generic/main.py
index ee8c8ab03..15618e590 100644
--- a/cachi2/core/package_managers/generic/main.py
+++ b/cachi2/core/package_managers/generic/main.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from typing import Union
 
 import yaml
+from packageurl import PackageURL
 from pydantic import ValidationError
 
 from cachi2.core.checksum import must_match_any_checksum
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@
 from cachi2.core.errors import PackageRejected
 from cachi2.core.models.input import Request
 from cachi2.core.models.output import RequestOutput
-from cachi2.core.models.sbom import Component
+from cachi2.core.models.sbom import Component, ExternalReference
 from cachi2.core.package_managers.general import async_download_files
 from cachi2.core.package_managers.generic.models import GenericLockfileV1
 from cachi2.core.rooted_path import RootedPath
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ def _resolve_generic_lockfile(source_dir: RootedPath, output_dir: RootedPath) ->
     # verify checksums
     for artifact in lockfile.artifacts:
         must_match_any_checksum(artifact.target, artifact.formatted_checksums)
-    return []
+    return _generate_sbom_components(lockfile)
 
 
 def _load_lockfile(lockfile_path: RootedPath, output_dir: RootedPath) -> GenericLockfileV1:
@@ -102,3 +103,29 @@ def _load_lockfile(lockfile_path: RootedPath, output_dir: RootedPath) -> Generic
                 ),
             )
     return lockfile
+
+
+def _generate_sbom_components(lockfile: GenericLockfileV1) -> list[Component]:
+    """Generate a list of SBOM components for a given lockfile."""
+    components: list[Component] = []
+
+    for artifact in lockfile.artifacts:
+        name = Path(artifact.target).name
+        url = str(artifact.download_url)
+        checksums = ",".join([f"{algo}:{digest}" for algo, digest in artifact.checksums.items()])
+        component = Component(
+            name=name,
+            purl=PackageURL(
+                type="generic",
+                name=name,
+                qualifiers={
+                    "download_url": url,
+                    "checksums": checksums,
+                },
+            ).to_string(),
+            type="file",
+            external_references=[ExternalReference(url=url, type="distribution")],
+        )
+        components.append(component)
+
+    return components
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_data/generic_e2e/bom.json b/tests/integration/test_data/generic_e2e/bom.json
index 958e49b30..5bf394cab 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_data/generic_e2e/bom.json
+++ b/tests/integration/test_data/generic_e2e/bom.json
@@ -1,6 +1,41 @@
 {
   "bomFormat": "CycloneDX",
-  "components": [],
+  "components": [
+    {
+      "externalReferences": [
+        {
+          "type": "distribution",
+          "url": "https://github.com/cachito-testing/cachi2-generic/archive/refs/tags/v2.0.0.zip"
+        }
+      ],
+      "name": "archive.zip",
+      "properties": [
+        {
+          "name": "cachi2:found_by",
+          "value": "cachi2"
+        }
+      ],
+      "purl": "pkg:generic/archive.zip?checksums=sha256:386428a82f37345fa24b74068e0e79f4c1f2ff38d4f5c106ea14de4a2926e584&download_url=https://github.com/cachito-testing/cachi2-generic/archive/refs/tags/v2.0.0.zip",
+      "type": "file"
+    },
+    {
+      "externalReferences": [
+        {
+          "type": "distribution",
+          "url": "https://github.com/cachito-testing/cachi2-generic/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.0.zip"
+        }
+      ],
+      "name": "v1.0.0.zip",
+      "properties": [
+        {
+          "name": "cachi2:found_by",
+          "value": "cachi2"
+        }
+      ],
+      "purl": "pkg:generic/v1.0.0.zip?checksums=sha256:4fbcaa2a8d17c1f8042578627c122361ab18b7973311e7e9c598696732902f87&download_url=https://github.com/cachito-testing/cachi2-generic/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.0.zip",
+      "type": "file"
+    }
+  ],
   "metadata": {
     "tools": [
       {
diff --git a/tests/unit/package_managers/test_generic.py b/tests/unit/package_managers/test_generic.py
index efa3bdbbd..733cae059 100644
--- a/tests/unit/package_managers/test_generic.py
+++ b/tests/unit/package_managers/test_generic.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Type
+from typing import Any, Type
 from unittest import mock
 
 import pytest
@@ -207,6 +207,61 @@ def test_resolve_generic_lockfile_invalid(
     assert expected_err in str(exc_info.value)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ["lockfile_content", "expected_components"],
+    [
+        pytest.param(
+            LOCKFILE_VALID,
+            [
+                {
+                    "external_references": [
+                        {"type": "distribution", "url": "https://example.com/artifact"}
+                    ],
+                    "name": "archive.zip",
+                    "properties": [{"name": "cachi2:found_by", "value": "cachi2"}],
+                    "purl": "pkg:generic/archive.zip?checksums=md5:3a18656e1cea70504b905836dee14db0&download_url=https://example.com/artifact",
+                    "type": "file",
+                    "version": None,
+                },
+                {
+                    "external_references": [
+                        {
+                            "type": "distribution",
+                            "url": "https://example.com/more/complex/path/file.tar.gz?foo=bar#fragment",
+                        }
+                    ],
+                    "name": "file.tar.gz",
+                    "properties": [{"name": "cachi2:found_by", "value": "cachi2"}],
+                    "purl": "pkg:generic/file.tar.gz?checksums=md5:32112bed1914cfe3799600f962750b1d&download_url=https://example.com/more/complex/path/file.tar.gz%3Ffoo%3Dbar%23fragment",
+                    "type": "file",
+                    "version": None,
+                },
+            ],
+            id="valid_lockfile",
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+@mock.patch("cachi2.core.package_managers.generic.main.asyncio.run")
+@mock.patch("cachi2.core.package_managers.generic.main.async_download_files")
+@mock.patch("cachi2.core.package_managers.generic.main.must_match_any_checksum")
+def test_resolve_generic_lockfile_valid(
+    mock_checksums: mock.Mock,
+    mock_download: mock.Mock,
+    mock_asyncio_run: mock.Mock,
+    lockfile_content: str,
+    expected_components: list[dict[str, Any]],
+    rooted_tmp_path: RootedPath,
+) -> None:
+    # setup lockfile
+    with open(rooted_tmp_path.join_within_root(DEFAULT_LOCKFILE_NAME), "w") as f:
+        f.write(lockfile_content)
+
+    assert [
+        c.model_dump() for c in _resolve_generic_lockfile(rooted_tmp_path, rooted_tmp_path)
+    ] == expected_components
+    mock_checksums.assert_called()
+
+
 def test_load_generic_lockfile_valid(rooted_tmp_path: RootedPath) -> None:
     expected_lockfile = {
         "metadata": {"version": "1.0"},