diff --git a/src/fromager/candidate.py b/src/fromager/candidate.py
index e7a824a3..2fee169a 100644
--- a/src/fromager/candidate.py
+++ b/src/fromager/candidate.py
@@ -38,12 +38,18 @@ def __init__(
 
         self._metadata: Metadata | None = None
         self._dependencies: list[Requirement] | None = None
+        self.metadata_source: str | None = None
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         if not self.extras:
             return f"<{self.name}=={self.version}>"
         return f"<{self.name}[{','.join(self.extras)}]=={self.version}>"
 
+    def _pep_658_metadata(self):
+        # This function will download the metadata file from metadata_source url.
+        # Where do we save this? We will use seesions.get(self.metadata_source, stream=True)
+        pass
+
     @property
     def metadata(self) -> Metadata:
         if self._metadata is None:
diff --git a/src/fromager/resolver.py b/src/fromager/resolver.py
index b8c3ca56..f587910e 100644
--- a/src/fromager/resolver.py
+++ b/src/fromager/resolver.py
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ def get_project_from_pypi(
     for i in doc.findall(".//a"):
         candidate_url = urljoin(simple_index_url, i.attrib["href"])
         py_req = i.attrib.get("data-requires-python")
+        # As per PEP 658, the metadata file will be present separately in anchor tag "data-dist-info-metadata"
+        candidate_metadata_attr = i.attrib.get("data-dist-info-metadata")
+        candidate_metadata_url = urljoin(simple_index_url, candidate_metadata_attr)
         path = urlparse(candidate_url).path
         filename = path.rsplit("/", 1)[-1]
         if DEBUG_RESOLVER:
@@ -178,6 +181,7 @@ def get_project_from_pypi(
             is_sdist=is_sdist,
             build_tag=build_tag,
         )
+        c.metadata_source = candidate_metadata_url
         if DEBUG_RESOLVER:
             logger.debug(
                 "%s: candidate %s (%s) %s", project, filename, c, candidate_url