diff --git a/swh/loader/package/build_revision.py b/swh/loader/package/build_revision.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swh/loader/package/build_revision.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2019 The Software Heritage developers
+# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+
+from datetime import datetime
+from swh.model.identifiers import normalize_timestamp
+from dateutil import parser as date_parser
+
+
+class BuildRevision:
+    """Build revision from the metadata of the package version
+
+    Build the revision for a package version using the metadata provided.
+    There are several hookpoints that can be overridden as per the need of
+    package manager.
+
+    """
+
+    SWH_PERSON = {
+        'name': b'Software Heritage',
+        'fullname': b'Software Heritage',
+        'email': b'robot@softwareheritage.org'
+    }
+    REVISION_MESSAGE = b'swh-loader-package: synthetic revision message'
+
+    def modify_revision(self, revision):
+        """Make modification on revision created
+        If the revision of a package manager needs to be in a specific format,
+        this method can be overridden to perform that operation insted of
+        overriding the `compute_revision()`.
+
+        Args:
+            revision (dict): Created revision
+
+        Returns:
+            dict: Modified revision
+
+        """
+        return revision
+
+    def build_revision(self, directory, package_source_data):
+        """Build a revision.
+
+        Args:
+            directory (str): absolute path to the tarball
+            package_source_data (dict): Information about the package
+                                        release version
+
+        Returns:
+            dict: Revision
+
+        """
+        revision = {
+            'metadata': self.find_metadata(package_source_data),
+            'date': self.find_date(package_source_data),
+            'committer_date': self.find_date(package_source_data),
+            'author': self.find_author(package_source_data),
+            'committer': self.find_author(package_source_data),
+            'type': self.find_type(package_source_data),
+            'message': self.find_message(package_source_data),
+            'directory': directory.hash,
+            'synthetic': True,
+            'parents': [],
+        }
+
+        return self.modify_revision(revision)
+
+    def find_type(self, package_source_data):
+        return package_source_data['nature']
+
+    def find_message(self, package_source_data):
+        return self.REVISION_MESSAGE
+
+    def find_author(self, package_source_data):
+        if 'author' in package_source_data:
+            return package_source_data['author']
+        return self.SWH_PERSON
+
+    def find_metadata(self, package_source_data):
+        return {
+            'package': package_source_data
+        }
+
+    def find_date(self, package_source_data):
+        try:
+            # if `date` key in package_source_data:
+            date = date_parser.parse(package_source_data['date'])
+            return normalize_timestamp(int(date.timestamp()))
+        except Exception:
+            now = datetime.now()
+            return normalize_timestamp(int(datetime.timestamp(now)))
diff --git a/swh/loader/package/loader.py b/swh/loader/package/loader.py
--- a/swh/loader/package/loader.py
+++ b/swh/loader/package/loader.py
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@
 from swh.model.hashutil import MultiHash, HASH_BLOCK_SIZE
 from swh.storage.algos.snapshot import snapshot_get_all_branches
 
+from .build_revision import BuildRevision
 
 DEBUG_MODE = '** DEBUG MODE **'
 
 
-class PackageLoader(BufferedLoader):
+class PackageLoader(BufferedLoader, BuildRevision):
     """Package loader class for package manager loader
 
     A loader is a component of the Software Heritage architecture responsible