diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 [mypy-confluent_kafka.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 
+[mypy-pkginfo.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+
 [mypy-pyorc.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 
@@ -29,5 +32,8 @@
 [mypy-botocore.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 
+[mypy-msgpack.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+
 # [mypy-add_your_lib_here.*]
 # ignore_missing_imports = True
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
 boto3
 click
 tqdm
-pyorc
+pkginfo
 plyvel
+pyorc
diff --git a/swh/dataset/exporters/orc.py b/swh/dataset/exporters/orc.py
--- a/swh/dataset/exporters/orc.py
+++ b/swh/dataset/exporters/orc.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import uuid
 
+import pkginfo
 from pyorc import (
     BigInt,
     Binary,
@@ -17,9 +18,11 @@
     Writer,
 )
 
+import swh.dataset
 from swh.dataset.exporter import ExporterDispatch
 from swh.dataset.relational import TABLES
 from swh.dataset.utils import remove_pull_requests
+import swh.model
 from swh.model.hashutil import hash_to_hex
 import swh.model.model as swhmodel
 
@@ -83,6 +86,13 @@
                     compression=CompressionKind.ZSTD,
                 )
             )
+            self.writers[table_name].set_user_metadata(
+                swh_object_type=table_name.encode(),
+                swh_uuid=unique_id.encode(),
+                swh_model_version=pkginfo.get_metadata(swh.model).version.encode(),
+                swh_dataset_version=pkginfo.get_metadata(swh.dataset).version.encode(),
+                # maybe put a copy of the config (redacted) also?
+            )
         return self.writers[table_name]
 
     def process_origin(self, origin):