diff --git a/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-depsolve.go b/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-depsolve.go
index 5f5094937..36216e806 100644
--- a/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-depsolve.go
+++ b/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-depsolve.go
@@ -52,27 +52,34 @@ type DepsolveJobImpl struct {
 // in repos are used for all package sets, whereas the repositories in
 // packageSetsRepos are only used for the package set with the same name
 // (matching map keys).
-func (impl *DepsolveJobImpl) depsolve(packageSets map[string][]rpmmd.PackageSet, modulePlatformID, arch, releasever string) (map[string][]rpmmd.PackageSpec, map[string][]rpmmd.RepoConfig, error) {
+func (impl *DepsolveJobImpl) depsolve(packageSets map[string][]rpmmd.PackageSet, modulePlatformID, arch, releasever string, sbomType sbom.StandardType) (map[string][]rpmmd.PackageSpec, map[string][]rpmmd.RepoConfig, map[string]worker.SbomDoc, error) {
 	solver := impl.Solver.NewWithConfig(modulePlatformID, releasever, arch, "")
 	if impl.RepositoryMTLSConfig != nil && impl.RepositoryMTLSConfig.Proxy != nil {
 		err := solver.SetProxy(impl.RepositoryMTLSConfig.Proxy.String())
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, err
+			return nil, nil, nil, err
 		}
 	}
 
 	depsolvedSets := make(map[string][]rpmmd.PackageSpec)
 	repoConfigs := make(map[string][]rpmmd.RepoConfig)
+	var sbomDocs map[string]worker.SbomDoc
+	if sbomType != sbom.StandardTypeNone {
+		sbomDocs = make(map[string]worker.SbomDoc)
+	}
 	for name, pkgSet := range packageSets {
-		res, err := solver.Depsolve(pkgSet, sbom.StandardTypeNone)
+		res, err := solver.Depsolve(pkgSet, sbomType)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, err
+			return nil, nil, nil, err
 		}
 		depsolvedSets[name] = res.Packages
 		repoConfigs[name] = res.Repos
+		if sbomType != sbom.StandardTypeNone {
+			sbomDocs[name] = worker.SbomDoc(*res.SBOM)
+		}
 	}
 
-	return depsolvedSets, repoConfigs, nil
+	return depsolvedSets, repoConfigs, sbomDocs, nil
 }
 
 func workerClientErrorFrom(err error, logWithId *logrus.Entry) *clienterrors.Error {
@@ -142,7 +149,7 @@ func (impl *DepsolveJobImpl) Run(job worker.Job) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	result.PackageSpecs, result.RepoConfigs, err = impl.depsolve(args.PackageSets, args.ModulePlatformID, args.Arch, args.Releasever)
+	result.PackageSpecs, result.RepoConfigs, result.SbomDocs, err = impl.depsolve(args.PackageSets, args.ModulePlatformID, args.Arch, args.Releasever, args.SbomType)
 	if err != nil {
 		result.JobError = workerClientErrorFrom(err, logWithId)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/worker/json.go b/internal/worker/json.go
index 41c0c6bbc..1aa84ecbd 100644
--- a/internal/worker/json.go
+++ b/internal/worker/json.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/osbuild/images/pkg/manifest"
 	"github.com/osbuild/images/pkg/osbuild"
 	"github.com/osbuild/images/pkg/rpmmd"
+	"github.com/osbuild/images/pkg/sbom"
 	"github.com/osbuild/osbuild-composer/internal/target"
 	"github.com/osbuild/osbuild-composer/internal/worker/clienterrors"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
@@ -180,6 +181,10 @@ type DepsolveJob struct {
 	ModulePlatformID string                        `json:"module_platform_id"`
 	Arch             string                        `json:"arch"`
 	Releasever       string                        `json:"releasever"`
+
+	// NB: for now, the worker supports only a single SBOM type, but keep the options
+	// open for the future by passing the actual type and not just bool.
+	SbomType sbom.StandardType `json:"sbom_type,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type ErrorType string
@@ -189,8 +194,15 @@ const (
 	OtherErrorType    ErrorType = "other"
 )
 
+// SbomDoc represents a single SBOM document result.
+type SbomDoc struct {
+	DocType  sbom.StandardType `json:"type"`
+	Document json.RawMessage   `json:"document"`
+}
+
 type DepsolveJobResult struct {
 	PackageSpecs map[string][]rpmmd.PackageSpec `json:"package_specs"`
+	SbomDocs     map[string]SbomDoc             `json:"sbom_docs,omitempty"`
 	RepoConfigs  map[string][]rpmmd.RepoConfig  `json:"repo_configs"`
 	Error        string                         `json:"error"`
 	ErrorType    ErrorType                      `json:"error_type"`