diff --git a/cmd/classify/main.go b/cmd/classify/main.go
index bdb5f76..27a3432 100644
--- a/cmd/classify/main.go
+++ b/cmd/classify/main.go
@@ -226,6 +226,8 @@ type ghRelease struct {
 	Draft       bool      `json:"draft"`
 	PublishedAt string    `json:"published_at"`
 	Assets      []ghAsset `json:"assets"`
+	TarballURL  string    `json:"tarball_url"`
+	ZipballURL  string    `json:"zipball_url"`
 }
 
 type ghAsset struct {
@@ -302,6 +304,35 @@ func classifyGitHub(pkg string, conf *installerconf.Conf, d *rawcache.Dir) ([]Di
 				Date:     date,
 			})
 		}
+
+		// Source-tarball packages: no binary assets, distributed via
+		// GitHub's auto-generated tarball/zipball URLs.
+		if len(rel.Assets) == 0 {
+			if rel.TarballURL != "" {
+				dists = append(dists, Dist{
+					Package:  pkg,
+					Version:  version,
+					Channel:  channel,
+					Format:   ".tar.gz",
+					Download: rel.TarballURL,
+					Filename: rel.TagName + ".tar.gz",
+					Date:     date,
+					Extra:    "source",
+				})
+			}
+			if rel.ZipballURL != "" {
+				dists = append(dists, Dist{
+					Package:  pkg,
+					Version:  version,
+					Channel:  channel,
+					Format:   ".zip",
+					Download: rel.ZipballURL,
+					Filename: rel.TagName + ".zip",
+					Date:     date,
+					Extra:    "source",
+				})
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	return dists, nil
 }