diff --git a/behave/steps/other.py b/behave/steps/other.py
index 61e70444f..8acc4fe88 100644
--- a/behave/steps/other.py
+++ b/behave/steps/other.py
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ def step_impl(context):
 
     schemafile = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', '..',
                               "mock", "docs",
-                              "buildroot-lock-schema-1.0.0.json")
+                              "buildroot-lock-schema-1.1.0.json")
     with open(schemafile, "r", encoding="utf-8") as fd:
         schema = json.load(fd)
 
diff --git a/docs/Plugin-BuildrootLock.md b/docs/Plugin-BuildrootLock.md
index 7c9f74b69..eb02c9467 100644
--- a/docs/Plugin-BuildrootLock.md
+++ b/docs/Plugin-BuildrootLock.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ installed together with the Mock RPM package:
 
     rpm -ql mock | grep schema
     /usr/share/doc/mock/buildroot-lock-schema-1.0.0.json
+    /usr/share/doc/mock/buildroot-lock-schema-1.1.0.json
 
 Currently, we do not provide a compatibility promise.  Only the exact same
 version of Mock that produced the file is guaranteed to read and process it.
diff --git a/mock/docs/buildroot-lock-schema-1.1.0.json b/mock/docs/buildroot-lock-schema-1.1.0.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c7c5bf93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mock/docs/buildroot-lock-schema-1.1.0.json
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+{
+  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rpm-software-management/mock/main/mock/docs/buildroot-lock-schema-1.1.0.json",
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-06/schema#",
+  "type": "object",
+  "title": "Mock buildroot_lock.json file specification",
+  "description": "Version 1.1.0; last updated 2025-02-03",
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "properties": {
+    "version": {
+      "description": "Version of the https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rpm-software-management/mock/main/mock/docs/buildroot-lock-schema.json schema the document conforms to. Semantic versioned. Mock that implements v2.Y.Z versions no longer reads v1.Y.Z.",
+      "const": "1.1.0"
+    },
+    "buildroot": {
+      "description": "The object that describes the Mock buildroot",
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "properties": {
+        "rpms": {
+          "description": "List of RPM packages installed in the buildroot",
+          "type": "array",
+          "items": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "additionalProperties": false,
+            "properties": {
+              "arch": {
+                "description": "Architecture for which the package was built, 'noarch' for arch agnostic packages",
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              "epoch": {
+                "description": "Epoch number of the package",
+                "type": ["string", "null"]
+              },
+              "license": {
+                "description": "The distribution license(s) of the package",
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              "name": {
+                "description": "Name of the package",
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              "release": {
+                "description": "Release (downstream) number of the package",
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              "sigmd5": {
+                "description": "The SIGMD5 tag from the rpm header.",
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              "signature": {
+                "description": "The signature used to sign the rpm (if any), last 8 characters from the \"rpm  -q --qf '%{sigpgp:pgpsig}\n'\" output",
+                "type": ["string", "null"]
+              },
+              "url": {
+                "description": "Uniform Resource Locator that points to additional information on the packaged software",
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              "version": {
+                "description": "Version (upstream) of the package",
+                "type": "string"
+              }
+            },
+            "required": [
+              "arch",
+              "epoch",
+              "license",
+              "name",
+              "release",
+              "sigmd5",
+              "signature",
+              "url",
+              "version"
+            ]
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "rpms"
+      ]
+    },
+    "bootstrap": {
+      "description": "The object that describes the Mock bootstrap chroot.  Optional, only provided when bootstrap (image) is used.",
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "required": [
+          "image_digest",
+          "pull_digest",
+          "architecture",
+          "id"
+      ],
+      "properties": {
+        "image_digest": {
+          "description": "SHA256 digest concatenated RootFS layer digests and Config section from 'podman image inspect' command, sha256 string",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "pull_digest": {
+          "description": "Image digest, as reported by podman inspect, can be used for podman pull.",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "architecture": {
+          "description": "OCI architecture string, as reported by podman inspect .Architecture field.",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "id": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "Image ID, as reported by podman inspect .Id"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "config": {
+      "description": "A set of important Mock configuration options used when the buildroot was generated (Mock's internal)",
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {}
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "buildroot",
+    "config",
+    "version"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/mock/py/mock-hermetic-repo.py b/mock/py/mock-hermetic-repo.py
index 10d4fa6d2..b685ba8c5 100755
--- a/mock/py/mock-hermetic-repo.py
+++ b/mock/py/mock-hermetic-repo.py
@@ -101,11 +101,18 @@ def _argparser():
     return parser
 
 
-def prepare_image(image_specification, outputdir):
+def prepare_image(image_specification, bootstrap_data, outputdir):
     """
     Store the tarball into the same directory where the RPMs are
     """
-    subprocess.check_output(["podman", "pull", image_specification])
+    pull_cmd = ["podman", "pull"]
+    if "pull_digest" in bootstrap_data:
+        image_specification +=  "@" + bootstrap_data["pull_digest"]
+    if "architecture" in bootstrap_data:
+        pull_cmd += ["--arch", bootstrap_data["architecture"]]
+    pull_cmd += [image_specification]
+    log.info("Pulling like: %s", ' '.join(pull_cmd))
+    subprocess.check_output(pull_cmd)
     subprocess.check_output(["podman", "save", "--format=oci-archive", "--quiet",
                              "-o", os.path.join(outputdir, "bootstrap.tar"),
                              image_specification])
@@ -136,7 +143,8 @@ def _main():
 
     subprocess.check_call(["createrepo_c", options.output_repo])
 
-    prepare_image(data["config"]["bootstrap_image"], options.output_repo)
+    prepare_image(data["config"]["bootstrap_image"], data["bootstrap"],
+                  options.output_repo)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/mock/py/mockbuild/plugins/buildroot_lock.py b/mock/py/mockbuild/plugins/buildroot_lock.py
index f8f76ac22..469d74f7d 100644
--- a/mock/py/mockbuild/plugins/buildroot_lock.py
+++ b/mock/py/mockbuild/plugins/buildroot_lock.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def _executor(cmd):
                     # the latest Mock implementing with Major == 1 can read any
                     # version from the 1.Y.Z range.  Mock implementing v2.Y.Z
                     # no longer reads v1.Y.Z variants.
-                    "version": "1.0.0",
+                    "version": "1.1.0",
                     "buildroot": {
                         "rpms": packages,
                     },
@@ -104,12 +104,10 @@ def _executor(cmd):
                         try:
                             podman = Podman(self.buildroot,
                                             data["config"]["bootstrap_image"])
-                            digest = podman.get_oci_digest()
+                            data["bootstrap"] = podman.inspect_hermetic_metadata()
+                            data["bootstrap"]["image_digest"] = podman.get_oci_digest()
                         except PodmanError:
-                            digest = "unknown"
-                    data["bootstrap"] = {
-                        "image_digest": digest,
-                    }
+                            data["bootstrap"] = {}
 
                 with open(out_file, "w", encoding="utf-8") as fdlist:
                     fdlist.write(json.dumps(data, indent=4, sort_keys=True) + "\n")
diff --git a/mock/py/mockbuild/podman.py b/mock/py/mockbuild/podman.py
index 714eb65f8..679eea3c6 100644
--- a/mock/py/mockbuild/podman.py
+++ b/mock/py/mockbuild/podman.py
@@ -230,11 +230,25 @@ def read_image_id(self):
         """
         cmd = ["podman", "image", "inspect", self.image, "--format",
                "{{ .Id }}"]
-        getLog().info("Removing image %s", self.image)
+        getLog().info("Reading image .ID from %s", self.image)
         res = subprocess.run(cmd, env=self.buildroot.env,
                              stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                              check=True)
         self.image_id = res.stdout.decode("utf-8").strip()
 
+
+    def inspect_hermetic_metadata(self):
+        """
+        Get the image metadata needed for the subsequent hermetic build.
+        """
+        get_query = '{"pull_digest": "{{ .Digest }}", "id": "{{.Id}}", "architecture": "{{ .Architecture }}"}'
+        getLog().info("Reading image %s from %s", get_query, self.image)
+        cmd = ["podman", "image", "inspect", "--format", get_query, self.image]
+        res = subprocess.run(cmd, env=self.buildroot.env,
+                             stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+                             check=True)
+        return json.loads(res.stdout.decode("utf-8").strip())
+
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return "Podman({}({}))".format(self.image, self.image_id)
diff --git a/mock/tests/test_buildroot_lock.py b/mock/tests/test_buildroot_lock.py
index 535bc4756..0bc41929d 100644
--- a/mock/tests/test_buildroot_lock.py
+++ b/mock/tests/test_buildroot_lock.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Test the methods that generate buildroot_lock.json
 """
 
+import copy
 import json
 import os
 import tempfile
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@
 """
 
 EXPECTED_OUTPUT = {
-    'version': '1.0.0',
+    'version': '1.1.0',
     'buildroot': {
         'rpms': [{
             'arch': 'x86_64',
@@ -61,6 +62,9 @@
     },
     "bootstrap": {
         "image_digest": "sha256:ba1067bef190fbe88f085bd019464a8c0803b7cd1e3f",
+        "pull_digest": "sha256:1d9f0eaec60b59a669b285d1e775d970061b9694d4998b5bdb9626c9f33685cd",
+        "id": "b222730c2ba32385173fe3351026c316c9a294fa8d8c3c0f80d8afdb1b1aeef7",
+        "architecture": "amd64",
     },
     'config': {
         'bootstrap_image': 'foo',
@@ -72,6 +76,12 @@
 }
 
 
+def _exp_output_bootstrap(exp_data):
+    data = copy.deepcopy(exp_data["bootstrap"])
+    del data["image_digest"]
+    return data
+
+
 def _mock_vars(rpm_out, repoquery_out):
     tc = TestCase()
     tc.maxDiff = None
@@ -100,6 +110,7 @@ def _call_method(plugins, buildroot):
 
     podman_obj = MagicMock()
     podman_obj.get_oci_digest.return_value = EXPECTED_OUTPUT["bootstrap"]["image_digest"]
+    podman_obj.inspect_hermetic_metadata.return_value = _exp_output_bootstrap(EXPECTED_OUTPUT)
     podman_cls = MagicMock(return_value=podman_obj)
     with patch("mockbuild.plugins.buildroot_lock.Podman", side_effect=podman_cls):
         method()
diff --git a/releng/release-notes-next/hermetic-arch-specific.feature b/releng/release-notes-next/hermetic-arch-specific.feature
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03d6f8143
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releng/release-notes-next/hermetic-arch-specific.feature
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+The buildroot lockfile generator [has been modified][PR#1548] to include
+additional bootstrap image metadata that can be later used for a precise image
+pulling.
+
+The mock-hermetic-repo script has also been modified, to respect the additional
+metadata.  This allows us to, e.g., download bootstrap image of a different
+(cross) architecture then the platform/host architecture is.  In turn, the
+script is now fully arch-agnostic (any host arch may be used for downloading
+files from any arch specific lockfile).