diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 628622ef7..2578e7a12 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 * **New post-processor** Yandex Export [GH-9124]
 
 ### IMPROVEMENTS:
+* core: HCL logs now display source type and source name (`type.name`) in logs
+    to differentiate more easily who says what. [GH-9257]
 * builder/amazon: Add SSM Session Manager as a SSH interface connection
     [GH-9082]
 * builder/google: Implement iap proxy for googlecompute [GH-9105]
diff --git a/hcl2template/types.packer_config.go b/hcl2template/types.packer_config.go
index 4ca0eba9e..41580d3af 100644
--- a/hcl2template/types.packer_config.go
+++ b/hcl2template/types.packer_config.go
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ func (cfg *PackerConfig) GetBuilds(opts packer.GetBuildsOptions) ([]packer.Build
 			}
 
 			pcb := &packer.CoreBuild{
-				Type:           src.Type,
+				Type:           src.Ref().String(),
 				Builder:        builder,
 				Provisioners:   provisioners,
 				PostProcessors: pps,
diff --git a/hcl2template/types.packer_config_test.go b/hcl2template/types.packer_config_test.go
index 45d9c43c5..844038f19 100644
--- a/hcl2template/types.packer_config_test.go
+++ b/hcl2template/types.packer_config_test.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func TestParser_complete(t *testing.T) {
 			false, false,
 			[]packer.Build{
 				&packer.CoreBuild{
-					Type:     "virtualbox-iso",
+					Type:     "virtualbox-iso.ubuntu-1204",
 					Prepared: true,
 					Builder:  basicMockBuilder,
 					Provisioners: []packer.CoreBuildProvisioner{
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func TestParser_complete(t *testing.T) {
 			false, false,
 			[]packer.Build{
 				&packer.CoreBuild{
-					Type:     "virtualbox-iso",
+					Type:     "virtualbox-iso.ubuntu-1204",
 					Prepared: true,
 					Builder:  emptyMockBuilder,
 					Provisioners: []packer.CoreBuildProvisioner{
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ func TestParser_complete(t *testing.T) {
 			false, false,
 			[]packer.Build{
 				&packer.CoreBuild{
-					Type:     "virtualbox-iso",
+					Type:     "virtualbox-iso.ubuntu-1204",
 					Prepared: true,
 					Builder:  emptyMockBuilder,
 					Provisioners: []packer.CoreBuildProvisioner{