diff --git a/command/execute.go b/command/execute.go
index 7ad74f314..308c159c3 100644
--- a/command/execute.go
+++ b/command/execute.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	shelllocalpostprocessor "github.com/hashicorp/packer/post-processor/shell-local"
 	breakpointprovisioner "github.com/hashicorp/packer/provisioner/breakpoint"
 	fileprovisioner "github.com/hashicorp/packer/provisioner/file"
+	hcp_sbomprovisioner "github.com/hashicorp/packer/provisioner/hcp_sbom"
 	powershellprovisioner "github.com/hashicorp/packer/provisioner/powershell"
 	shellprovisioner "github.com/hashicorp/packer/provisioner/shell"
 	shelllocalprovisioner "github.com/hashicorp/packer/provisioner/shell-local"
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ var Builders = map[string]packersdk.Builder{
 var Provisioners = map[string]packersdk.Provisioner{
 	"breakpoint":      new(breakpointprovisioner.Provisioner),
 	"file":            new(fileprovisioner.Provisioner),
+	"hcp_sbom":        new(hcp_sbomprovisioner.Provisioner),
 	"powershell":      new(powershellprovisioner.Provisioner),
 	"shell":           new(shellprovisioner.Provisioner),
 	"shell-local":     new(shelllocalprovisioner.Provisioner),
diff --git a/provisioner/hcp_sbom/provisioner.go b/provisioner/hcp_sbom/provisioner.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..692483540
--- /dev/null
+++ b/provisioner/hcp_sbom/provisioner.go
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+// Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1
+
+//go:generate packer-sdc mapstructure-to-hcl2 -type Config
+//go:generate packer-sdc struct-markdown
+
+package hcp_sbom
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2/hcldec"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/common"
+	packersdk "github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/packer"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/template/config"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/template/interpolate"
+	"github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type Config struct {
+	common.PackerConfig `mapstructure:",squash"`
+	Source              string `mapstructure:"source" required:"true"`
+	Destination         string `mapstructure:"destination"`
+	ctx                 interpolate.Context
+}
+
+type Provisioner struct {
+	config Config
+}
+
+func (p *Provisioner) ConfigSpec() hcldec.ObjectSpec {
+	return p.config.FlatMapstructure().HCL2Spec()
+}
+
+func (p *Provisioner) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) error {
+	err := config.Decode(&p.config, &config.DecodeOpts{
+		PluginType:         "hcp-sbom",
+		Interpolate:        true,
+		InterpolateContext: &p.config.ctx,
+		InterpolateFilter: &interpolate.RenderFilter{
+			Exclude: []string{},
+		},
+	}, raws...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	var errs *packersdk.MultiError
+	if p.config.Source == "" {
+		errs = packersdk.MultiErrorAppend(errs, errors.New("source must be specified"))
+	}
+
+	if errs != nil && len(errs.Errors) > 0 {
+		return errs
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (p *Provisioner) Provision(
+	ctx context.Context, ui packersdk.Ui, comm packersdk.Communicator, generatedData map[string]interface{},
+) error {
+	ui.Say(
+		fmt.Sprintf("Starting to provision with hcp-sbom using source: %s",
+			p.config.Source,
+		),
+	)
+
+	if generatedData == nil {
+		generatedData = make(map[string]interface{})
+	}
+	p.config.ctx.Data = generatedData
+
+	// Download the file
+	destPath, downloadErr := p.downloadSBOM(ui, comm)
+	// defer os.Remove(destPath)
+	if downloadErr != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to download file: %w", downloadErr)
+	}
+
+	// Validate the file
+	ui.Say(fmt.Sprintf("Validating SBOM file %s", destPath))
+	validationErr := p.validateSBOM(ui, destPath)
+	if validationErr != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to validate SBOM file: %w", validationErr)
+	}
+
+	// Compress the file
+	ui.Say(fmt.Sprintf("Compressing SBOM file %s", destPath))
+	_, compessionErr := p.compressFile(ui, destPath)
+	if compessionErr != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to compress file: %w", compessionErr)
+	}
+
+	// Future: send compressedData to the internal API as per RFC
+	// ...
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// downloadSBOM downloads a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) from a specified
+// source to a local destination. It works with all communicators from packersdk.
+// The method returns the path to the downloaded file or an error if any issues
+// occur during the download process.
+func (p *Provisioner) downloadSBOM(ui packersdk.Ui, comm packersdk.Communicator) (string, error) {
+	src, err := interpolate.Render(p.config.Source, &p.config.ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return p.config.Destination, fmt.Errorf("error interpolating source: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	// Check if the source is a JSON file
+	if filepath.Ext(src) != ".json" {
+		return p.config.Destination, fmt.Errorf(
+			"packer SBOM source file is not a JSON file: %s", src,
+		)
+	}
+
+	// Determine the destination path
+	dst := p.config.Destination
+	if dst == "" {
+		tmpFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "packer-sbom-*.json")
+		if err != nil {
+			return dst, fmt.Errorf(
+				"failed to create file for Packer SBOM: %s", err,
+			)
+		}
+		dst = tmpFile.Name()
+		tmpFile.Close()
+	} else {
+		dst, err = interpolate.Render(dst, &p.config.ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return dst, fmt.Errorf("error interpolating Packer SBOM destination: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		if strings.HasSuffix(dst, "/") {
+			info, err := os.Stat(dst)
+			if err != nil {
+				return dst, fmt.Errorf("failed to stat destination for Packer SBOM: %s", err)
+			}
+
+			if info.IsDir() {
+				tmpFile, err := os.CreateTemp(dst, "packer-sbom-*.json")
+				if err != nil {
+					return dst, fmt.Errorf("failed to create file for Packer SBOM: %s", err)
+				}
+				dst = tmpFile.Name()
+				tmpFile.Close()
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Ensure the destination directory exists
+	dir := filepath.Dir(dst)
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, os.FileMode(0755)); err != nil {
+		return dst, fmt.Errorf("failed to create destination directory for Packer SBOM: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	// Open the destination file
+	f, err := os.OpenFile(dst, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		return dst, fmt.Errorf("failed to open destination file: %s", err)
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	// Create MultiWriter for the current progress
+	pf := io.MultiWriter(f)
+
+	// Download the file
+	ui.Say(fmt.Sprintf("Downloading SBOM file %s => %s", src, dst))
+	if err = comm.Download(src, pf); err != nil {
+		ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("download failed for SBOM file: %s", err))
+		return dst, err
+	}
+
+	return dst, nil
+}
+
+func (p *Provisioner) compressFile(ui packersdk.Ui, filePath string) ([]byte, error) {
+	sourceFile, err := os.Open(filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer sourceFile.Close()
+
+	data, err := io.ReadAll(sourceFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	encoder, err := zstd.NewWriter(nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer encoder.Close()
+
+	compressedData := encoder.EncodeAll(data, nil)
+
+	ui.Say(fmt.Sprintf("SBOM file compressed successfully. Size: %d bytes", len(compressedData)))
+	return compressedData, nil
+}
+
+type SBOM struct {
+	BomFormat   string `json:"bomFormat"`
+	SpecVersion string `json:"specVersion"`
+}
+
+func (p *Provisioner) validateSBOM(ui packersdk.Ui, filePath string) error {
+	sourceFile, err := os.Open(filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer sourceFile.Close()
+
+	data, err := io.ReadAll(sourceFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	var sbom SBOM
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &sbom); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal JSON: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if sbom.BomFormat != "CycloneDX" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid bomFormat: %s", sbom.BomFormat)
+	}
+
+	if sbom.SpecVersion == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("specVersion is required")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/provisioner/hcp_sbom/provisioner.hcl2spec.go b/provisioner/hcp_sbom/provisioner.hcl2spec.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6ee5d227
--- /dev/null
+++ b/provisioner/hcp_sbom/provisioner.hcl2spec.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// Code generated by "packer-sdc mapstructure-to-hcl2"; DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package hcp_sbom
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2/hcldec"
+	"github.com/zclconf/go-cty/cty"
+)
+
+// FlatConfig is an auto-generated flat version of Config.
+// Where the contents of a field with a `mapstructure:,squash` tag are bubbled up.
+type FlatConfig struct {
+	PackerBuildName     *string           `mapstructure:"packer_build_name" cty:"packer_build_name" hcl:"packer_build_name"`
+	PackerBuilderType   *string           `mapstructure:"packer_builder_type" cty:"packer_builder_type" hcl:"packer_builder_type"`
+	PackerCoreVersion   *string           `mapstructure:"packer_core_version" cty:"packer_core_version" hcl:"packer_core_version"`
+	PackerDebug         *bool             `mapstructure:"packer_debug" cty:"packer_debug" hcl:"packer_debug"`
+	PackerForce         *bool             `mapstructure:"packer_force" cty:"packer_force" hcl:"packer_force"`
+	PackerOnError       *string           `mapstructure:"packer_on_error" cty:"packer_on_error" hcl:"packer_on_error"`
+	PackerUserVars      map[string]string `mapstructure:"packer_user_variables" cty:"packer_user_variables" hcl:"packer_user_variables"`
+	PackerSensitiveVars []string          `mapstructure:"packer_sensitive_variables" cty:"packer_sensitive_variables" hcl:"packer_sensitive_variables"`
+	Source              *string           `mapstructure:"source" required:"true" cty:"source" hcl:"source"`
+	Destination         *string           `mapstructure:"destination" cty:"destination" hcl:"destination"`
+}
+
+// FlatMapstructure returns a new FlatConfig.
+// FlatConfig is an auto-generated flat version of Config.
+// Where the contents a fields with a `mapstructure:,squash` tag are bubbled up.
+func (*Config) FlatMapstructure() interface{ HCL2Spec() map[string]hcldec.Spec } {
+	return new(FlatConfig)
+}
+
+// HCL2Spec returns the hcl spec of a Config.
+// This spec is used by HCL to read the fields of Config.
+// The decoded values from this spec will then be applied to a FlatConfig.
+func (*FlatConfig) HCL2Spec() map[string]hcldec.Spec {
+	s := map[string]hcldec.Spec{
+		"packer_build_name":          &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "packer_build_name", Type: cty.String, Required: false},
+		"packer_builder_type":        &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "packer_builder_type", Type: cty.String, Required: false},
+		"packer_core_version":        &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "packer_core_version", Type: cty.String, Required: false},
+		"packer_debug":               &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "packer_debug", Type: cty.Bool, Required: false},
+		"packer_force":               &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "packer_force", Type: cty.Bool, Required: false},
+		"packer_on_error":            &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "packer_on_error", Type: cty.String, Required: false},
+		"packer_user_variables":      &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "packer_user_variables", Type: cty.Map(cty.String), Required: false},
+		"packer_sensitive_variables": &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "packer_sensitive_variables", Type: cty.List(cty.String), Required: false},
+		"source":                     &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "source", Type: cty.String, Required: false},
+		"destination":                &hcldec.AttrSpec{Name: "destination", Type: cty.String, Required: false},
+	}
+	return s
+}
diff --git a/provisioner/hcp_sbom/provisioner_test.go b/provisioner/hcp_sbom/provisioner_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9adb5821
--- /dev/null
+++ b/provisioner/hcp_sbom/provisioner_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+package hcp_sbom
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/packer"
+	"github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+type MockUi struct {
+	packer.Ui
+}
+
+func (m *MockUi) Say(message string) {
+	fmt.Println(message)
+}
+
+func (m *MockUi) Error(message string) {
+	fmt.Println("ERROR:", message)
+}
+
+type MockCommunicator struct {
+	packer.Communicator
+}
+
+func (m *MockCommunicator) Download(src string, dst io.Writer) error {
+	_, err := dst.Write([]byte("mock SBOM content"))
+	return err
+}
+
+func TestDownloadSBOM(t *testing.T) {
+	ui := &MockUi{}
+	comm := &MockCommunicator{}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		config      Config
+		expectError bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "Source is a dir, Dest is a dir",
+			config: Config{
+				Source:      "mock-source/",
+				Destination: "test-dir/",
+			},
+			expectError: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Source is a json file, Destination is a dir",
+			config: Config{
+				Source:      "mock-source/sbom.json",
+				Destination: "test-dir/",
+			},
+			expectError: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Source is a json file, Destination is a json file",
+			config: Config{
+				Source:      "mock-source/sbom.json",
+				Destination: "sbom.json",
+			},
+			expectError: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Source is a json file, Destination is a json file in test-output-data",
+			config: Config{
+				Source:      "mock-source/sbom.json",
+				Destination: "test-output-data/sbom.json",
+			},
+			expectError: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Source is a json file, Destination is test-output-data w/o /",
+			config: Config{
+				Source:      "mock-source/sbom.json",
+				Destination: "test-output-data",
+			},
+			expectError: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Source is a json file, Destination is empty",
+			config: Config{
+				Source: "mock-source/sbom.json",
+			},
+			expectError: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			provisioner := &Provisioner{
+				config: tt.config,
+			}
+
+			destPath, err := provisioner.downloadSBOM(ui, comm)
+			if tt.expectError {
+				if err == nil {
+					t.Fatalf("expected error, got none")
+				}
+			} else {
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("expected no error, got %v", err)
+				}
+
+				if _, err := os.Stat(destPath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+					t.Fatalf("expected file to exist at %s", destPath)
+				}
+
+				os.RemoveAll(destPath)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestValidateSBOM(t *testing.T) {
+	provisioner := &Provisioner{}
+	ui := &MockUi{}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		sbom        SBOM
+		expectError bool
+		errorMsg    string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "Valid SBOM",
+			sbom: SBOM{
+				BomFormat:   "CycloneDX",
+				SpecVersion: "1.0",
+			},
+			expectError: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Invalid BomFormat",
+			sbom: SBOM{
+				BomFormat:   "InvalidFormat",
+				SpecVersion: "1.0",
+			},
+			expectError: true,
+			errorMsg:    "invalid bomFormat: InvalidFormat",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Empty SpecVersion",
+			sbom: SBOM{
+				BomFormat:   "CycloneDX",
+				SpecVersion: "",
+			},
+			expectError: true,
+			errorMsg:    "specVersion is required",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			data, _ := json.Marshal(tt.sbom)
+			filePath := "test-sbom.json"
+			os.WriteFile(filePath, data, 0644)
+			defer os.Remove(filePath)
+
+			err := provisioner.validateSBOM(ui, filePath)
+			if tt.expectError {
+				if err == nil || err.Error() != tt.errorMsg {
+					t.Fatalf("expected error %v, got %v", tt.errorMsg, err)
+				}
+			} else {
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("expected no error, got %v", err)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCompressFile(t *testing.T) {
+	ui := &MockUi{}
+	provisioner := &Provisioner{}
+	validSBOM := SBOM{
+		BomFormat:   "CycloneDX",
+		SpecVersion: "1.0",
+	}
+	data, _ := json.Marshal(validSBOM)
+	filePath := "data.json"
+	//os.WriteFile(filePath, data, 0644)
+	//defer os.Remove(filePath)
+
+	sourceFile, err := os.Open(filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected no error:%v", err)
+	}
+	defer sourceFile.Close()
+
+	data, err = io.ReadAll(sourceFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected no error:%v", err)
+	}
+
+	compressedData, err := provisioner.compressFile(ui, filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected no error, got %v", err)
+	}
+
+	decoder, err := zstd.NewReader(nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected no error, got %v", err)
+	}
+	defer decoder.Close()
+
+	decompressedData, err := decoder.DecodeAll(compressedData, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected no error, got %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if string(decompressedData) != string(data) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected decompressed data to be '%s', got %s", data, decompressedData)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/provisioner/hcp_sbom/test-sbom.json b/provisioner/hcp_sbom/test-sbom.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc1badee6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/provisioner/hcp_sbom/test-sbom.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"bomFormat":"InvalidFormat","specVersion":"1.0"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/provisioner/hcp_sbom/version/version.go b/provisioner/hcp_sbom/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..772d6d4f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/provisioner/hcp_sbom/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1
+
+package version
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/version"
+	packerVersion "github.com/hashicorp/packer/version"
+)
+
+var HCPSBOMPluginVersion *version.PluginVersion
+
+func init() {
+	HCPSBOMPluginVersion = version.NewPluginVersion(
+		packerVersion.Version, packerVersion.VersionPrerelease, packerVersion.VersionMetadata)
+}
diff --git a/website/content/partials/provisioner/hcp_sbom/Config-not-required.mdx b/website/content/partials/provisioner/hcp_sbom/Config-not-required.mdx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8019fbde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/content/partials/provisioner/hcp_sbom/Config-not-required.mdx
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<!-- Code generated from the comments of the Config struct in provisioner/hcp_sbom/provisioner.go; DO NOT EDIT MANUALLY -->
+
+- `destination` (string) - Destination
+
+<!-- End of code generated from the comments of the Config struct in provisioner/hcp_sbom/provisioner.go; -->
diff --git a/website/content/partials/provisioner/hcp_sbom/Config-required.mdx b/website/content/partials/provisioner/hcp_sbom/Config-required.mdx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0cb7e7a80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/content/partials/provisioner/hcp_sbom/Config-required.mdx
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<!-- Code generated from the comments of the Config struct in provisioner/hcp_sbom/provisioner.go; DO NOT EDIT MANUALLY -->
+
+- `source` (string) - Source
+
+<!-- End of code generated from the comments of the Config struct in provisioner/hcp_sbom/provisioner.go; -->