diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/BuildSteps.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/BuildSteps.pm
index 64bddd07..31f59f3e 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/BuildSteps.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/BuildSteps.pm
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ __PACKAGE__->table("BuildSteps");
   data_type: 'text'
   is_nullable: 1
 
+=head2 propagatedfrom
+
+  data_type: 'integer'
+  is_foreign_key: 1
+  is_nullable: 1
+
 =cut
 
 __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
@@ -117,6 +123,8 @@ __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
   { data_type => "text", default_value => "", is_nullable => 0 },
   "system",
   { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 1 },
+  "propagatedfrom",
+  { data_type => "integer", is_foreign_key => 1, is_nullable => 1 },
 );
 
 =head1 PRIMARY KEY
@@ -165,9 +173,29 @@ __PACKAGE__->has_many(
   undef,
 );
 
+=head2 propagatedfrom
 
-# Created by DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader v0.07033 @ 2013-06-13 01:54:50
-# DO NOT MODIFY THIS OR ANYTHING ABOVE! md5sum:OZsXJniZ/7EB2iSz7p5y4A
+Type: belongs_to
+
+Related object: L<Hydra::Schema::Builds>
+
+=cut
+
+__PACKAGE__->belongs_to(
+  "propagatedfrom",
+  "Hydra::Schema::Builds",
+  { id => "propagatedfrom" },
+  {
+    is_deferrable => 0,
+    join_type     => "LEFT",
+    on_delete     => "CASCADE",
+    on_update     => "NO ACTION",
+  },
+);
+
+
+# Created by DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader v0.07033 @ 2015-02-25 16:27:20
+# DO NOT MODIFY THIS OR ANYTHING ABOVE! md5sum:ZbOxzCzFN7fIT9M2BFY0iQ
 
 my %hint = (
     columns => [
diff --git a/src/root/build.tt b/src/root/build.tt
index 7f65d8c4..2ddf5fd7 100644
--- a/src/root/build.tt
+++ b/src/root/build.tt
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
                 <span class="error">Failed: [% HTML.escape(step.errormsg) %]</span>
               [% END %]
               [%%] [%+ IF has_log; INCLUDE renderLogLinks url=log inRow=1; END %]
+              [%+ IF step.propagatedfrom; %](propagated from [% INCLUDE renderBuildIdLink id=step.propagatedfrom.get_column('id') %])[% END %]
             </td>
           </tr>
         [% END %]
diff --git a/src/root/common.tt b/src/root/common.tt
index 194c5278..a5de1fb8 100644
--- a/src/root/common.tt
+++ b/src/root/common.tt
@@ -168,11 +168,14 @@ BLOCK renderFullBuildLink;
 END;
 
 
-BLOCK renderBuildLink; %]
-<a href="[% c.uri_for('/build' build.id) %]">build [% build.id %]</a>
+BLOCK renderBuildIdLink; %]
+<a href="[% c.uri_for('/build' id) %]">build [% id %]</a>
 [% END;
 
 
+BLOCK renderBuildLink; INCLUDE renderBuildIdLink id=build.id; END;
+
+
 BLOCK renderBuildStatusIcon;
   finished = build != undef ? build.finished : 1;
   busy = busy != undef ? busy : build.busy;
diff --git a/src/script/hydra-build b/src/script/hydra-build
index 4a977ca5..86ac5865 100755
--- a/src/script/hydra-build
+++ b/src/script/hydra-build
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ sub nextFreeStepNr {
 
 
 sub failDependents {
-    my ($drvPath, $status, $errorMsg, $dependents, $startTime, $stopTime, $machine) = @_;
+    my ($drvPath, $status, $errorMsg, $dependents, $startTime, $stopTime, $machine, $propagatedFrom) = @_;
 
     # Get the referrer closure of $drvPath.
     my $dependentDrvs = Set::Scalar->new(computeFSClosure(1, 0, $drvPath));
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ sub failDependents {
                 , stoptime => $stopTime
                 , errormsg => $errorMsg
                 , machine => $machine
+                , propagatedfrom => $propagatedFrom->id
                 });
             addBuildStepOutputs($step);
 
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ sub doBuild {
                 });
 
                 # Immediately fail all builds that depend on this derivation.
-                failDependents($drvPathStep, $status, $errorMsg, $dependents, $stepStartTime, $stepStopTime, $machine);
+                failDependents($drvPathStep, $status, $errorMsg, $dependents, $stepStartTime, $stepStopTime, $machine, $build);
             }
 
             elsif (/^@\s+substituter-started\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)$/) {
diff --git a/src/sql/hydra.sql b/src/sql/hydra.sql
index 15666623..436cb823 100644
--- a/src/sql/hydra.sql
+++ b/src/sql/hydra.sql
@@ -233,8 +233,11 @@ create table BuildSteps (
     machine       text not null default '',
     system        text,
 
+    propagatedFrom integer,
+
     primary key   (build, stepnr),
-    foreign key   (build) references Builds(id) on delete cascade
+    foreign key   (build) references Builds(id) on delete cascade,
+    foreign key   (propagatedFrom) references Builds(id) on delete cascade
 );
 
 
diff --git a/src/sql/upgrade-32.sql b/src/sql/upgrade-32.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8270df0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sql/upgrade-32.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+alter table BuildSteps
+  add column propagatedFrom integer,
+  add foreign key (propagatedFrom) references Builds(id) on delete cascade;