diff --git a/schema_salad/codegen.py b/schema_salad/codegen.py
index f735919..3c4144e 100644
--- a/schema_salad/codegen.py
+++ b/schema_salad/codegen.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from typing import (
     TextIO,
     Union,
 )
+from urllib.parse import urlsplit
 
 from . import schema
 from .codegen_base import CodeGenBase
@@ -33,12 +34,23 @@ def codegen(
     examples: Optional[str] = None,
     package: Optional[str] = None,
     copyright: Optional[str] = None,
+    parser_info: Optional[str] = None,
 ) -> None:
     """Generate classes with loaders for the given Schema Salad description."""
 
     j = schema.extend_and_specialize(i, loader)
 
     gen = None  # type: Optional[CodeGenBase]
+    base = schema_metadata.get("$base", schema_metadata.get("id"))
+    sp = urlsplit(base)
+    pkg = (
+        package
+        if package
+        else ".".join(
+            list(reversed(sp.netloc.split("."))) + sp.path.strip("/").split("/")
+        )
+    )
+    info = parser_info or pkg
     if lang == "python":
         if target:
             dest: Union[TextIOWrapper, TextIO] = open(
@@ -46,13 +58,14 @@ def codegen(
             )
         else:
             dest = sys.stdout
-        gen = PythonCodeGen(dest, copyright=copyright)
+
+        gen = PythonCodeGen(dest, copyright=copyright, parser_info=info)
     elif lang == "java":
         gen = JavaCodeGen(
-            schema_metadata.get("$base", schema_metadata.get("id")),
+            base,
             target=target,
             examples=examples,
-            package=package,
+            package=pkg,
             copyright=copyright,
         )
     else:
diff --git a/schema_salad/java_codegen.py b/schema_salad/java_codegen.py
index ff3e8ec..36c7641 100644
--- a/schema_salad/java_codegen.py
+++ b/schema_salad/java_codegen.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ from typing import (
     Set,
     Union,
 )
-from urllib.parse import urlsplit
 
 import pkg_resources
 
@@ -129,20 +128,13 @@ class JavaCodeGen(CodeGenBase):
         base: str,
         target: Optional[str],
         examples: Optional[str],
-        package: Optional[str],
+        package: str,
         copyright: Optional[str],
     ) -> None:
         super().__init__()
         self.base_uri = base
-        sp = urlsplit(base)
         self.examples = examples
-        self.package = (
-            package
-            if package
-            else ".".join(
-                list(reversed(sp.netloc.split("."))) + sp.path.strip("/").split("/")
-            )
-        )
+        self.package = package
         self.artifact = self.package.split(".")[-1]
         self.copyright = copyright
         self.target_dir = Path(target or ".").resolve()
diff --git a/schema_salad/main.py b/schema_salad/main.py
index 04b972e..4dca459 100644
--- a/schema_salad/main.py
+++ b/schema_salad/main.py
@@ -129,6 +129,14 @@ def arg_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
         help="Optional copyright of the input schema.",
     ),
 
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--codegen-parser-info",
+        metavar="parser_info",
+        type=str,
+        default=None,
+        help="Optional parser name which is accessible via resulted parser API (Python only)",
+    )
+
     exgroup.add_argument(
         "--print-oneline",
         action="store_true",
@@ -323,6 +331,7 @@ def main(argsl: Optional[List[str]] = None) -> int:
             examples=args.codegen_examples,
             package=args.codegen_package,
             copyright=args.codegen_copyright,
+            parser_info=args.codegen_parser_info,
         )
         return 0
 
diff --git a/schema_salad/metaschema.py b/schema_salad/metaschema.py
index 8be526d..0d39020 100644
--- a/schema_salad/metaschema.py
+++ b/schema_salad/metaschema.py
@@ -674,6 +674,10 @@ def save_relative_uri(
         return save(uri, top=False, base_url=base_url)
 
 
+def parser_info() -> str:
+    return "org.w3id.cwl.salad"
+
+
 class Documented(Savable):
     pass
 
diff --git a/schema_salad/python_codegen.py b/schema_salad/python_codegen.py
index 984a93d..458806e 100644
--- a/schema_salad/python_codegen.py
+++ b/schema_salad/python_codegen.py
@@ -68,13 +68,19 @@ def fmt(text: str, indent: int) -> str:
 class PythonCodeGen(CodeGenBase):
     """Generation of Python code for a given Schema Salad definition."""
 
-    def __init__(self, out: IO[str], copyright: Optional[str]) -> None:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        out: IO[str],
+        copyright: Optional[str],
+        parser_info: str,
+    ) -> None:
         super().__init__()
         self.out = out
         self.current_class_is_abstract = False
         self.serializer = StringIO()
         self.idfield = ""
         self.copyright = copyright
+        self.parser_info = parser_info
 
     @staticmethod
     def safe_name(name: str) -> str:
@@ -112,6 +118,14 @@ class PythonCodeGen(CodeGenBase):
         stream.close()
         self.out.write("\n\n")
 
+        self.out.write(
+            f"""def parser_info() -> str:
+    return "{self.parser_info}"
+
+
+"""
+        )
+
         for primative in prims.values():
             self.declare_type(primative)
 

diff --git a/schema_salad/tests/test_python_codegen.py b/schema_salad/tests/test_python_codegen.py
index 6f0dee4..dcb1179 100644
--- a/schema_salad/tests/test_python_codegen.py
+++ b/schema_salad/tests/test_python_codegen.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import inspect
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, cast
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, cast
 
 import schema_salad.metaschema as cg_metaschema
 from schema_salad import codegen
@@ -35,7 +35,12 @@ def test_meta_schema_gen_up_to_date(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
         assert f.read() == inspect.getsource(cg_metaschema)
 
 
-def python_codegen(file_uri: str, target: Path) -> None:
+def python_codegen(
+    file_uri: str,
+    target: Path,
+    parser_info: Optional[str] = None,
+    package: Optional[str] = None,
+) -> None:
     document_loader, avsc_names, schema_metadata, metaschema_loader = load_schema(
         file_uri
     )
@@ -50,4 +55,30 @@ def python_codegen(file_uri: str, target: Path) -> None:
         schema_metadata,
         document_loader,
         target=str(target),
+        parser_info=parser_info,
+        package=package,
     )
+
+
+def test_default_parser_info(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    src_target = tmp_path / "src.py"
+    python_codegen(metaschema_file_uri, src_target)
+    assert os.path.exists(src_target)
+    with open(src_target) as f:
+        assert 'def parser_info() -> str:\n    return "org.w3id.cwl.salad"' in f.read()
+
+
+def test_parser_info(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    src_target = tmp_path / "src.py"
+    python_codegen(metaschema_file_uri, src_target, parser_info="cwl")
+    assert os.path.exists(src_target)
+    with open(src_target) as f:
+        assert 'def parser_info() -> str:\n    return "cwl"' in f.read()
+
+
+def test_use_of_package_for_parser_info(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    src_target = tmp_path / "src.py"
+    python_codegen(metaschema_file_uri, src_target, package="cwl")
+    assert os.path.exists(src_target)
+    with open(src_target) as f:
+        assert 'def parser_info() -> str:\n    return "cwl"' in f.read()

pycodegen: add constant with name of the schema itself
Maybe a constant `parser_info`? Or a dictionary that we can add other value to later?

_Originally posted by @tom-tan in https://github.com/common-workflow-language/cwl-utils/issues/119#issuecomment-962523490_
schema_salad/tests/test_python_codegen.py::test_use_of_package_for_parser_info schema_salad/tests/test_python_codegen.py::test_parser_info schema_salad/tests/test_python_codegen.py::test_meta_schema_gen schema_salad/tests/test_python_codegen.py::test_meta_schema_gen_up_to_date schema_salad/tests/test_python_codegen.py::test_default_parser_info schema_salad/tests/test_python_codegen.py::test_cwl_gen