diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/origin/Origin.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/origin/Origin.java
index cf7307beee..559a2b1106 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/origin/Origin.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/origin/Origin.java
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
 package org.springframework.boot.origin;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
  * Interface that uniquely represents the origin of an item. For example, an item loaded
@@ -30,12 +35,24 @@ import java.io.File;
  * @author Phillip Webb
  * @since 2.0.0
  * @see OriginProvider
+ * @see TextResourceOrigin
  */
 public interface Origin {
 
+	/**
+	 * Return the parent origin for this instance if there is one. The parent origin
+	 * provides the origin of the item that created this one.
+	 * @return the parent origin or {@code null}
+	 * @since 2.4.0
+	 * @see Origin#parentsFrom(Object)
+	 */
+	default Origin getParent() {
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Find the {@link Origin} that an object originated from. Checks if the source object
-	 * is an {@link OriginProvider} and also searches exception stacks.
+	 * is an {@link Origin} or {@link OriginProvider} and also searches exception stacks.
 	 * @param source the source object or {@code null}
 	 * @return an optional {@link Origin}
 	 */
@@ -53,4 +70,27 @@ public interface Origin {
 		return origin;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Find the parents of the {@link Origin} that an object originated from. Checks if
+	 * the source object is an {@link Origin} or {@link OriginProvider} and also searches
+	 * exception stacks. Provides a list of all parents up to root {@link Origin},
+	 * starting with the most immediate parent.
+	 * @param source the source object or {@code null}
+	 * @return a list of parents or an empty list if the source is {@code null}, has no
+	 * origin, or no parent
+	 */
+	static List<Origin> parentsFrom(Object source) {
+		Origin origin = from(source);
+		if (origin == null) {
+			return Collections.emptyList();
+		}
+		Set<Origin> parents = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+		origin = origin.getParent();
+		while (origin != null && !parents.contains(origin)) {
+			parents.add(origin);
+			origin = origin.getParent();
+		}
+		return Collections.unmodifiableList(new ArrayList<>(parents));
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/origin/OriginTrackedResource.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/origin/OriginTrackedResource.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb49d7035b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/origin/OriginTrackedResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2020 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.boot.origin;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel;
+
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.WritableResource;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Decorator that can be used to add {@link Origin} information to a {@link Resource} or
+ * {@link WritableResource}.
+ *
+ * @author Phillip Webb
+ * @since 2.4.0
+ * @see #of(Resource, Origin)
+ * @see #of(WritableResource, Origin)
+ * @see OriginProvider
+ */
+public class OriginTrackedResource implements Resource, OriginProvider {
+
+	private final Resource resource;
+
+	private final Origin origin;
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new {@link OriginTrackedResource} instance.
+	 * @param resource the resource to track
+	 * @param origin the origin of the resource
+	 */
+	OriginTrackedResource(Resource resource, Origin origin) {
+		Assert.notNull(resource, "Resource must not be null");
+		this.resource = resource;
+		this.origin = origin;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException {
+		return getResource().getInputStream();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean exists() {
+		return getResource().exists();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isReadable() {
+		return getResource().isReadable();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isOpen() {
+		return getResource().isOpen();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isFile() {
+		return getResource().isFile();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public URL getURL() throws IOException {
+		return getResource().getURL();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public URI getURI() throws IOException {
+		return getResource().getURI();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public File getFile() throws IOException {
+		return getResource().getFile();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public ReadableByteChannel readableChannel() throws IOException {
+		return getResource().readableChannel();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public long contentLength() throws IOException {
+		return getResource().contentLength();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public long lastModified() throws IOException {
+		return getResource().lastModified();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Resource createRelative(String relativePath) throws IOException {
+		return getResource().createRelative(relativePath);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getFilename() {
+		return getResource().getFilename();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getDescription() {
+		return getResource().getDescription();
+	}
+
+	public Resource getResource() {
+		return this.resource;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Origin getOrigin() {
+		return this.origin;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+		if (this == obj) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		if (obj == null || getClass() != obj.getClass()) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		OriginTrackedResource other = (OriginTrackedResource) obj;
+		return this.resource.equals(other) && ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(this.origin, other.origin);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int hashCode() {
+		final int prime = 31;
+		int result = this.resource.hashCode();
+		result = prime * result + ObjectUtils.nullSafeHashCode(this.origin);
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return this.resource.toString();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return a new {@link OriginProvider origin tracked} version the given
+	 * {@link WritableResource}.
+	 * @param resource the tracked resource
+	 * @param origin the origin of the resource
+	 * @return a {@link OriginTrackedWritableResource} instance
+	 */
+	public static OriginTrackedWritableResource of(WritableResource resource, Origin origin) {
+		return (OriginTrackedWritableResource) of((Resource) resource, origin);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return a new {@link OriginProvider origin tracked} version the given
+	 * {@link Resource}.
+	 * @param resource the tracked resource
+	 * @param origin the origin of the resource
+	 * @return a {@link OriginTrackedResource} instance
+	 */
+	public static OriginTrackedResource of(Resource resource, Origin origin) {
+		if (resource instanceof WritableResource) {
+			return new OriginTrackedWritableResource((WritableResource) resource, origin);
+		}
+		return new OriginTrackedResource(resource, origin);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Variant of {@link OriginTrackedResource} for {@link WritableResource} instances.
+	 */
+	public static class OriginTrackedWritableResource extends OriginTrackedResource implements WritableResource {
+
+		/**
+		 * Create a new {@link OriginTrackedWritableResource} instance.
+		 * @param resource the resource to track
+		 * @param origin the origin of the resource
+		 */
+		OriginTrackedWritableResource(WritableResource resource, Origin origin) {
+			super(resource, origin);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public WritableResource getResource() {
+			return (WritableResource) super.getResource();
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public OutputStream getOutputStream() throws IOException {
+			return getResource().getOutputStream();
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/origin/TextResourceOrigin.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/origin/TextResourceOrigin.java
index c478d87d88..7477dcc8dc 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/origin/TextResourceOrigin.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/origin/TextResourceOrigin.java
@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@ import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 
 /**
  * {@link Origin} for an item loaded from a text resource. Provides access to the original
- * {@link Resource} that loaded the text and a {@link Location} within it.
+ * {@link Resource} that loaded the text and a {@link Location} within it. If the provided
+ * resource provides an {@link Origin} (e.g. it is an {@link OriginTrackedResource}), then
+ * it will be used as the {@link Origin#getParent() origin parent}.
  *
  * @author Madhura Bhave
  * @author Phillip Webb
  * @since 2.0.0
+ * @see OriginTrackedResource
  */
 public class TextResourceOrigin implements Origin {
 
@@ -54,6 +57,11 @@ public class TextResourceOrigin implements Origin {
 		return this.location;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public Origin getParent() {
+		return Origin.from(this.resource);
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
 		if (this == obj) {
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/origin/MockOrigin.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/origin/MockOrigin.java
index 18a85ad69c..a58fc57d59 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/origin/MockOrigin.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/origin/MockOrigin.java
@@ -27,9 +27,17 @@ public final class MockOrigin implements Origin {
 
 	private final String value;
 
-	private MockOrigin(String value) {
+	private final Origin parent;
+
+	private MockOrigin(String value, Origin parent) {
 		Assert.notNull(value, "Value must not be null");
 		this.value = value;
+		this.parent = parent;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Origin getParent() {
+		return this.parent;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -54,7 +62,11 @@ public final class MockOrigin implements Origin {
 	}
 
 	public static Origin of(String value) {
-		return (value != null) ? new MockOrigin(value) : null;
+		return of(value, null);
+	}
+
+	public static Origin of(String value, Origin parent) {
+		return (value != null) ? new MockOrigin(value, parent) : null;
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/origin/OriginTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/origin/OriginTests.java
index 5489e6ef67..9d6d32f2b8 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/origin/OriginTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/origin/OriginTests.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.origin;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
@@ -29,6 +31,13 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
  */
 class OriginTests {
 
+	@Test
+	void getParentWhenDefaultIsNull() {
+		Origin origin = new Origin() {
+		};
+		assertThat(origin.getParent()).isNull();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void fromWhenSourceIsNullReturnsNull() {
 		assertThat(Origin.from(null)).isNull();
@@ -68,6 +77,20 @@ class OriginTests {
 		assertThat(Origin.from(exception)).isEqualTo(origin);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void parentsFromWhenSourceIsNullReturnsEmptyList() {
+		assertThat(Origin.parentsFrom(null)).isEmpty();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void parentsFromReturnsParents() {
+		Origin o1 = MockOrigin.of("1");
+		Origin o2 = MockOrigin.of("2", o1);
+		Origin o3 = MockOrigin.of("3", o2);
+		List<Origin> parents = Origin.parentsFrom(o3);
+		assertThat(parents).containsExactly(o2, o1);
+	}
+
 	static class TestException extends RuntimeException implements OriginProvider {
 
 		private final Origin origin;
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/origin/OriginTrackedResourceTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/origin/OriginTrackedResourceTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ebc7abd70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/origin/OriginTrackedResourceTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2020 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.boot.origin;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.origin.OriginTrackedResource.OriginTrackedWritableResource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.WritableResource;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for {@link OriginTrackedResource}.
+ *
+ * @author Phillip Webb
+ */
+class OriginTrackedResourceTests {
+
+	private Origin origin;
+
+	private WritableResource resource;
+
+	private OriginTrackedWritableResource tracked;
+
+	@BeforeEach
+	void setup() {
+		this.origin = MockOrigin.of("test");
+		this.resource = mock(WritableResource.class);
+		this.tracked = OriginTrackedResource.of(this.resource, this.origin);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void getInputStreamDelegatesToResource() throws IOException {
+		this.tracked.getInputStream();
+		verify(this.resource).getInputStream();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void existsDelegatesToResource() {
+		this.tracked.exists();
+		verify(this.resource).exists();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void isReadableDelegatesToResource() {
+		this.tracked.isReadable();
+		verify(this.resource).isReadable();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void isOpenDelegatesToResource() {
+		this.tracked.isOpen();
+		verify(this.resource).isOpen();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void isFileDelegatesToResource() {
+		this.tracked.isFile();
+		verify(this.resource).isFile();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void getURLDelegatesToResource() throws IOException {
+		this.tracked.getURL();
+		verify(this.resource).getURL();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void getURIDelegatesToResource() throws IOException {
+		this.tracked.getURI();
+		verify(this.resource).getURI();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void getFileDelegatesToResource() throws IOException {
+		this.tracked.getFile();
+		verify(this.resource).getFile();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void readableChannelDelegatesToResource() throws IOException {
+		this.tracked.readableChannel();
+		verify(this.resource).readableChannel();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void contentLengthDelegatesToResource() throws IOException {
+		this.tracked.contentLength();
+		verify(this.resource).contentLength();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void lastModifiedDelegatesToResource() throws IOException {
+		this.tracked.lastModified();
+		verify(this.resource).lastModified();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void createRelativeDelegatesToResource() throws IOException {
+		this.tracked.createRelative("path");
+		verify(this.resource).createRelative("path");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void getFilenameDelegatesToResource() {
+		this.tracked.getFilename();
+		verify(this.resource).getFilename();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void getDescriptionDelegatesToResource() {
+		this.tracked.getDescription();
+		verify(this.resource).getDescription();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void getOutputStreamDelegatesToResource() throws IOException {
+		this.tracked.getOutputStream();
+		verify(this.resource).getOutputStream();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void toStringDelegatesToResource() {
+		Resource resource = new ClassPathResource("test");
+		Resource tracked = OriginTrackedResource.of(resource, this.origin);
+		assertThat(tracked).hasToString(resource.toString());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void getOriginReturnsOrigin() {
+		assertThat(this.tracked.getOrigin()).isEqualTo(this.origin);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void getResourceReturnsResource() {
+		assertThat(this.tracked.getResource()).isEqualTo(this.resource);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void equalsAndHashCode() {
+		Origin o1 = MockOrigin.of("o1");
+		Origin o2 = MockOrigin.of("o2");
+		Resource r1 = mock(Resource.class);
+		Resource r2 = mock(Resource.class);
+		OriginTrackedResource r1o1a = OriginTrackedResource.of(r1, o1);
+		OriginTrackedResource r1o1b = OriginTrackedResource.of(r1, o1);
+		OriginTrackedResource r1o2 = OriginTrackedResource.of(r1, o2);
+		OriginTrackedResource r2o1 = OriginTrackedResource.of(r2, o1);
+		OriginTrackedResource r2o2 = OriginTrackedResource.of(r2, o2);
+		assertThat(r1o1a).isEqualTo(r1o1a).isEqualTo(r1o1a).isNotEqualTo(r1o2).isNotEqualTo(r2o1).isNotEqualTo(r2o2);
+		assertThat(r1o1a.hashCode()).isEqualTo(r1o1b.hashCode());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void ofReturnsOriginTrackedResource() {
+		Resource resource = mock(Resource.class);
+		Resource tracked = OriginTrackedResource.of(resource, this.origin);
+		assertThat(tracked).isExactlyInstanceOf(OriginTrackedResource.class);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void ofWhenWritableReturnsOriginTrackedWrtiableResource() {
+		Resource resource = mock(WritableResource.class);
+		Resource tracked = OriginTrackedResource.of(resource, this.origin);
+		assertThat(tracked).isInstanceOf(WritableResource.class)
+				.isExactlyInstanceOf(OriginTrackedWritableResource.class);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/origin/TextResourceOriginTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/origin/TextResourceOriginTests.java
index 550845ac26..30874d1dbd 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/origin/TextResourceOriginTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/origin/TextResourceOriginTests.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.origin.TextResourceOrigin.Location;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
@@ -54,7 +55,21 @@ class TextResourceOriginTests {
 		Location location = new Location(1, 2);
 		TextResourceOrigin origin = new TextResourceOrigin(null, location);
 		assertThat(origin.getLocation()).isEqualTo(location);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void getParentWhenResourceIsNotOriginTrackedReturnsNull() {
+		ClassPathResource resource = new ClassPathResource("foo.txt");
+		TextResourceOrigin origin = new TextResourceOrigin(resource, null);
+		assertThat(origin.getParent()).isNull();
+	}
 
+	@Test
+	void getParentWhenResourceIsOriginTrackedReturnsResourceOrigin() {
+		Origin resourceOrigin = MockOrigin.of("test");
+		Resource resource = OriginTrackedResource.of(new ClassPathResource("foo.txt"), resourceOrigin);
+		TextResourceOrigin origin = new TextResourceOrigin(resource, null);
+		assertThat(origin.getParent()).isSameAs(resourceOrigin);
 	}
 
 	@Test