diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractDatabase.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractDatabase.java
index 45de7885a9..0aa6e39879 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractDatabase.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractDatabase.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -219,6 +220,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDatabase implements Database {
     // Loaded definitions
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+    private Map<Definition, String>                                          sources;
     private List<String>                                                     inputCatalogs;
     private List<String>                                                     inputSchemata;
     private Map<String, List<String>>                                        inputSchemataPerCatalog;
@@ -598,6 +600,19 @@ public abstract class AbstractDatabase implements Database {
         return false;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final Map<Definition, String> getSources() {
+        if (sources == null) {
+            sources = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+            onError(ERROR, "Could not load sources", () -> {
+                sources = getSources0();
+                log.info("Sequences fetched", fetchedSize(sources.values(), sources.values()));
+            });
+        }
+
+        return sources;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public final List<CatalogDefinition> getCatalogs() {
         if (catalogs == null) {
@@ -2702,7 +2717,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDatabase implements Database {
         return false;
     }
 
-    protected static final String fetchedSize(List<?> fetched, List<?> included) {
+    protected static final String fetchedSize(Collection<?> fetched, Collection<?> included) {
         return fetched.size() + " (" + included.size() + " included, " + (fetched.size() - included.size()) + " excluded)";
     }
 
@@ -3080,6 +3095,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractDatabase implements Database {
      */
     protected abstract DSLContext create0();
 
+    /**
+     * Retrieve ALL source code from the database.
+     */
+    protected Map<Definition, String> getSources0() throws SQLException {
+        return new LinkedHashMap<>();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Retrieve ALL indexes from the database
      */
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractDefinition.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractDefinition.java
index 8358d4a4d4..ffcc97926e 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractDefinition.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractDefinition.java
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractDefinition implements Definition {
     private final String            source;
 
     // [#2238] Some caches for strings that are heavy to calculate in large schemas
-    private transient String       qualifiedInputName;
-    private transient String       qualifiedOutputName;
-    private transient Name         qualifiedInputNamePart;
-    private transient Name         qualifiedOutputNamePart;
-    private transient Integer      hashCode;
+    private transient String        qualifiedInputName;
+    private transient String        qualifiedOutputName;
+    private transient Name          qualifiedInputNamePart;
+    private transient Name          qualifiedOutputNamePart;
+    private transient Integer       hashCode;
 
     public AbstractDefinition(Database database, SchemaDefinition schema, String name) {
         this(database, schema, name, null);
@@ -330,6 +330,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractDefinition implements Definition {
 
     @Override
     public final String getSource() {
-        return source;
+        return source != null ? source : getDatabase().getSources().get(this);
     }
 }
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/Database.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/Database.java
index 1fa8949543..92b5f1c6af 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/Database.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/Database.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ package org.jooq.meta;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.jooq.DSLContext;
@@ -71,6 +72,11 @@ import org.jooq.meta.jaxb.SyntheticViewType;
  */
 public interface Database extends AutoCloseable {
 
+    /**
+     * Get the sources for all objects that offer sources.
+     */
+    Map<Definition, String> getSources();
+
     /**
      * The catalogs generated from this database.
      */