diff --git a/interface/src/main/java/xsbti/AnalysisCallback.java b/interface/src/main/java/xsbti/AnalysisCallback.java
index 0e083d4eb..88b190e80 100644
--- a/interface/src/main/java/xsbti/AnalysisCallback.java
+++ b/interface/src/main/java/xsbti/AnalysisCallback.java
@@ -12,13 +12,29 @@ public interface AnalysisCallback
 	* passed to this method.  Dependencies on classes generated by sources not in the current compilation will
 	* be passed as class dependencies to the classDependency method.
 	* If <code>publicInherited</code> is true, this dependency is a result of inheritance by a
-	* template accessible outside of the source file. */
+	* template accessible outside of the source file.
+	* @deprecated Use `sourceDependency(File dependsOn, File source, DependencyContext context)` instead. */
+	@Deprecated
 	public void sourceDependency(File dependsOn, File source, boolean publicInherited);
+	/** Called to indicate that the source file <code>source</code> depends on the source file
+	* <code>dependsOn</code>.  Note that only source files included in the current compilation will
+	* passed to this method.  Dependencies on classes generated by sources not in the current compilation will
+	* be passed as class dependencies to the classDependency method.
+	* <code>context</code> gives information about the context in which this dependency has been extracted.
+	* See xsbti.DependencyContext for the list of existing dependency contexts. */
+	public void sourceDependency(File dependsOn, File source, DependencyContext context);
 	/** Called to indicate that the source file <code>source</code> depends on the top-level
 	* class named <code>name</code> from class or jar file <code>binary</code>.
 	* If <code>publicInherited</code> is true, this dependency is a result of inheritance by a
-	* template accessible outside of the source file. */
+	* template accessible outside of the source file.
+	* @deprecated Use `binaryDependency(File binary, String name, File source, DependencyContext context)` instead. */
+	@Deprecated
 	public void binaryDependency(File binary, String name, File source, boolean publicInherited);
+	/** Called to indicate that the source file <code>source</code> depends on the top-level
+	* class named <code>name</code> from class or jar file <code>binary</code>.
+	* <code>context</code> gives information about the context in which this dependency has been extracted.
+	* See xsbti.DependencyContext for the list of existing dependency contexts. */
+	public void binaryDependency(File binary, String name, File source, DependencyContext context);
 	/** Called to indicate that the source file <code>source</code> produces a class file at
 	* <code>module</code> contain class <code>name</code>.*/
 	public void generatedClass(File source, File module, String name);
diff --git a/interface/src/main/java/xsbti/DependencyContext.java b/interface/src/main/java/xsbti/DependencyContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15cfa76d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/interface/src/main/java/xsbti/DependencyContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package xsbti;
+
+/**
+ * Enumeration of existing dependency contexts.
+ * Dependency contexts represent the various kind of dependencies that
+ * can exist between symbols.
+ */
+public enum DependencyContext {
+	/**
+	 * Represents a direct dependency between two symbols :
+	 * object Foo
+	 * object Bar { def foo = Foo }
+	 */
+	DependencyByMemberRef,
+
+	/**
+	 * Represents an inheritance dependency between two symbols :
+	 * class A
+	 * class B extends A
+	 */
+	DependencyByInheritance
+}
diff --git a/interface/src/test/scala/xsbti/TestCallback.scala b/interface/src/test/scala/xsbti/TestCallback.scala
index 3ea7e32e1..13b65df79 100644
--- a/interface/src/test/scala/xsbti/TestCallback.scala
+++ b/interface/src/test/scala/xsbti/TestCallback.scala
@@ -3,17 +3,26 @@ package xsbti
 import java.io.File
 import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer
 import xsbti.api.SourceAPI
+import xsbti.DependencyContext._
 
 class TestCallback(override val nameHashing: Boolean = false) extends AnalysisCallback
 {
-	val sourceDependencies = new ArrayBuffer[(File, File, Boolean)]
-	val binaryDependencies = new ArrayBuffer[(File, String, File, Boolean)]
+	val sourceDependencies = new ArrayBuffer[(File, File, DependencyContext)]
+	val binaryDependencies = new ArrayBuffer[(File, String, File, DependencyContext)]
 	val products = new ArrayBuffer[(File, File, String)]
 	val usedNames = scala.collection.mutable.Map.empty[File, Set[String]].withDefaultValue(Set.empty)
 	val apis: scala.collection.mutable.Map[File, SourceAPI] = scala.collection.mutable.Map.empty
 
-	def sourceDependency(dependsOn: File, source: File, inherited: Boolean) { sourceDependencies += ((dependsOn, source, inherited)) }
-	def binaryDependency(binary: File, name: String, source: File, inherited: Boolean) { binaryDependencies += ((binary, name, source, inherited)) }
+	def sourceDependency(dependsOn: File, source: File, inherited: Boolean) {
+		val context = if(inherited) DependencyByInheritance else DependencyByMemberRef
+		sourceDependency(dependsOn, source, context)
+	}
+	def sourceDependency(dependsOn: File, source: File, context: DependencyContext) { sourceDependencies += ((dependsOn, source, context)) }
+	def binaryDependency(binary: File, name: String, source: File, inherited: Boolean) {
+		val context = if(inherited) DependencyByInheritance else DependencyByMemberRef
+		binaryDependency(binary, name, source, context)
+	}
+	def binaryDependency(binary: File, name: String, source: File, context: DependencyContext) { binaryDependencies += ((binary, name, source, context)) }
 	def generatedClass(source: File, module: File, name: String) { products += ((source, module, name)) }
 
 	def usedName(source: File, name: String) { usedNames(source) += name }