diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/req/req_install.py b/src/pip/_internal/req/req_install.py
index 6bbad88578a..f37baf55d60 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/req/req_install.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/req/req_install.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 from pip._internal.pyproject import load_pyproject_toml, make_pyproject_path
 from pip._internal.req.req_uninstall import UninstallPathSet
 from pip._internal.utils.deprecation import deprecated
+from pip._internal.utils.direct_url_helpers import direct_url_from_link
 from pip._internal.utils.hashes import Hashes
 from pip._internal.utils.logging import indent_log
 from pip._internal.utils.marker_files import (
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ def __init__(
             # PEP 508 URL requirement
             link = Link(req.url)
         self.link = self.original_link = link
+        self.original_link_is_in_wheel_cache = False
         # Path to any downloaded or already-existing package.
         self.local_file_path = None  # type: Optional[str]
         if self.link and self.link.is_file:
@@ -249,13 +251,15 @@ def populate_link(self, finder, upgrade, require_hashes):
         if self._wheel_cache is not None and not require_hashes:
             old_link = self.link
             supported_tags = pep425tags.get_supported()
-            self.link = self._wheel_cache.get(
+            self.link, persistent_cache = self._wheel_cache.get2(
                 link=self.link,
                 package_name=self.name,
                 supported_tags=supported_tags,
             )
             if old_link != self.link:
                 logger.debug('Using cached wheel link: %s', self.link)
+            if old_link is self.original_link and persistent_cache:
+                self.original_link_is_in_wheel_cache = True
 
     # Things that are valid for all kinds of requirements?
     @property
@@ -804,6 +808,13 @@ def install(
 
         if self.is_wheel:
             assert self.local_file_path
+            direct_url = None
+            if self.original_link:
+                direct_url = direct_url_from_link(
+                    self.original_link,
+                    self.source_dir,
+                    self.original_link_is_in_wheel_cache,
+                )
             install_wheel(
                 self.name,
                 self.local_file_path,
@@ -811,6 +822,7 @@ def install(
                 req_description=str(self.req),
                 pycompile=pycompile,
                 warn_script_location=warn_script_location,
+                direct_url=direct_url,
             )
             self.install_succeeded = True
             return
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_install_direct_url.py b/tests/functional/test_install_direct_url.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ec1e927ebf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/test_install_direct_url.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import re
+
+from pip._internal.models.direct_url import DIRECT_URL_METADATA_NAME, DirectUrl
+from tests.lib import _create_test_package, path_to_url
+
+
+def _get_created_direct_url(result, pkg):
+    direct_url_metadata_re = re.compile(
+        pkg + r"-[\d\.]+\.dist-info." + DIRECT_URL_METADATA_NAME + r"$"
+    )
+    for filename in result.files_created:
+        if direct_url_metadata_re.search(filename):
+            direct_url_path = result.test_env.base_path / filename
+            with open(direct_url_path) as f:
+                return DirectUrl.from_json(f.read())
+    return None
+
+
+def test_install_find_links_no_direct_url(script, with_wheel):
+    result = script.pip_install_local("simple")
+    assert not _get_created_direct_url(result, "simple")
+
+
+def test_install_vcs_editable_no_direct_url(script, with_wheel):
+    pkg_path = _create_test_package(script, name="testpkg")
+    args = ["install", "-e", "git+%s#egg=testpkg" % path_to_url(pkg_path)]
+    result = script.pip(*args)
+    # legacy editable installs do not generate .dist-info,
+    # hence no direct_url.json
+    assert not _get_created_direct_url(result, "testpkg")
+
+
+def test_install_vcs_non_editable_direct_url(script, with_wheel):
+    pkg_path = _create_test_package(script, name="testpkg")
+    url = path_to_url(pkg_path)
+    args = ["install", "git+{}#egg=testpkg".format(url)]
+    result = script.pip(*args)
+    direct_url = _get_created_direct_url(result, "testpkg")
+    assert direct_url
+    assert direct_url.url == url
+    assert direct_url.info.vcs == "git"
+
+
+def test_install_archive_direct_url(script, data, with_wheel):
+    req = "simple @ " + path_to_url(data.packages / "simple-2.0.tar.gz")
+    assert req.startswith("simple @ file://")
+    result = script.pip("install", req)
+    assert _get_created_direct_url(result, "simple")