diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_local_destinations.yml b/.github/workflows/test_local_destinations.yml
index a4548f6529..61bfe1551a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_local_destinations.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_local_destinations.yml
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ jobs:
           DESTINATION__FILESYSTEM__CREDENTIALS__SFTP_USERNAME: foo
           DESTINATION__FILESYSTEM__CREDENTIALS__SFTP_PASSWORD: pass
 
-
       - name: Stop weaviate
         if: always()
         run:  docker compose -f "tests/load/weaviate/docker-compose.yml" down -v
diff --git a/dlt/cli/init_command.py b/dlt/cli/init_command.py
index a4a123359a..ac8adcc588 100644
--- a/dlt/cli/init_command.py
+++ b/dlt/cli/init_command.py
@@ -382,6 +382,16 @@ def init_command(
             source_configuration = files_ops.get_core_source_configuration(
                 core_sources_storage, source_name
             )
+            from importlib.metadata import Distribution
+
+            dist = Distribution.from_name(DLT_PKG_NAME)
+            extras = dist.metadata.get_all("Provides-Extra") or []
+
+            # Match the extra name to the source name
+            canonical_source_name = source_name.replace("_", "-").lower()
+
+            if canonical_source_name in extras:
+                source_configuration.requirements.update_dlt_extras(canonical_source_name)
         else:
             if not is_valid_schema_name(source_name):
                 raise InvalidSchemaName(source_name)
diff --git a/tests/cli/test_init_command.py b/tests/cli/test_init_command.py
index d4ee1844d7..8e1affd164 100644
--- a/tests/cli/test_init_command.py
+++ b/tests/cli/test_init_command.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import os
 import contextlib
 from subprocess import CalledProcessError
-from typing import Any, List, Tuple, Optional
+from typing import List, Tuple, Optional
 from hexbytes import HexBytes
 import pytest
 from unittest import mock
@@ -55,7 +55,12 @@
 
 # we hardcode the core sources here so we can check that the init script picks
 # up the right source
-CORE_SOURCES = ["filesystem", "rest_api", "sql_database"]
+CORE_SOURCES_CONFIG = {
+    "rest_api": {"requires_extra": False},
+    "sql_database": {"requires_extra": True},
+    "filesystem": {"requires_extra": True},
+}
+CORE_SOURCES = list(CORE_SOURCES_CONFIG.keys())
 
 # we also hardcode all the templates here for testing
 TEMPLATES = ["debug", "default", "arrow", "requests", "dataframe", "fruitshop", "github_api"]
@@ -167,6 +172,37 @@ def test_init_list_sources(repo_dir: str) -> None:
         assert source in _out
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "source_name",
+    [name for name in CORE_SOURCES_CONFIG if CORE_SOURCES_CONFIG[name]["requires_extra"]],
+)
+def test_init_command_core_source_requirements_with_extras(
+    source_name: str, repo_dir: str, project_files: FileStorage
+) -> None:
+    init_command.init_command(source_name, "duckdb", repo_dir)
+    source_requirements = SourceRequirements.from_string(
+        project_files.load(cli_utils.REQUIREMENTS_TXT)
+    )
+    canonical_name = source_name.replace("_", "-")
+    assert canonical_name in source_requirements.dlt_requirement.extras
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "source_name",
+    [name for name in CORE_SOURCES_CONFIG if not CORE_SOURCES_CONFIG[name]["requires_extra"]],
+)
+def test_init_command_core_source_requirements_without_extras(
+    source_name: str, repo_dir: str, project_files: FileStorage
+) -> None:
+    init_command.init_command(source_name, "duckdb", repo_dir)
+    source_requirements = SourceRequirements.from_string(
+        project_files.load(cli_utils.REQUIREMENTS_TXT)
+    )
+    assert source_requirements.dlt_requirement.extras == {
+        "duckdb"
+    }, "Only duckdb should be in extras"
+
+
 def test_init_list_sources_update_warning(repo_dir: str, project_files: FileStorage) -> None:
     """Sources listed include a warning if a different dlt version is required"""
     with mock.patch.object(SourceRequirements, "current_dlt_version", return_value="0.0.1"):
@@ -571,7 +607,7 @@ def assert_requirements_txt(project_files: FileStorage, destination_name: str) -
         project_files.load(cli_utils.REQUIREMENTS_TXT)
     )
     assert destination_name in source_requirements.dlt_requirement.extras
-    # Check that atleast some version range is specified
+    # Check that at least some version range is specified
     assert len(source_requirements.dlt_requirement.specifier) >= 1