diff --git a/CHANGES/4.feature b/CHANGES/4.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43aedc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/4.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added --component and --architecture flags to the remote command.
diff --git a/pulpcore/cli/deb/context.py b/pulpcore/cli/deb/context.py
index ba99e63..d22a0e0 100644
--- a/pulpcore/cli/deb/context.py
+++ b/pulpcore/cli/deb/context.py
@@ -75,12 +75,27 @@ class PulpAptRemoteContext(PulpEntityContext):
     CREATE_ID = "remotes_deb_apt_create"
     UPDATE_ID = "remotes_deb_apt_partial_update"
     DELETE_ID = "remotes_deb_apt_delete"
+    NULLABLES = {"architectures", "components"}
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def tuple_to_whitespace_separated_string(field_name: str, body: EntityDefinition) -> None:
+        """
+        Safely turns a tuple contained in body[field_name] into a whitespace separated string.
+        If body[field_name] contains None or (), then field_name is dropped from body.
+        If we end up with an empty string, we use None instead.
+        All conversions happen in place.
+        If body[field_name] does not contain a tuple, the behaviour is undefined.
+        """
+        field = body.pop(field_name, None)
+        if field is not None and field != ():
+            string_field = " ".join(field).strip()
+            body[field_name] = string_field if string_field else None
 
     def preprocess_body(self, body: EntityDefinition) -> EntityDefinition:
         body = super().preprocess_body(body)
-        distributions = body.pop("distributions", None)
-        if isinstance(distributions, tuple) and distributions:
-            body["distributions"] = " ".join(distributions)
+        self.tuple_to_whitespace_separated_string("distributions", body)
+        self.tuple_to_whitespace_separated_string("components", body)
+        self.tuple_to_whitespace_separated_string("architectures", body)
         return body
 
 
diff --git a/pulpcore/cli/deb/remote.py b/pulpcore/cli/deb/remote.py
index c841bab..2a59733 100644
--- a/pulpcore/cli/deb/remote.py
+++ b/pulpcore/cli/deb/remote.py
@@ -43,6 +43,24 @@ def remote(ctx: click.Context, pulp_ctx: PulpContext, remote_type: str) -> None:
     click.option(
         "--policy", type=click.Choice(["immediate", "on_demand", "streamed"], case_sensitive=False)
     ),
+    click.option(
+        "--component",
+        "components",
+        multiple=True,
+        help=_(
+            "Component to sync; can be specified multiple times. "
+            "Will sync all available if specified once with the empty string."
+        ),
+    ),
+    click.option(
+        "--architecture",
+        "architectures",
+        multiple=True,
+        help=_(
+            "Architecture to sync; can be specified multiple times. "
+            "Will sync all available if specified once with the empty string."
+        ),
+    ),
 ]
 
 distribution_help = _("Distribution to sync; can be specified multiple times.")
diff --git a/tests/scripts/config.source b/tests/scripts/config.source
index 0231eaf..a868ffe 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/config.source
+++ b/tests/scripts/config.source
@@ -46,4 +46,27 @@ expect_fail () {
   fi
 }
 
+# Expects the provided test to pass
+# Supresses all output, which is redirected to ASSERTION_OUTPUT and ASSERTION_ERROUTPUT so as not
+# to overwrite the latest OUTPUT and ERROUTPUT, that way we can test several assertions in a row.
+# Reports verbosely on failure
+assert () {
+  if {
+    test "$@"
+  } 1>log.out 2>log.err
+  then
+    echo "SUCCESS [$@]" >&3
+    ASSERTION_OUTPUT="$(cat log.out)"
+    ASSERTION_ERROUTPUT="$(cat log.err)"
+  else
+    echo "FAILURE [$@]" >&3
+    echo "=== STDOUT ===" >&3
+    cat log.out >&3
+    echo "=== STDERR ===" >&3
+    cat log.err >&3
+    echo "==============" >&3
+    false
+  fi
+}
+
 set -eu
diff --git a/tests/scripts/pulp_deb/test_deb_remote.sh b/tests/scripts/pulp_deb/test_deb_remote.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f0bb6dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/scripts/pulp_deb/test_deb_remote.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# shellcheck source=tests/scripts/config.source
+. "$(dirname "$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")")/config.source"
+
+ENTITIES_NAME="test_deb_remote"
+
+cleanup() {
+  pulp deb remote destroy --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}" || true
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+# Fail to create some remotes:
+expect_fail pulp deb remote create --name "foo" --url "foo" --distribution ""
+expect_fail pulp deb remote create --name "foo" --url "foo"
+expect_fail pulp deb remote create --name "foo" --url ""    --distribution "foo"
+expect_fail pulp deb remote create --name "foo"             --distribution "foo"
+expect_fail pulp deb remote create --name ""    --url "foo" --distribution "foo"
+expect_fail pulp deb remote create              --url "foo" --distribution "foo"
+
+# Create and trivially update a remote:
+expect_succ pulp deb remote create --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}" \
+  --url "foo" \
+  --distribution "foo" \
+  --component "foo" \
+  --architecture "foo"
+
+assert "$(echo "$OUTPUT" | jq -r .url)" == "foo"
+assert "$(echo "$OUTPUT" | jq -r .distributions)" == "foo"
+assert "$(echo "$OUTPUT" | jq -r .components)" == "foo"
+assert "$(echo "$OUTPUT" | jq -r .architectures)" == "foo"
+expect_succ pulp deb remote update --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}"
+
+# Try some possible modifications of the remote's distribution:
+expect_succ pulp deb remote update --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}" --distribution "bar"
+expect_succ pulp deb remote show   --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}"
+assert "$(echo "$OUTPUT" | jq -r .distributions)" == "bar"
+expect_succ pulp deb remote update --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}" --distribution "bar" --distribution "baz"
+expect_succ pulp deb remote show   --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}"
+assert "$(echo "$OUTPUT" | jq -r .distributions)" == "bar baz"
+expect_succ pulp deb remote update --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}" --distribution "bar" --distribution ""
+expect_succ pulp deb remote show   --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}"
+assert "$(echo "$OUTPUT" | jq -r .distributions)" == "bar"
+expect_fail pulp deb remote update --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}" --distribution ""
+assert "${ERROUTPUT}" == 'Error: {"distributions":["This field may not be null."]}'
+
+# Try some possible modifications of the remote's components:
+expect_succ pulp deb remote update --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}" --component "bar"
+expect_succ pulp deb remote show   --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}"
+assert "$(echo "$OUTPUT" | jq -r .components)" == "bar"
+expect_succ pulp deb remote update --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}" --component "bar" --component "baz"
+expect_succ pulp deb remote show   --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}"
+assert "$(echo "$OUTPUT" | jq -r .components)" == "bar baz"
+expect_succ pulp deb remote update --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}" --component "bar" --component ""
+expect_succ pulp deb remote show   --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}"
+assert "$(echo "$OUTPUT" | jq -r .components)" == "bar"
+expect_succ pulp deb remote update --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}" --component ""
+expect_succ pulp deb remote show   --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}"
+assert "$(echo "$OUTPUT" | jq -r .components)" == "null"
+
+# Try some possible modifications of the remote's architectures:
+expect_succ pulp deb remote update --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}" --architecture "bar"
+expect_succ pulp deb remote show   --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}"
+assert "$(echo "$OUTPUT" | jq -r .architectures)" == "bar"
+expect_succ pulp deb remote update --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}" --architecture "bar" --architecture "baz"
+expect_succ pulp deb remote show   --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}"
+assert "$(echo "$OUTPUT" | jq -r .architectures)" == "bar baz"
+expect_succ pulp deb remote update --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}" --architecture "bar" --architecture ""
+expect_succ pulp deb remote show   --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}"
+assert "$(echo "$OUTPUT" | jq -r .architectures)" == "bar"
+expect_succ pulp deb remote update --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}" --architecture ""
+expect_succ pulp deb remote show   --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}"
+assert "$(echo "$OUTPUT" | jq -r .architectures)" == "null"
+
+# Now destroy the remote
+expect_succ pulp deb remote destroy --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}"
diff --git a/tests/scripts/pulp_deb/test_deb_sync_publish.sh b/tests/scripts/pulp_deb/test_deb_sync_publish.sh
index 93e85bb..b64bb1b 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/pulp_deb/test_deb_sync_publish.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/pulp_deb/test_deb_sync_publish.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 # shellcheck source=tests/scripts/config.source
 . "$(dirname "$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")")/config.source"
 
+ENTITIES_NAME="test_deb_sync_publish"
+
 cleanup() {
-  pulp deb remote destroy --name "cli_test_deb_remote" || true
-  pulp deb repository destroy --name "cli_test_deb_repository" || true
-  pulp deb distribution destroy --name "cli_test_deb_distro" || true
+  pulp deb remote destroy --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}_remote" || true
+  pulp deb repository destroy --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}_repo" || true
+  pulp deb distribution destroy --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}_distro" || true
 }
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
@@ -17,21 +19,32 @@ else
   curl_opt=""
 fi
 
-expect_succ pulp deb remote create --name "cli_test_deb_remote" --url "$DEB_REMOTE_URL" --distribution "$DEB_DISTRIBUTION"
-expect_succ pulp deb repository create --name "cli_test_deb_repository"
+expect_succ pulp deb remote create \
+  --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}_remote" \
+  --url "$DEB_REMOTE_URL" \
+  --distribution "$DEB_DISTRIBUTION"
+
+expect_succ pulp deb repository create \
+  --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}_repo"
+
+expect_succ pulp deb repository sync \
+  --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}_repo" \
+  --remote "${ENTITIES_NAME}_remote"
+
+expect_succ pulp deb publication create \
+  --repository "${ENTITIES_NAME}_repo" \
+  --simple "True"
 
-expect_succ pulp deb repository sync --name "cli_test_deb_repository" --remote "cli_test_deb_remote"
-expect_succ pulp deb publication create --repository "cli_test_deb_repository" --simple "True"
 PUBLICATION_HREF=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | jq -r .pulp_href)
 
-expect_succ pulp deb distribution create --name "cli_test_deb_distro" \
+expect_succ pulp deb distribution create --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}_distro" \
   --base-path "cli_test_deb_distro" \
   --publication "$PUBLICATION_HREF"
 
-expect_succ curl "$curl_opt" --head --fail "$PULP_BASE_URL/pulp/content/cli_test_deb_distro/dists/default/Release"
-
-expect_succ pulp deb distribution destroy --name "cli_test_deb_distro"
-expect_succ pulp deb publication destroy --href "$PUBLICATION_HREF"
+expect_succ curl "$curl_opt" --head \
+  --fail "$PULP_BASE_URL/pulp/content/cli_test_deb_distro/dists/default/Release"
 
-expect_succ pulp deb repository destroy --name "cli_test_deb_repository"
-expect_succ pulp deb remote destroy --name "cli_test_deb_remote"
+expect_succ pulp deb distribution destroy --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}_distro"
+expect_succ pulp deb publication  destroy --href "${PUBLICATION_HREF}"
+expect_succ pulp deb repository   destroy --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}_repo"
+expect_succ pulp deb remote       destroy --name "${ENTITIES_NAME}_remote"