diff --git a/syft/cataloger/javascript/cataloger.go b/syft/cataloger/javascript/cataloger.go
index f39a6db9071..cd926b1be94 100644
--- a/syft/cataloger/javascript/cataloger.go
+++ b/syft/cataloger/javascript/cataloger.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package npm
+package javascript
 
 import (
 	"github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pkg/file"
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ type Cataloger struct {
 func NewCataloger() *Cataloger {
 	globParsers := map[string]common.ParserFn{
 		"**/package-lock.json": parsePackageLock,
+		"**/yarn.lock":         parseYarnLock,
 	}
 
 	return &Cataloger{
diff --git a/syft/cataloger/javascript/parse_yarn_lock.go b/syft/cataloger/javascript/parse_yarn_lock.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e245c73912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/cataloger/javascript/parse_yarn_lock.go
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package javascript
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/log"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg"
+)
+
+var composedNameExp = regexp.MustCompile("^\"(@{1}[^@]+)")
+var simpleNameExp = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-zA-Z\-]+@`)
+var versionExp = regexp.MustCompile(`^\W+(version)\W+`)
+
+func parseYarnLock(_ string, reader io.Reader) ([]pkg.Package, error) {
+	packages := make([]pkg.Package, 0)
+	fields := make(map[string]string)
+	var currentName string
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(reader)
+
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		line := scanner.Text()
+		line = strings.TrimRight(line, "\n")
+
+		// create the entry so that the loop can keep appending versions later
+		_, ok := fields[currentName]
+		if !ok {
+			fields[currentName] = ""
+		}
+
+		switch {
+		case composedNameExp.MatchString(line):
+			name := composedNameExp.FindString(line)
+			if len(name) == 0 {
+				log.Errorf("unable to parse line: '%s'", line)
+			}
+			currentName = strings.TrimLeft(name, "\"")
+		case simpleNameExp.MatchString(line):
+			parts := strings.Split(line, "@")
+			currentName = parts[0]
+		case versionExp.MatchString(line):
+			parts := strings.Split(line, " \"")
+			version := parts[len(parts)-1]
+
+			versions, ok := fields[currentName]
+			if !ok {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("no previous key exists, expecting: %s", currentName)
+			}
+
+			if strings.Contains(versions, version) {
+				// already exists from another dependency declaration
+				continue
+			}
+
+			// append the version as a string so that we can check on it later
+			fields[currentName] = versions + " " + version
+			packages = append(packages, pkg.Package{
+				Name:     currentName,
+				Version:  strings.Trim(version, "\""),
+				Language: pkg.JavaScript,
+				Type:     pkg.YarnPkg,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse yarn.lock file: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return packages, nil
+}