diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
index 0d491f25feb1..8f6b2459d865 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
@@ -525,6 +525,16 @@ func DefaultClassifiers() []Classifier {
 			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/wp-cli@version"),
 			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:wp-cli:wp-cli:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"),
 		},
+		{
+			Class:    "curl-binary",
+			FileGlob: "**/curl",
+			EvidenceMatcher: FileContentsVersionMatcher(
+				`curl/(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)`,
+			),
+			Package: "curl",
+			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/curl@version"),
+			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"),
+		},
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/config.yaml b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/config.yaml
index 50dd6bcc8ed8..6a32860657b3 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/config.yaml
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/config.yaml
@@ -570,3 +570,12 @@ from-images:
         platform: linux/arm64
     paths:
       - /usr/local/openresty/openssl/bin/openssl
+
+  - name: curl
+    version: 8.9.1
+    images:
+      - ref: curlimages/curl:8.9.1@sha256:8addc281f0ea517409209f76832b6ddc2cabc3264feb1ebbec2a2521ffad24e4
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/bin/curl
+