diff --git a/internal/presenter/poweruser/json_document.go b/internal/presenter/poweruser/json_document.go
index 642d01518..b4e930307 100644
--- a/internal/presenter/poweruser/json_document.go
+++ b/internal/presenter/poweruser/json_document.go
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ type JSONDocument struct {
 	// here should be optional by supplying "omitempty" on these fields hint to the jsonschema generator to not
 	// require these fields. As an accepted rule in this repo all collections should still be initialized in the
 	// context of being used in a JSON document.
-	FileMetadata []JSONFileMetadata `json:"fileMetadata,omitempty"` // note: must have omitempty
-	Secrets      []JSONSecrets      `json:"secrets,omitempty"`      // note: must have omitempty
+	FileClassifications []JSONFileClassifications `json:"fileClassifications,omitempty"` // note: must have omitempty
+	FileMetadata        []JSONFileMetadata        `json:"fileMetadata,omitempty"`        // note: must have omitempty
+	Secrets             []JSONSecrets             `json:"secrets,omitempty"`             // note: must have omitempty
 	packages.JSONDocument
 }
 
@@ -27,8 +28,9 @@ func NewJSONDocument(config JSONDocumentConfig) (JSONDocument, error) {
 	}
 
 	return JSONDocument{
-		FileMetadata: fileMetadata,
-		Secrets:      NewJSONSecrets(config.Secrets),
-		JSONDocument: pkgsDoc,
+		FileClassifications: NewJSONFileClassifications(config.FileClassifications),
+		FileMetadata:        fileMetadata,
+		Secrets:             NewJSONSecrets(config.Secrets),
+		JSONDocument:        pkgsDoc,
 	}, nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/presenter/poweruser/json_document_config.go b/internal/presenter/poweruser/json_document_config.go
index 606b045b7..7d9cdffc3 100644
--- a/internal/presenter/poweruser/json_document_config.go
+++ b/internal/presenter/poweruser/json_document_config.go
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 type JSONDocumentConfig struct {
-	ApplicationConfig config.Application
-	PackageCatalog    *pkg.Catalog
-	FileMetadata      map[source.Location]source.FileMetadata
-	FileDigests       map[source.Location][]file.Digest
-	Secrets           map[source.Location][]file.SearchResult
-	Distro            *distro.Distro
-	SourceMetadata    source.Metadata
+	ApplicationConfig   config.Application
+	PackageCatalog      *pkg.Catalog
+	FileMetadata        map[source.Location]source.FileMetadata
+	FileDigests         map[source.Location][]file.Digest
+	FileClassifications map[source.Location][]file.Classification
+	Secrets             map[source.Location][]file.SearchResult
+	Distro              *distro.Distro
+	SourceMetadata      source.Metadata
 }
diff --git a/internal/presenter/poweruser/json_file_classifications.go b/internal/presenter/poweruser/json_file_classifications.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1af9fec0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/presenter/poweruser/json_file_classifications.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package poweruser
+
+import (
+	"sort"
+
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/file"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/source"
+)
+
+type JSONFileClassifications struct {
+	Location       source.Location     `json:"location"`
+	Classification file.Classification `json:"classification"`
+}
+
+func NewJSONFileClassifications(data map[source.Location][]file.Classification) []JSONFileClassifications {
+	results := make([]JSONFileClassifications, 0)
+	for location, classifications := range data {
+		for _, classification := range classifications {
+			results = append(results, JSONFileClassifications{
+				Location:       location,
+				Classification: classification,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	// sort by real path then virtual path to ensure the result is stable across multiple runs
+	sort.SliceStable(results, func(i, j int) bool {
+		if results[i].Location.RealPath == results[j].Location.RealPath {
+			return results[i].Location.VirtualPath < results[j].Location.VirtualPath
+		}
+		return results[i].Location.RealPath < results[j].Location.RealPath
+	})
+	return results
+}