diff --git a/syft/pkg/metadata.go b/syft/pkg/metadata.go
index 884cb06ae..33e44b8d0 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/metadata.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/metadata.go
@@ -16,3 +16,15 @@ const (
 	RustCargoPackageMetadataType MetadataType = "RustCargoPackageMetadata"
 	KbPackageMetadataType        MetadataType = "KbPackageMetadata"
 )
+
+var AllMetadataTypes = []MetadataType{
+	ApkMetadataType,
+	DpkgMetadataType,
+	GemMetadataType,
+	JavaMetadataType,
+	NpmPackageJSONMetadataType,
+	RpmdbMetadataType,
+	PythonPackageMetadataType,
+	RustCargoPackageMetadataType,
+	KbPackageMetadataType,
+}