diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml
index ca6a9bc8b..bbfdfb014 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml
@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ catalogers:
             name: qtbase
             purl: pkg:generic/qtbase
             cpes:
+              - cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
               - cpe:2.3:a:qt:qtbase:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
             type: BinaryPkg
       - method: glob
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
index 105458886..de2e517d5 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
@@ -524,7 +524,10 @@ func DefaultClassifiers() []binutils.Classifier {
 			),
 			Package: "qtbase",
 			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/qtbase@version"),
-			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:qt:qtbase:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
+			CPEs: []cpe.CPE{
+				cpe.Must("cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
+				cpe.Must("cpe:2.3:a:qt:qtbase:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
+			},
 		},
 		{
 			Class:    "gcc-binary",