diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml
index 0adf563ea..b55e0f082 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml
@@ -653,6 +653,16 @@ catalogers:
             cpes:
               - cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
             type: BinaryPkg
+      - method: glob
+        criteria:
+          - '**/mongod'
+        packages:
+          - class: mongodb-binary
+            name: mongodb
+            purl: pkg:generic/mongodb
+            cpes:
+              - cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
+            type: BinaryPkg
       - method: glob
         criteria:
           - '**/java'
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
index 80e962502..061a91017 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
@@ -183,6 +183,61 @@ func Test_Cataloger_PositiveCases(t *testing.T) {
 				Metadata:  metadata("mariadb-binary"),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "mongodb/8.0.17/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "mongodb",
+				Version:   "8.0.17",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/mongodb@8.0.17",
+				Locations: locations("mongod"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("mongodb-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "mongodb/7.0.28/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "mongodb",
+				Version:   "7.0.28",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/mongodb@7.0.28",
+				Locations: locations("mongod"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("mongodb-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "mongodb/6.0.27/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "mongodb",
+				Version:   "6.0.27",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/mongodb@6.0.27",
+				Locations: locations("mongod"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("mongodb-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "mongodb/5.0.32/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "mongodb",
+				Version:   "5.0.32",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/mongodb@5.0.32",
+				Locations: locations("mongod"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("mongodb-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "mongodb/4.4.30/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "mongodb",
+				Version:   "4.4.30",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/mongodb@4.4.30",
+				Locations: locations("mongod"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("mongodb-binary"),
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			logicalFixture: "traefik/1.7.34/linux-amd64",
 			expected: pkg.Package{
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
index 8420faf64..600c1f3d4 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
@@ -784,6 +784,24 @@ func DefaultClassifiers() []binutils.Classifier {
 			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/envoy@version"),
 			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
 		},
+		{
+			Class:    "mongodb-binary",
+			FileGlob: "**/mongod",
+			EvidenceMatcher: binutils.MatchAny(
+				// mongodb 4.x, 5.x, 6.x: ber followed by tcmalloc
+				// e.g 6.0.27[NUL]tcmalloc
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)\x00tcmalloc`),
+				// mongodb 7.x: ver followed by "heap_size"
+				// e.g 7.0.28[NUL]heap_size
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)\x00+heap_size`),
+				// mongodb 8.x: ber followed by "cppdefines"
+				// e.g 8.0.17[NUL]cppdefines
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)\x00+cppdefines`),
+			),
+			Package: "mongodb",
+			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/mongodb@version"),
+			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
+		},
 	}
 
 	return append(classifiers, defaultJavaClassifiers()...)
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/mongodb/4.4.30/linux-amd64/mongod b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/mongodb/4.4.30/linux-amd64/mongod
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diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/mongodb/5.0.32/linux-amd64/mongod b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/mongodb/5.0.32/linux-amd64/mongod
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diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/mongodb/6.0.27/linux-amd64/mongod b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/mongodb/6.0.27/linux-amd64/mongod
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e777db227
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diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/mongodb/7.0.28/linux-amd64/mongod b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/mongodb/7.0.28/linux-amd64/mongod
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..822a51296
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diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/mongodb/8.0.17/linux-amd64/mongod b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/mongodb/8.0.17/linux-amd64/mongod
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..119594380
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diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/config.yaml b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/config.yaml
index 6085c555f..96373cf12 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/config.yaml
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/config.yaml
@@ -269,6 +269,46 @@ from-images:
 #    paths:
 #      - /usr/sbin/mysqld
 
+  - name: mongodb
+    version: 8.0.17
+    images:
+      - ref: mongo:8.0@sha256:48432a75b23f0883e9b631af3497cbf0d477124d33a67f217c71f6e9b40fde39
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/bin/mongod
+
+  - name: mongodb
+    version: 7.0.28
+    images:
+      - ref: mongo:7.0@sha256:32b5cbf6e1075ad0f5eb2b880ee61e985d5135519a7a34a7d81712af37f27913
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/bin/mongod
+
+  - name: mongodb
+    version: 6.0.27
+    images:
+      - ref: mongo:6.0@sha256:03cda579c8caad6573cb98c2b3d5ff5ead452a6450561129b89595b4b9c18de2
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/bin/mongod
+
+  - name: mongodb
+    version: 5.0.32
+    images:
+      - ref: mongo:5.0@sha256:5e3e87afd24d75e722884d777c5713d254f7e88ba65381b5d6484f75a21b73e3
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/bin/mongod
+
+  - name: mongodb
+    version: 4.4.30
+    images:
+      - ref: mongo:4.4@sha256:4be76f674fc4b27859816811b8baa3c51830eb1dbf4ca81a51e26b79edd662ef
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/bin/mongod
+
   - version: 1.25.1
     images:
       - ref: nginx:1.25.1@sha256:73e957703f1266530db0aeac1fd6a3f87c1e59943f4c13eb340bb8521c6041d7