diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml
index 600207a5a..22a810cad 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ catalogers:
             cpes:
               - cpe:2.3:a:julialang:julia:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
             type: BinaryPkg
+      - method: glob
+        criteria:
+          - '**/julia'
+        packages:
+          - class: julia-binary
+            name: julia
+            purl: pkg:generic/julia
+            cpes:
+              - cpe:2.3:a:julialang:julia:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
+            type: BinaryPkg
       - method: glob
         criteria:
           - '**/helm'
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
index a622d8172..56a3d9d63 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
@@ -2477,6 +2477,106 @@ func Test_Cataloger_PositiveCases(t *testing.T) {
 				Metadata:  metadata("ingress-nginx-binary"),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "julia/1.13.0-alpha2/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "julia",
+				Version:   "1.13.0-alpha2",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/julia@1.13.0-alpha2",
+				Locations: locations("libjulia-internal.so.1.13.0"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("julia-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "julia/1.12.6/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "julia",
+				Version:   "1.12.6",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/julia@1.12.6",
+				Locations: locations("libjulia-internal.so.1.12.6"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("julia-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "julia/1.11.9/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "julia",
+				Version:   "1.11.9",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/julia@1.11.9",
+				Locations: locations("libjulia-internal.so.1.11.9"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("julia-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "julia/1.10.11/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "julia",
+				Version:   "1.10.11",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/julia@1.10.11",
+				Locations: locations("libjulia-internal.so.1.10.11"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("julia-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "julia/1.9.0-alpha1/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "julia",
+				Version:   "1.9.0-alpha1",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/julia@1.9.0-alpha1",
+				Locations: locations("libjulia-internal.so.1.9"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("julia-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "julia/1.8.5/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "julia",
+				Version:   "1.8.5",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/julia@1.8.5",
+				Locations: locations("libjulia-internal.so.1.8"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("julia-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			// note: dynamic (non-snippet) test case
+			logicalFixture: "julia/1.5.4/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "julia",
+				Version:   "1.5.4",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/julia@1.5.4",
+				Locations: locations("julia", "libjulia.so.1.5"),
+				Metadata: pkg.BinarySignature{
+					Matches: []pkg.ClassifierMatch{
+						match("julia-binary", "julia"),
+						match("julia-binary", "libjulia.so.1.5"),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			// note: dynamic (non-snippet) test case
+			logicalFixture: "julia/1.3.1/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "julia",
+				Version:   "1.3.1",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/julia@1.3.1",
+				Locations: locations("julia", "libjulia.so.1.3"),
+				Metadata: pkg.BinarySignature{
+					Matches: []pkg.ClassifierMatch{
+						match("julia-binary", "julia"),
+						match("julia-binary", "libjulia.so.1.3"),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
index aa9b00d2a..d76eca517 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
@@ -88,8 +88,43 @@ func DefaultClassifiers() []binutils.Classifier {
 		{
 			Class:    "julia-binary",
 			FileGlob: "**/libjulia-internal.so",
-			EvidenceMatcher: m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(
-				`(?m)__init__\x00(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)\x00verify`),
+			EvidenceMatcher: binutils.MatchAny(
+				// �1.13.0-beta3[NUL]branch
+				// [NUL]GIT_VERSION_INFO[NUL]jl_image_unpack[NUL]1.13.0-alpha2[NUL]branch
+				// [NUL]GIT_VERSION_INFO[NUL]__init__[NUL]1.12.6[NUL]branch[NUL]commit
+				// [NUL]GIT_VERSION_INFO[NUL]__init__[NUL]verify_methods[NUL]1.11.9[NUL]branch[NUL]commit
+				// [NUL][NUL]__init__[NUL]1.10.11[NUL]verify_methods[NUL]
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`\x00__init__\x00(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha[0-9]|-beta[0-9]|-rc[0-9])?)\x00(branch|verify_methods)`),
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha[0-9]|-beta[0-9]|-rc[0-9])?)\x00branch\x00`),
+				// [NUL]verify_methods[NUL]Task cannot be serialized[NUL]1.9.0-alpha1[NUL]BigInt[NUL]
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`\x00verify_methods\x00.{0,30}(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha[0-9]|-beta[0-9]|-rc[0-9])?)\x00BigInt`),
+				// unknown option `%s`[NUL]1.8.5[NUL]julia version %s
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`\x00(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha[0-9]|-beta[0-9]|-rc[0-9])?)\x00julia version`),
+			),
+			Package: "julia",
+			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/julia@version"),
+			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:julialang:julia:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
+		},
+		{
+			Class:    "julia-binary",
+			FileGlob: "**/julia",
+			EvidenceMatcher: binutils.SharedLibraryLookup(
+				// libjulia.so.1
+				// libjulia.so.0.6
+				// libjulia.so
+				`^libjulia\.so(\.[0-9])?(\.[0-9])?$`,
+				binutils.MatchAny(
+					// unknown option `%s`[NUL]1.5.4[NUL]julia version %s
+					m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`\x00(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha[0-9]|-beta[0-9]|-rc[0-9])?)\x00julia version`),
+					// [NUL]#kw#[NUL]1.3.1[NUL]BigInt
+					// [NUL]#kw#[NUL]0.7.0-beta2[NUL]_require_dependencies
+					m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`\x00#kw#\x00(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha[0-9]|-beta[0-9]|-rc[0-9])?)\x00(BigInt|_require_dependencies)`),
+					// [NUL]ObjectIdDict[NUL]0.6.4[NUL]jl_sysimg_cpu_target
+					m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`\x00ObjectIdDict\x00(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha[0-9]|-beta[0-9]|-rc[0-9])?)\x00jl_sysimg_cpu_target`),
+					// [NUL]require[NUL]0.4.6[NUL]core2
+					m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`\x00require\x00(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha[0-9]|-beta[0-9]|-rc[0-9])?)\x00core2`),
+				),
+			),
 			Package: "julia",
 			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/julia@version"),
 			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:julialang:julia:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/internal/manager/internal/download_from_image.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/internal/manager/internal/download_from_image.go
index 3b9801d4d..880916972 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/internal/manager/internal/download_from_image.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/internal/manager/internal/download_from_image.go
@@ -275,9 +275,15 @@ func copyBinaryFromContainer(containerName, containerPath, destinationPath, dige
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// ensure permissions are 600 for destination
-	if err := os.Chmod(destinationPath, 0600); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to set permissions on file %q: %w", destinationPath, err)
+	// ensure permissions are 600 for destination (if it is not a symlink)
+	info, err := os.Lstat(destinationPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to stat file %q: %w", destinationPath, err)
+	}
+	if info.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink == 0 {
+		if err := os.Chmod(destinationPath, 0600); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to set permissions on file %q: %w", destinationPath, err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	// capture digest file
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.10.11/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.10.11/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..9a3310cea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.10.11/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libjulia-internal.so.1.10.11
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.10.11/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so.1.10.11 b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.10.11/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so.1.10.11
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..134e1d0ef
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.10.11/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so.1.10.11 differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.11.9/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.11.9/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..ac50092f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.11.9/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libjulia-internal.so.1.11.9
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.11.9/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so.1.11.9 b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.11.9/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so.1.11.9
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3a46ef78
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.11.9/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so.1.11.9 differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.12.6/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.12.6/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..e818e1dfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.12.6/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libjulia-internal.so.1.12.6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.12.6/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so.1.12.6 b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.12.6/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so.1.12.6
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8738add0d
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.12.6/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so.1.12.6 differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.13.0-alpha2/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.13.0-alpha2/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..7c3769bab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.13.0-alpha2/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libjulia-internal.so.1.13.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.13.0-alpha2/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so.1.13.0 b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.13.0-alpha2/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so.1.13.0
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f00de76f2
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.13.0-alpha2/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so.1.13.0 differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.13.0-beta3/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.13.0-beta3/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..7c3769bab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.13.0-beta3/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libjulia-internal.so.1.13.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.13.0-beta3/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so.1.13.0 b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.13.0-beta3/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so.1.13.0
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54a837617
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.13.0-beta3/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so.1.13.0 differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.8.5/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.8.5/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..c0bfe7487
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.8.5/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libjulia-internal.so.1.8
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.8.5/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so.1.8 b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.8.5/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so.1.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c82096ec
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.8.5/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so.1.8 differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.9.0-alpha1/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.9.0-alpha1/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..67ef60061
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.9.0-alpha1/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libjulia-internal.so.1.9
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.9.0-alpha1/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so.1.9 b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.9.0-alpha1/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so.1.9
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4757759c3
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/julia/1.9.0-alpha1/linux-amd64/libjulia-internal.so.1.9 differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/config.yaml b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/config.yaml
index 43ddfec02..4f933c25c 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/config.yaml
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/config.yaml
@@ -1524,3 +1524,86 @@ from-images:
     paths:
       - /nginx-ingress-controller
 
+  - name: julia
+    version: 1.13.0-beta3
+    images:
+      - ref: library/julia:1.13.0-beta3@sha256:3b36013b071d9abc9bdedb66a4230a9445bc692aa2c49f85852b94e81c7f0a74
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/local/julia/lib/julia/libjulia-internal.so
+      - /usr/local/julia/lib/julia/libjulia-internal.so.1.13.0
+
+  - name: julia
+    version: 1.13.0-alpha2
+    images:
+      - ref: library/julia:1.13.0-alpha2@sha256:f1b1cd24979025371be317353d0d9071e9b549583d2b13783cbafd40b8d4e319
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/local/julia/lib/julia/libjulia-internal.so
+      - /usr/local/julia/lib/julia/libjulia-internal.so.1.13.0
+
+  - name: julia
+    version: 1.12.6
+    images:
+      - ref: library/julia:1.12.6@sha256:54d6a3f40bbd76021e6ca8fab2dd2af08cc5388b078223d3040eaf3567b4ccd3
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/local/julia/lib/julia/libjulia-internal.so
+      - /usr/local/julia/lib/julia/libjulia-internal.so.1.12.6
+
+  - name: julia
+    version: 1.11.9
+    images:
+      - ref: library/julia:1.11.9@sha256:18e83baa9277c2ac94bef267d585634760b5adf9bc7343480161c7b09034b452
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/local/julia/lib/julia/libjulia-internal.so
+      - /usr/local/julia/lib/julia/libjulia-internal.so.1.11.9
+
+  - name: julia
+    version: 1.10.11
+    images:
+      - ref: library/julia:1.10.11@sha256:2f27b44f3ecda0f941c1b475b8967fa933fbf52b5f877f69bfe4df959c56df66
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/local/julia/lib/julia/libjulia-internal.so
+      - /usr/local/julia/lib/julia/libjulia-internal.so.1.10.11
+
+  - name: julia
+    version: 1.9.0-alpha1
+    images:
+      - ref: library/julia:1.9.0-alpha1@sha256:fb932603485d7cea435e85c073c04bdf4d0b90232c03013585aa0f65c8216111
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/local/julia/lib/julia/libjulia-internal.so
+      - /usr/local/julia/lib/julia/libjulia-internal.so.1.9
+
+  - name: julia
+    version: 1.8.5
+    images:
+      - ref: library/julia:1.8.5@sha256:5edccd0ca0b5f00d78beca0bd8217d65b2c24ef051ad07e2b08ed67224ff905a
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/local/julia/lib/julia/libjulia-internal.so
+      - /usr/local/julia/lib/julia/libjulia-internal.so.1.8
+
+  - name: julia
+    version: 1.5.4
+    images:
+      - ref: library/julia:1.5.4@sha256:39c3f721aa5ede195965e7f20575b1ee5949bdd2b42204e227d98114bcc94b83
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/local/julia/bin/julia
+      - /usr/local/julia/lib/libjulia.so.1
+      - /usr/local/julia/lib/libjulia.so.1.5
+
+  - name: julia
+    version: 1.3.1
+    images:
+      - ref: library/julia:1.3.1@sha256:a14f56f9f2ed44559d9f435cc346ede09a7d61afcbac61ba037acd2b39b56171
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/local/julia/bin/julia
+      - /usr/local/julia/lib/libjulia.so.1
+      - /usr/local/julia/lib/libjulia.so.1.3
+