diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml
index baebe2c93..b64362108 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml
@@ -684,6 +684,16 @@ catalogers:
             cpes:
               - cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
             type: BinaryPkg
+      - method: glob
+        criteria:
+          - '**/nginx-ingress-controller'
+        packages:
+          - class: ingress-nginx-binary
+            name: nginx-ingress-controller
+            purl: pkg:generic/nginx-ingress-controller
+            cpes:
+              - cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:ingress-nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
+            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 05b25121a..d66cd393e 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
@@ -2227,6 +2227,105 @@ func Test_Cataloger_PositiveCases(t *testing.T) {
 				Metadata:  metadata("envoy-binary"),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "nginx-ingress-controller/1.15.1/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "nginx-ingress-controller",
+				Version:   "1.15.1",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/nginx-ingress-controller@1.15.1",
+				Locations: locations("nginx-ingress-controller"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("ingress-nginx-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "nginx-ingress-controller/1.11.8/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "nginx-ingress-controller",
+				Version:   "1.11.8",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/nginx-ingress-controller@1.11.8",
+				Locations: locations("nginx-ingress-controller"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("ingress-nginx-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "nginx-ingress-controller/1.9.6/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "nginx-ingress-controller",
+				Version:   "1.9.6",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/nginx-ingress-controller@1.9.6",
+				Locations: locations("nginx-ingress-controller"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("ingress-nginx-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "nginx-ingress-controller/1.7.1/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "nginx-ingress-controller",
+				Version:   "1.7.1",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/nginx-ingress-controller@1.7.1",
+				Locations: locations("nginx-ingress-controller"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("ingress-nginx-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "nginx-ingress-controller/1.12.0-beta.0/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "nginx-ingress-controller",
+				Version:   "1.12.0-beta.0",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/nginx-ingress-controller@1.12.0-beta.0",
+				Locations: locations("nginx-ingress-controller"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("ingress-nginx-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "nginx-ingress-controller/1.2.0-beta.1/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "nginx-ingress-controller",
+				Version:   "1.2.0-beta.1",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/nginx-ingress-controller@1.2.0-beta.1",
+				Locations: locations("nginx-ingress-controller"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("ingress-nginx-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "nginx-ingress-controller/1.0.0-alpha.2/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "nginx-ingress-controller",
+				Version:   "1.0.0-alpha.2",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/nginx-ingress-controller@1.0.0-alpha.2",
+				Locations: locations("nginx-ingress-controller"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("ingress-nginx-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "nginx-ingress-controller/0.34.0/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "nginx-ingress-controller",
+				Version:   "0.34.0",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/nginx-ingress-controller@0.34.0",
+				Locations: locations("nginx-ingress-controller"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("ingress-nginx-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "nginx-ingress-controller/0.33.0/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "nginx-ingress-controller",
+				Version:   "0.33.0",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/nginx-ingress-controller@0.33.0",
+				Locations: locations("nginx-ingress-controller"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("ingress-nginx-binary"),
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
index 955a7bacd..56ae02545 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
@@ -911,6 +911,29 @@ func DefaultClassifiers() []binutils.Classifier {
 			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/mongodb@version"),
 			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
 		},
+		{
+			Class:    "ingress-nginx-binary",
+			FileGlob: "**/nginx-ingress-controller",
+			EvidenceMatcher: binutils.MatchAny(
+				// [NUL][NUL]v1.15.1[NUL][NUL]@e[ETX][NUL][NUL][NUL][NUL]go1.26.1[NUL][NUL][NUL]
+				// �v1.15.1[NUL][NUL]�z[ETX][NUL][NUL][NUL][NUL]go1.24.4[NUL][NUL][NUL]
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`v(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)\x00+.{0,50}go[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\-(alpha|beta)\.[0-9])?\.[0-9]+\x00+`),
+				// �Lv1.9.6[NUL][NUL]$a�c[SOH][NUL][NUL][NUL]
+				// [NUL][NUL]v0.34.0[NUL]......�$a�...[NUL]
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`v(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\-(alpha|beta)\.[0-9])?)\x00+.{0,800}\$a.{0,10}\x00+`),
+				// [NUL][NUL]v1.7.1[NUL][NUL][NUL]...S=v<y5...
+				// [NUL]0.33.0[NUL][NUL]...[NUL][NUL]...S=v<y5
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`\x00+v?(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\-(alpha|beta)\.[0-9])?)\x00+.{0,100}S=v<y5`),
+				// [NUL][NUL]go1.22.8[NUL][NUL][NUL][NUL][NUL][NUL][NUL][NUL][NUL]v1.12.0-beta.0[NUL][NUL]
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`\x00+go[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\x00+v(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\-(alpha|beta)\.[0-9])?)\x00+`),
+				// [NUL][NUL]v1.2.0-beta.1[NUL][NUL]
+				// [NUL][NUL]v1.0.0-alpha.2[NUL][NUL]
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`\x00+v(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\-(alpha|beta)\.[0-9])\x00+`),
+			),
+			Package: "nginx-ingress-controller",
+			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/nginx-ingress-controller@version"),
+			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:ingress-nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
+		},
 	}
 
 	return append(classifiers, defaultJavaClassifiers()...)
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diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/nginx-ingress-controller/1.7.1/linux-amd64/nginx-ingress-controller b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/nginx-ingress-controller/1.7.1/linux-amd64/nginx-ingress-controller
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/nginx-ingress-controller/1.9.6/linux-amd64/nginx-ingress-controller b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/nginx-ingress-controller/1.9.6/linux-amd64/nginx-ingress-controller
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ce8eb722
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diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/config.yaml b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/config.yaml
index ad63dfea6..e215088d1 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/config.yaml
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/config.yaml
@@ -1381,3 +1381,74 @@ from-images:
         platform: linux/amd64
     paths:
       - /usr/local/bin/envoy
+
+  - version: 1.15.1
+    images:
+      - ref: registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/controller:v1.15.1@sha256:594ceea76b01c592858f803f9ff4d2cb40542cae2060410b2c95f75907d659e1
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /nginx-ingress-controller
+
+  - version: 1.11.8
+    images:
+      - ref: registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/controller:v1.11.8@sha256:695d79381ee6af00c7f5c9fd434f50851d7d32838ad5b2c507e416cf2084fc79
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /nginx-ingress-controller
+
+  - version: 1.9.6
+    images:
+      - ref: registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/controller:v1.9.6@sha256:1405cc613bd95b2c6edd8b2a152510ae91c7e62aea4698500d23b2145960ab9c
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /nginx-ingress-controller
+
+  - version: 1.8.4
+    images:
+      - ref: registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/controller:v1.8.4@sha256:8d8ddf32b83ca3e74bd5f66369fa60d85353e18ff55fa7691b321aa4716f5ba9
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /nginx-ingress-controller
+
+  - version: 1.7.1
+    images:
+      - ref: registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/controller:v1.7.1@sha256:7244b95ea47bddcb8267c1e625fb163fc183ef55448855e3ac52a7b260a60407
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /nginx-ingress-controller
+
+  - version: 1.12.0-beta.0
+    images:
+      - ref: registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/controller:v1.12.0-beta.0@sha256:9724476b928967173d501040631b23ba07f47073999e80e34b120e8db5f234d5
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /nginx-ingress-controller
+
+  - version: 1.2.0-beta.1
+    images:
+      - ref: k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/controller:v1.2.0-beta.1@sha256:7059739637c30865f74cae403fffa55c2cb6d9779cd15654480dd0e4f850d536
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /nginx-ingress-controller
+
+  - version: 1.0.0-alpha.2
+    images:
+      - ref: k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/controller:v1.0.0-alpha.2@sha256:04a0ad3a1279c2a58898e789eed767eafa138ee1e5b9b23a988c6e8485cf958d
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /nginx-ingress-controller
+
+  - version: 0.34.0
+    images:
+      - ref: k8s.gcr.io/ingress-nginx/controller:v0.34.0@sha256:5e0dcdc3ddb076f9ad988c624b8c459b53235ace26b9b18c192dedd3a038173c
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /nginx-ingress-controller
+
+  - version: 0.33.0
+    images:
+      - ref: quay.io/kubernetes-ingress-controller/nginx-ingress-controller:0.33.0@sha256:ad8a1e9e44b4deb6ded8d677e9f0014178294e579d0710a48bca1e05838f2473
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /nginx-ingress-controller
+