diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/cataloger_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/cataloger_test.go
index e7aa36cd8..d38de2e41 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/cataloger_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/cataloger_test.go
@@ -763,6 +763,18 @@ func Test_Cataloger_DefaultClassifiers_PositiveCases(t *testing.T) {
 				Metadata:  metadata("bash-binary"),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:       "positive-openssl-3.1.4",
+			fixtureDir: "test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/openssl-3.1.4",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "openssl",
+				Version:   "3.1.4",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/openssl@3.1.4",
+				Locations: locations("openssl"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("openssl-binary"),
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/default_classifiers.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/default_classifiers.go
index e3ecd58b1..95376052f 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/default_classifiers.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/default_classifiers.go
@@ -334,6 +334,17 @@ var defaultClassifiers = []classifier{
 		PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/bash@version"),
 		CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"),
 	},
+	{
+		Class:    "openssl-binary",
+		FileGlob: "**/openssl",
+		EvidenceMatcher: fileContentsVersionMatcher(
+			// [NUL]OpenSSL 3.1.4'
+			`\x00OpenSSL (?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha[0-9]|-beta[0-9]|-rc[0-9])?)`,
+		),
+		Package: "openssl",
+		PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/openssl@version"),
+		CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"),
+	},
 }
 
 // in both binaries and shared libraries, the version pattern is [NUL]3.11.2[NUL]
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/openssl-3.1.4/openssl b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/openssl-3.1.4/openssl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a2fc1b691
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/openssl-3.1.4/openssl differ