diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/internal/cpegenerate/apk_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/internal/cpegenerate/apk_test.go
index e4c034ff6..995d4311b 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/internal/cpegenerate/apk_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/internal/cpegenerate/apk_test.go
@@ -97,6 +97,15 @@ func Test_candidateVendorsForAPK(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expected: []string{"rake", "ruby-lang"},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "libavif",
+			pkg: pkg.Package{
+				Metadata: pkg.ApkDBEntry{
+					Package: "libavif",
+				},
+			},
+			expected: []string{"aomedia", "libavif"},
+		},
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/internal/cpegenerate/candidate_by_package_type.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/internal/cpegenerate/candidate_by_package_type.go
index 347bd99b3..1b363c656 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/internal/cpegenerate/candidate_by_package_type.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/internal/cpegenerate/candidate_by_package_type.go
@@ -410,6 +410,11 @@ var defaultCandidateAdditions = buildCandidateLookup(
 			candidateKey{PkgName: "git"},
 			candidateAddition{AdditionalVendors: []string{"git-scm"}},
 		},
+		{
+			pkg.ApkPkg,
+			candidateKey{PkgName: "libavif"},
+			candidateAddition{AdditionalVendors: []string{"aomedia"}},
+		},
 		{
 			pkg.ApkPkg,
 			candidateKey{PkgName: "bind"},