diff --git a/syft/distro/identify_test.go b/syft/distro/identify_test.go
index 6343f561e..e5abd349c 100644
--- a/syft/distro/identify_test.go
+++ b/syft/distro/identify_test.go
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 
-	hashiVer "github.com/hashicorp/go-version"
-
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/source"
+	hashiVer "github.com/hashicorp/go-version"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
@@ -128,6 +127,11 @@ func TestIdentifyDistro(t *testing.T) {
 			Type:    RockyLinux,
 			Version: "8.4.0",
 		},
+		{
+			fixture: "test-fixtures/os/almalinux",
+			Type:    AlmaLinux,
+			Version: "8.4.0",
+		},
 	}
 
 	observedDistros := internal.NewStringSet()
diff --git a/syft/distro/test-fixtures/os/almalinux/etc/os-release b/syft/distro/test-fixtures/os/almalinux/etc/os-release
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61deb8e91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/distro/test-fixtures/os/almalinux/etc/os-release
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+NAME="AlmaLinux"
+VERSION="8.4 (Electric Cheetah)"
+ID="almalinux"
+ID_LIKE="rhel centos fedora"
+VERSION_ID="8.4"
+PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8"
+PRETTY_NAME="AlmaLinux 8.4 (Electric Cheetah)"
+ANSI_COLOR="0;34"
+CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:almalinux:almalinux:8.4:GA"
+HOME_URL="https://almalinux.org/"
+DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://wiki.almalinux.org/"
+BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.almalinux.org/"
+
+ALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT="AlmaLinux-8"
+ALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT_VERSION="8.4"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syft/distro/type.go b/syft/distro/type.go
index aa1fd8bb0..245c506fd 100644
--- a/syft/distro/type.go
+++ b/syft/distro/type.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const (
 	Windows           Type = "windows"
 	Mariner           Type = "mariner"
 	RockyLinux        Type = "rockylinux"
+	AlmaLinux         Type = "almalinux"
 )
 
 // All contains all Linux distribution options
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ var All = []Type{
 	Windows,
 	Mariner,
 	RockyLinux,
+	AlmaLinux,
 }
 
 // IDMapping connects a distro ID like "ubuntu" to a Distro type
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ var IDMapping = map[string]Type{
 	"windows":       Windows,
 	"mariner":       Mariner,
 	"rocky":         RockyLinux,
+	"almalinux":     AlmaLinux,
 }
 
 // String returns the string representation of the given Linux distribution.