diff --git a/Taskfile.yaml b/Taskfile.yaml
index a7bbfc664..e6f9115c7 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yaml
+++ b/Taskfile.yaml
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ tasks:
   check-binary-fixture-size:
     desc: Ensure that the binary test fixtures are not too large
     cmds:
-      - .github/scripts/check_binary_fixture_size.sh syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive
+      - .github/scripts/check_binary_fixture_size.sh syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets
 
 
   ## Testing tasks #################################
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/.gitignore b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a755729c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# allow for lb patterns (rust, pytho, php and more)
+!lib*.so
+
+# allow for go-hint file
+!VERSION*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/go-version-hint/1.15/any/VERSION b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/go-version-hint/1.15/any/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5bedbed9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/go-version-hint/1.15/any/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+go1.15-beta2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/php-apache/8.2.1/linux-amd64/libphp.so b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/php-apache/8.2.1/linux-amd64/libphp.so
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61906e9f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/php-apache/8.2.1/linux-amd64/libphp.so
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+name: libphp.so
+offset: unknown
+length: unknown
+snippetSha256: d39ac8dadf5ba868455c487f1d0bb4c8bec64006fd7e5d76e3e27a26e47e637f
+fileSha256: unknown
+
+### byte snippet to follow ###
+%s'
+%s,%s
+X-Powered-By: PHP/8.2.1
+index pointer
+PHP_VERSION
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/python-duplicates/3.8.16/linux-amd64/libpython3.8.so b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/python-duplicates/3.8.16/linux-amd64/libpython3.8.so
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diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/rust-libstd/1.50.0/linux-amd64/libstd-6f77337c1826707d.so b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/rust-libstd/1.50.0/linux-amd64/libstd-6f77337c1826707d.so
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diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/rust-libstd/1.67.1/linux-amd64/libstd-c6192dd4c4d410ac.so b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/rust-libstd/1.67.1/linux-amd64/libstd-c6192dd4c4d410ac.so
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