diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/cataloger_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/cataloger_test.go
index 26992889a..1e5870c2f 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/cataloger_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/cataloger_test.go
@@ -870,6 +870,17 @@ func Test_Cataloger_PositiveCases(t *testing.T) {
 				Metadata:  metadata("gcc-binary"),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "wp-cli/2.9.0/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "wp-cli",
+				Version:   "2.9.0",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/wp-cli@2.9.0",
+				Locations: locations("wp"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("wordpress-cli-binary"),
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/default_classifiers.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/default_classifiers.go
index c0ef9de6b..ca4992919 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/default_classifiers.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/default_classifiers.go
@@ -403,6 +403,17 @@ func DefaultClassifiers() []Classifier {
 			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/gcc@version"),
 			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gcc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"),
 		},
+		{
+			Class:    "wordpress-cli-binary",
+			FileGlob: "**/wp",
+			EvidenceMatcher: FileContentsVersionMatcher(
+				// wp-cli/wp-cli 2.9.0'
+				`(?m)wp-cli/wp-cli (?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)`,
+			),
+			Package: "wp-cli",
+			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/wp-cli@version"),
+			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:wp-cli:wp-cli:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"),
+		},
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/wp-cli-2.9.0/wp b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/wp-cli-2.9.0/wp
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..eefaec4d8
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/wp-cli-2.9.0/wp differ