diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml
index 0b3a36e51..98d7c0f7a 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml
@@ -423,6 +423,17 @@ catalogers:
             cpes:
               - cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
             type: BinaryPkg
+      - method: glob
+        criteria:
+          - '**/libQt*Core.so*'
+        packages:
+          - class: qt-qtbase-lib
+            name: qtbase
+            purl: pkg:generic/qtbase
+            cpes:
+              - cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
+              - cpe:2.3:a:qt:qtbase:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
+            type: BinaryPkg
       - method: glob
         criteria:
           - '**/gcc'
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
index 584ea30fe..7eb28706a 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
@@ -1269,6 +1269,39 @@ func Test_Cataloger_PositiveCases(t *testing.T) {
 				Metadata:  metadata("openssl-binary"),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "qt/4.8.6/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "qtbase",
+				Version:   "4.8.6",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/qtbase@4.8.6",
+				Locations: locations("libQtCore.so.4.8.6"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("qt-qtbase-lib"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "qt/5.15.2/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "qtbase",
+				Version:   "5.15.2",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/qtbase@5.15.2",
+				Locations: locations("libQt5Core.so.5.15.2"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("qt-qtbase-lib"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "qt/6.5.0/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "qtbase",
+				Version:   "6.5.0",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/qtbase@6.5.0",
+				Locations: locations("libQt6Core.so.6.5.0"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("qt-qtbase-lib"),
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			logicalFixture: "gcc/12.3.0/linux-amd64",
 			expected: pkg.Package{
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
index a2b20f81f..28e519026 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
@@ -510,6 +510,22 @@ func DefaultClassifiers() []binutils.Classifier {
 			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/openssl@version"),
 			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
 		},
+		{
+			Class:    "qt-qtbase-lib",
+			FileGlob: "**/libQt*Core.so*",
+			EvidenceMatcher: binutils.MatchAny(
+				// Qt 5.x and Qt 6.x pattern [NUL][NUL]Qt 6.5.0 (x86_64-little_endian-...
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`\x00\x00Qt (?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+) \(`),
+				// Qt 4.x pattern QtCore lib ver 4.8.7
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`QtCore library version (?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)`),
+			),
+			Package: "qtbase",
+			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/qtbase@version"),
+			CPEs: []cpe.CPE{
+				cpe.Must("cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
+				cpe.Must("cpe:2.3:a:qt:qtbase:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			Class:    "gcc-binary",
 			FileGlob: "**/gcc",
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/Makefile b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/Makefile
index fa37d43c1..3920d2397 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/Makefile
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/Makefile
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ clean-fingerprint: ## clean up all legacy fingerprint files
 help:
 	@grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | sort | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "$(BOLD)$(CYAN)%-25s$(RESET)%s\n", $$1, $$2}'
 
-.PHONY: default list download download-all clean clean-fingerprint add-snippet fingerprint
\ No newline at end of file
+.PHONY: default list download download-all clean clean-fingerprint add-snippet fingerprint
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/qt/4.8.6/linux-amd64/libQtCore.so.4.8.6 b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/qt/4.8.6/linux-amd64/libQtCore.so.4.8.6
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3282baabb
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/qt/4.8.6/linux-amd64/libQtCore.so.4.8.6 differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/qt/5.15.2/linux-amd64/libQt5Core.so.5.15.2 b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/qt/5.15.2/linux-amd64/libQt5Core.so.5.15.2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6841cbf70
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/qt/5.15.2/linux-amd64/libQt5Core.so.5.15.2 differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/qt/6.5.0/linux-amd64/libQt6Core.so.6.5.0 b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/qt/6.5.0/linux-amd64/libQt6Core.so.6.5.0
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7829b7890
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/qt/6.5.0/linux-amd64/libQt6Core.so.6.5.0 differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/config.yaml b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/config.yaml
index 96373cf12..ba81571c3 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/config.yaml
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/config.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from-images:
 
   - name: busybox
     version: 1.36.1
-    images: 
+    images:
       - ref: busybox:1.36.1@sha256:058f0df5310fbbbfea7e81a3a3e2b4bf3452438ec841138d170e170adbbd27a4
         platform: linux/amd64
     paths:
@@ -1020,6 +1020,29 @@ from-images:
     paths:
       - /usr/share/grafana/bin/grafana-server
 
+  - name: qt
+    version: 6.5.0
+    images:
+      - ref: stateoftheartio/qt6:6.5-gcc-aqt@sha256:c0dfd1cd174d855f0157ce0455270b2ee49f5eea4c7a40ffe0e848d41ae4d074
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /opt/Qt/6.5.0/gcc_64/lib/libQt6Core.so.6.5.0
+
+  - name: qt
+    version: 5.15.2
+    images:
+      - ref: rabits/qt:5.15-desktop@sha256:8dd10b4fcdece7e329dd2b9db52dafcd6590940954bc36d5018567e850d9599c
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /opt/Qt/5.15.2/gcc_64/lib/libQt5Core.so.5.15.2
+
+  - name: qt
+    version: 4.8.6
+    images:
+      - ref: uvatbc/qt:qt4@sha256:9d6f18e000df14077f4c96e487fc84e02f1cef19c27f2a8f66f161b8a1ef6b06
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4.8.6
   - version: 1.36.4
     images:
       - ref: envoyproxy/envoy:v1.36.4@sha256:ae31562b8cede20913a2d3d6a4f44c8479a50551e033cb8ef7bb8e38cec4b573
@@ -1081,4 +1104,4 @@ from-images:
       - ref: envoyproxy/envoy:v1.6.0@sha256:6d02409028d76b69bc348650e080e68fd81b863e68aa16e96c95d74ab0f16f24
         platform: linux/amd64
     paths:
-      - /usr/local/bin/envoy
\ No newline at end of file
+      - /usr/local/bin/envoy