diff --git a/syft/cataloger/javascript/parse_package_json.go b/syft/cataloger/javascript/parse_package_json.go
index 9d6ec9060..a0ebc899f 100644
--- a/syft/cataloger/javascript/parse_package_json.go
+++ b/syft/cataloger/javascript/parse_package_json.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ type PackageJSON struct {
 	Homepage     string            `json:"homepage"`
 	Description  string            `json:"description"`
 	Dependencies map[string]string `json:"dependencies"`
+	Repository   Repository        `json:"repository"`
 }
 
 type Author struct {
@@ -35,10 +36,17 @@ type Author struct {
 	URL   string `json:"url" mapstruct:"url"`
 }
 
+type Repository struct {
+	Type string `json:"type"`
+	URL  string `json:"url"`
+}
+
 // match example: "author": "Isaac Z. Schlueter <i@izs.me> (http://blog.izs.me)"
 // ---> name: "Isaac Z. Schlueter" email: "i@izs.me" url: "http://blog.izs.me"
 var authorPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`^\s*(?P<name>[^<(]*)(\s+<(?P<email>.*)>)?(\s\((?P<url>.*)\))?\s*$`)
 
+// This method implements the UnmarshalJSON interface to help normalize
+// the json structure.
 func (a *Author) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
 	var authorStr string
 	var fields map[string]string
@@ -98,6 +106,7 @@ func parsePackageJSON(_ string, reader io.Reader) ([]pkg.Package, error) {
 			Metadata: pkg.NpmMetadata{
 				Author:   p.Author.String(),
 				Homepage: p.Homepage,
+				URL:      p.Repository.URL,
 			},
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/syft/cataloger/javascript/parse_package_json_test.go b/syft/cataloger/javascript/parse_package_json_test.go
index ae38d37be..b135a8e27 100644
--- a/syft/cataloger/javascript/parse_package_json_test.go
+++ b/syft/cataloger/javascript/parse_package_json_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ func TestParsePackageJSON(t *testing.T) {
 				Metadata: pkg.NpmMetadata{
 					Author:   "Isaac Z. Schlueter <i@izs.me> (http://blog.izs.me)",
 					Homepage: "https://docs.npmjs.com/",
+					URL:      "https://github.com/npm/cli",
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ func TestParsePackageJSON(t *testing.T) {
 				Metadata: pkg.NpmMetadata{
 					Author:   "Isaac Z. Schlueter <i@izs.me> (http://blog.izs.me)",
 					Homepage: "https://docs.npmjs.com/",
+					URL:      "https://github.com/npm/cli",
 				},
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/syft/cataloger/javascript/test-fixtures/pkg-json/package-nested-author.json b/syft/cataloger/javascript/test-fixtures/pkg-json/package-nested-author.json
index 436fca091..ac2438a11 100644
--- a/syft/cataloger/javascript/test-fixtures/pkg-json/package-nested-author.json
+++ b/syft/cataloger/javascript/test-fixtures/pkg-json/package-nested-author.json
@@ -8,5 +8,9 @@
     "email": "i@izs.me",
     "url": "http://blog.izs.me"
   },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli"
+  },
   "license": "Artistic-2.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syft/pkg/npm_metadata.go b/syft/pkg/npm_metadata.go
index af683120b..5b12e5cbc 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/npm_metadata.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/npm_metadata.go
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ type NpmMetadata struct {
 	License     string   `mapstructure:"license" json:"license"`
 	Homepage    string   `mapstructure:"homepage" json:"homepage"`
 	Description string   `mapstructure:"description" json:"description"`
+	URL         string   `mapstructure:"url" json:"url"`
 }