diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/internal/cpegenerate/candidate_by_package_type.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/internal/cpegenerate/candidate_by_package_type.go
index 1b363c656..32c2131a1 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/internal/cpegenerate/candidate_by_package_type.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/internal/cpegenerate/candidate_by_package_type.go
@@ -508,6 +508,11 @@ var defaultCandidateAdditions = buildCandidateLookup(
 			candidateKey{PkgName: "poco"},
 			candidateAddition{AdditionalVendors: []string{"pocoproject"}},
 		},
+		{
+			pkg.ConanPkg,
+			candidateKey{PkgName: "libxml2"},
+			candidateAddition{AdditionalVendors: []string{"xmlsoft"}},
+		},
 	})
 
 var defaultCandidateRemovals = buildCandidateRemovalLookup(
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/internal/cpegenerate/candidate_by_package_type_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/internal/cpegenerate/candidate_by_package_type_test.go
index c610167f8..4d903b14c 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/internal/cpegenerate/candidate_by_package_type_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/internal/cpegenerate/candidate_by_package_type_test.go
@@ -232,3 +232,8 @@ func Test_findProductsToRemove(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func Test_defaultCandidateAdditions_conan_libxml2(t *testing.T) {
+	vendors := findAdditionalVendors(defaultCandidateAdditions, pkg.ConanPkg, "libxml2", "")
+	assert.Contains(t, vendors, "xmlsoft")
+}