diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml
index 5331d74c9..6a1ef1d2d 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml
@@ -423,6 +423,16 @@ catalogers:
             cpes:
               - cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
             type: BinaryPkg
+      - method: glob
+        criteria:
+          - '**/ldapsearch'
+        packages:
+          - class: openldap-search-binary
+            name: openldap
+            purl: pkg:generic/openldap
+            cpes:
+              - cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
+            type: BinaryPkg
       - method: glob
         criteria:
           - '**/libQt*Core.so*'
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
index 95b8487ea..bc49f22b3 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
@@ -1342,6 +1342,17 @@ func Test_Cataloger_PositiveCases(t *testing.T) {
 				Metadata:  metadata("openssl-binary"),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "openldap/2.6.10/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "openldap",
+				Version:   "2.6.10",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/openldap@2.6.10",
+				Locations: locations("ldapsearch"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("openldap-search-binary"),
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			logicalFixture: "qt/4.8.6/linux-amd64",
 			expected: pkg.Package{
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
index 53f902c0d..4f394828e 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
@@ -516,6 +516,17 @@ func DefaultClassifiers() []binutils.Classifier {
 			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/openssl@version"),
 			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
 		},
+		{
+			Class:    "openldap-search-binary",
+			FileGlob: "**/ldapsearch",
+			EvidenceMatcher: m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(
+				// $OpenLDAP: ldapsearch 2.4.45'
+				`\$OpenLDAP:\sldapsearch\s(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)`,
+			),
+			Package: "openldap",
+			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/openldap@version"),
+			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
+		},
 		{
 			Class:    "qt-qtbase-lib",
 			FileGlob: "**/libQt*Core.so*",
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/openldap/2.6.10/linux-amd64/ldapsearch b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/openldap/2.6.10/linux-amd64/ldapsearch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1da49a0e8
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/openldap/2.6.10/linux-amd64/ldapsearch differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/config.yaml b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/config.yaml
index 1f363bca8..cbf3d71f1 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/config.yaml
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/config.yaml
@@ -823,6 +823,14 @@ from-images:
     paths:
       - /usr/local/openresty/openssl/bin/openssl
 
+  - name: openldap
+    version: 2.6.10
+    images:
+      - ref: bitnamilegacy/openldap:2.6.10-debian-12-r4@sha256:966fd39ed25813890e9bd57dac56def163bbcfe64967e0bae59ab018d505bd93
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /opt/bitnami/openldap/bin/ldapsearch
+
   - name: curl
     version: 8.9.1
     images: