diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/archive_parser.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/archive_parser.go
index 5e3d188a1..af09bb616 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/archive_parser.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/archive_parser.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ var archiveFormatGlobs = []string{
 	"**/*.jpi",
 	"**/*.hpi",
 	"**/*.kar",
+	"**/*.far",
 	"**/*.lpkg", // Zip-compressed package used to deploy applications
 	// (aka plugins) to Liferay Portal server. Those files contains .JAR(s) and a .PROPERTIES file, the latter
 	// has information about the application and installation requirements.
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/cataloger_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/cataloger_test.go
index b5acbe4a9..f24a2744a 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/cataloger_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/cataloger_test.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ func Test_ArchiveCataloger_Globs(t *testing.T) {
 				"java-archives/example.kar",
 				"java-archives/example.jpi",
 				"java-archives/example.hpi",
+				"java-archives/example.far",
 				"java-archives/example.lpkg",
 				"java-archives/example.rar",
 				"archives/example.zip",
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/glob-paths/java-archives/example.far b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/glob-paths/java-archives/example.far
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8944cbcc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/glob-paths/java-archives/example.far
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+example archive