diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
index 0839a2dca..3be5c2d0d 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
@@ -1392,6 +1392,17 @@ func Test_Cataloger_PositiveCases(t *testing.T) {
 				Metadata:  metadata("ffmpeg-binary"),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "ffmpeg-shared-libs/5.1.4/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "ffmpeg",
+				Version:   "5.1.4",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/ffmpeg@5.1.4",
+				Locations: locations("libavcodec"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("ffmpeg-library"),
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
index 154175ddc..a58091c6b 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
@@ -639,6 +639,30 @@ func DefaultClassifiers() []binutils.Classifier {
 			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/ffmpeg@version"),
 			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
 		},
+		{
+			Class:    "ffmpeg-library",
+			FileGlob: "**/libav*",
+			EvidenceMatcher: binutils.MatchAny(
+				// Primary pattern: FFmpeg version found in most libraries
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`(?m)FFmpeg version (?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)`),
+				// Fallback: library-specific version patterns for libavcodec and libavformat
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`(?m)Lavc(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)`),
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`(?m)Lavf(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)`),
+			),
+			Package: "ffmpeg",
+			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/ffmpeg@version"),
+			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
+		},
+		{
+			Class:    "ffmpeg-library",
+			FileGlob: "**/libswresample*",
+			EvidenceMatcher: m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(
+				// FFmpeg version pattern for libswresample
+				`(?m)FFmpeg version (?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)`),
+			Package: "ffmpeg",
+			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/ffmpeg@version"),
+			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
+		},
 	}
 
 	return append(classifiers, defaultJavaClassifiers()...)
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/ffmpeg-shared-libs/5.1.4/linux-amd64/libavcodec b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/ffmpeg-shared-libs/5.1.4/linux-amd64/libavcodec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f325e222a
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/ffmpeg-shared-libs/5.1.4/linux-amd64/libavcodec differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/config.yaml b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/config.yaml
index 3f3c15513..aee3ec6b6 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/config.yaml
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/config.yaml
@@ -830,3 +830,15 @@ from-images:
         platform: linux/arm64
     paths:
       - /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg
+
+  - name: ffmpeg-shared-libs
+    version: 5.1.4
+    images:
+      - ref: demisto/opencv:1.0.0.111908@sha256:abba3aab213990c666900a93db03420238527b757bf5825543cf7b4c5e11ac65
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/opencv_contrib_python.libs/libavcodec-9aae324f.so.59.37.100
+      - /usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/opencv_contrib_python.libs/libavformat-3ff1be5b.so.59.27.100
+      - /usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/opencv_contrib_python.libs/libavutil-a0a0531e.so.57.28.100
+      - /usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/opencv_contrib_python.libs/libswresample-2ec4394e.so.4.7.100
+