diff --git a/internal/relationship/evident_by.go b/internal/relationship/evident_by.go
index 4050e96fdab..ba4191325a8 100644
--- a/internal/relationship/evident_by.go
+++ b/internal/relationship/evident_by.go
@@ -9,15 +9,18 @@ func EvidentBy(catalog *pkg.Collection) []artifact.Relationship {
 	var edges []artifact.Relationship
 	for _, p := range catalog.Sorted() {
 		for _, l := range p.Locations.ToSlice() {
-			if v, exists := l.Annotations[pkg.EvidenceAnnotationKey]; !exists || v != pkg.PrimaryEvidenceAnnotation {
-				// skip non-primary evidence from being expressed as a relationship.
-				// note: this may be configurable in the future.
-				continue
+			kind := pkg.SupportingEvidenceAnnotation
+			if v, exists := l.Annotations[pkg.EvidenceAnnotationKey]; exists {
+				kind = v
 			}
+
 			edges = append(edges, artifact.Relationship{
 				From: p,
 				To:   l.Coordinates,
 				Type: artifact.EvidentByRelationship,
+				Data: map[string]string{
+					"kind": kind,
+				},
 			})
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/internal/task/file_tasks.go b/internal/task/file_tasks.go
index 857f6e4238e..5369db32720 100644
--- a/internal/task/file_tasks.go
+++ b/internal/task/file_tasks.go
@@ -134,9 +134,10 @@ func coordinatesForSelection(selection file.Selection, accessor sbomsync.Accesso
 	}
 
 	if selection == file.FilesOwnedByPackageSelection {
-		var coordinates []file.Coordinates
+		var coordinates file.CoordinateSet
 
 		accessor.ReadFromSBOM(func(sbom *sbom.SBOM) {
+			// get any file coordinates that are owned by a package
 			for _, r := range sbom.Relationships {
 				if r.Type != artifact.ContainsRelationship {
 					continue
@@ -145,16 +146,23 @@ func coordinatesForSelection(selection file.Selection, accessor sbomsync.Accesso
 					continue
 				}
 				if c, ok := r.To.(file.Coordinates); ok {
-					coordinates = append(coordinates, c)
+					coordinates.Add(c)
 				}
 			}
+
+			// get any file coordinates referenced by a package directly
+			for p := range sbom.Artifacts.Packages.Enumerate() {
+				coordinates.Add(p.Locations.CoordinateSet().ToSlice()...)
+			}
 		})
 
-		if len(coordinates) == 0 {
+		coords := coordinates.ToSlice()
+
+		if len(coords) == 0 {
 			return nil, false
 		}
 
-		return coordinates, true
+		return coords, true
 	}
 
 	return nil, false
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/debian/cataloger_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/debian/cataloger_test.go
index 0f8a70a9af4..629019954fe 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/debian/cataloger_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/debian/cataloger_test.go
@@ -25,15 +25,16 @@ func TestDpkgCataloger(t *testing.T) {
 					Version: "1.1.8-3.6",
 					FoundBy: "dpkg-db-cataloger",
 					Licenses: pkg.NewLicenseSet(
-						pkg.NewLicenseFromLocations("GPL-1", file.NewVirtualLocation("/usr/share/doc/libpam-runtime/copyright", "/usr/share/doc/libpam-runtime/copyright")),
-						pkg.NewLicenseFromLocations("GPL-2", file.NewVirtualLocation("/usr/share/doc/libpam-runtime/copyright", "/usr/share/doc/libpam-runtime/copyright")),
-						pkg.NewLicenseFromLocations("LGPL-2.1", file.NewVirtualLocation("/usr/share/doc/libpam-runtime/copyright", "/usr/share/doc/libpam-runtime/copyright")),
+						pkg.NewLicenseFromLocations("GPL-1", file.NewLocation("/usr/share/doc/libpam-runtime/copyright")),
+						pkg.NewLicenseFromLocations("GPL-2", file.NewLocation("/usr/share/doc/libpam-runtime/copyright")),
+						pkg.NewLicenseFromLocations("LGPL-2.1", file.NewLocation("/usr/share/doc/libpam-runtime/copyright")),
 					),
 					Locations: file.NewLocationSet(
-						file.NewVirtualLocation("/var/lib/dpkg/status", "/var/lib/dpkg/status"),
-						file.NewVirtualLocation("/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpam-runtime.md5sums", "/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpam-runtime.md5sums"),
-						file.NewVirtualLocation("/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpam-runtime.conffiles", "/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpam-runtime.conffiles"),
-						file.NewVirtualLocation("/usr/share/doc/libpam-runtime/copyright", "/usr/share/doc/libpam-runtime/copyright"),
+						file.NewLocation("/var/lib/dpkg/status"),
+						file.NewLocation("/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpam-runtime.preinst"),
+						file.NewLocation("/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpam-runtime.md5sums"),
+						file.NewLocation("/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpam-runtime.conffiles"),
+						file.NewLocation("/usr/share/doc/libpam-runtime/copyright"),
 					),
 					Type: pkg.DebPkg,
 					Metadata: pkg.DpkgDBEntry{
@@ -98,14 +99,15 @@ func TestDpkgCataloger(t *testing.T) {
 					Version: "3.34.1-3",
 					FoundBy: "dpkg-db-cataloger",
 					Licenses: pkg.NewLicenseSet(
-						pkg.NewLicenseFromLocations("public-domain", file.NewVirtualLocation("/usr/share/doc/libsqlite3-0/copyright", "/usr/share/doc/libsqlite3-0/copyright")),
-						pkg.NewLicenseFromLocations("GPL-2+", file.NewVirtualLocation("/usr/share/doc/libsqlite3-0/copyright", "/usr/share/doc/libsqlite3-0/copyright")),
-						pkg.NewLicenseFromLocations("GPL-2", file.NewVirtualLocation("/usr/share/doc/libsqlite3-0/copyright", "/usr/share/doc/libsqlite3-0/copyright")),
+						pkg.NewLicenseFromLocations("public-domain", file.NewLocation("/usr/share/doc/libsqlite3-0/copyright")),
+						pkg.NewLicenseFromLocations("GPL-2+", file.NewLocation("/usr/share/doc/libsqlite3-0/copyright")),
+						pkg.NewLicenseFromLocations("GPL-2", file.NewLocation("/usr/share/doc/libsqlite3-0/copyright")),
 					),
 					Locations: file.NewLocationSet(
-						file.NewVirtualLocation("/var/lib/dpkg/status.d/libsqlite3-0", "/var/lib/dpkg/status.d/libsqlite3-0"),
-						file.NewVirtualLocation("/var/lib/dpkg/status.d/libsqlite3-0.md5sums", "/var/lib/dpkg/status.d/libsqlite3-0.md5sums"),
-						file.NewVirtualLocation("/usr/share/doc/libsqlite3-0/copyright", "/usr/share/doc/libsqlite3-0/copyright"),
+						file.NewLocation("/var/lib/dpkg/status.d/libsqlite3-0"),
+						file.NewLocation("/var/lib/dpkg/status.d/libsqlite3-0.md5sums"),
+						file.NewLocation("/var/lib/dpkg/status.d/libsqlite3-0.preinst"),
+						file.NewLocation("/usr/share/doc/libsqlite3-0/copyright"),
 					),
 					Type: pkg.DebPkg,
 					Metadata: pkg.DpkgDBEntry{
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/debian/package.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/debian/package.go
index d31830e87fd..db93ba8ebd1 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/debian/package.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/debian/package.go
@@ -22,14 +22,18 @@ const (
 	docsPath     = "/usr/share/doc"
 )
 
-func newDpkgPackage(d pkg.DpkgDBEntry, dbLocation file.Location, resolver file.Resolver, release *linux.Release) pkg.Package {
+func newDpkgPackage(d pkg.DpkgDBEntry, dbLocation file.Location, resolver file.Resolver, release *linux.Release, evidence ...file.Location) pkg.Package {
 	// TODO: separate pr to license refactor, but explore extracting dpkg-specific license parsing into a separate function
 	licenses := make([]pkg.License, 0)
+
+	locations := file.NewLocationSet(dbLocation.WithAnnotation(pkg.EvidenceAnnotationKey, pkg.PrimaryEvidenceAnnotation))
+	locations.Add(evidence...)
+
 	p := pkg.Package{
 		Name:      d.Package,
 		Version:   d.Version,
 		Licenses:  pkg.NewLicenseSet(licenses...),
-		Locations: file.NewLocationSet(dbLocation.WithAnnotation(pkg.EvidenceAnnotationKey, pkg.PrimaryEvidenceAnnotation)),
+		Locations: locations,
 		PURL:      packageURL(d, release),
 		Type:      pkg.DebPkg,
 		Metadata:  d,
@@ -88,7 +92,7 @@ func packageURL(m pkg.DpkgDBEntry, distro *linux.Release) string {
 func addLicenses(resolver file.Resolver, dbLocation file.Location, p *pkg.Package) {
 	metadata, ok := p.Metadata.(pkg.DpkgDBEntry)
 	if !ok {
-		log.WithFields("package", p).Warn("unable to extract DPKG metadata to add licenses")
+		log.WithFields("package", p).Trace("unable to extract DPKG metadata to add licenses")
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -110,7 +114,7 @@ func addLicenses(resolver file.Resolver, dbLocation file.Location, p *pkg.Packag
 func mergeFileListing(resolver file.Resolver, dbLocation file.Location, p *pkg.Package) {
 	metadata, ok := p.Metadata.(pkg.DpkgDBEntry)
 	if !ok {
-		log.WithFields("package", p).Warn("unable to extract DPKG metadata to file listing")
+		log.WithFields("package", p).Trace("unable to extract DPKG metadata to file listing")
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -204,7 +208,7 @@ func fetchMd5Contents(resolver file.Resolver, dbLocation file.Location, m pkg.Dp
 	// this is unexpected, but not a show-stopper
 	md5Reader, err = resolver.FileContentsByLocation(*location)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Warnf("failed to fetch deb md5 contents (package=%s): %+v", m.Package, err)
+		log.Tracef("failed to fetch deb md5 contents (package=%s): %+v", m.Package, err)
 	}
 
 	l := location.WithAnnotation(pkg.EvidenceAnnotationKey, pkg.SupportingEvidenceAnnotation)
@@ -239,7 +243,7 @@ func fetchConffileContents(resolver file.Resolver, dbLocation file.Location, m p
 	// this is unexpected, but not a show-stopper
 	reader, err = resolver.FileContentsByLocation(*location)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Warnf("failed to fetch deb conffiles contents (package=%s): %+v", m.Package, err)
+		log.Tracef("failed to fetch deb conffiles contents (package=%s): %+v", m.Package, err)
 	}
 
 	l := location.WithAnnotation(pkg.EvidenceAnnotationKey, pkg.SupportingEvidenceAnnotation)
@@ -263,7 +267,7 @@ func fetchCopyrightContents(resolver file.Resolver, dbLocation file.Location, m
 
 	reader, err := resolver.FileContentsByLocation(*location)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Warnf("failed to fetch deb copyright contents (package=%s): %s", m.Package, err)
+		log.Tracef("failed to fetch deb copyright contents (package=%s): %s", m.Package, err)
 	}
 	defer internal.CloseAndLogError(reader, location.RealPath)
 
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/debian/parse_dpkg_db.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/debian/parse_dpkg_db.go
index 87428d608fb..900c8194210 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/debian/parse_dpkg_db.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/debian/parse_dpkg_db.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"path"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -34,12 +35,41 @@ func parseDpkgDB(_ context.Context, resolver file.Resolver, env *generic.Environ
 
 	var pkgs []pkg.Package
 	for _, m := range metadata {
-		pkgs = append(pkgs, newDpkgPackage(m, reader.Location, resolver, env.LinuxRelease))
+		p := newDpkgPackage(m, reader.Location, resolver, env.LinuxRelease, findDpkgInfoFiles(m.Package, resolver, reader.Location)...)
+		pkgs = append(pkgs, p)
 	}
 
 	return pkgs, nil, nil
 }
 
+func findDpkgInfoFiles(name string, resolver file.Resolver, dbLocation file.Location) []file.Location {
+	if resolver == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if strings.TrimSpace(name) == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// for typical debian-base distributions, the installed package info is at /var/lib/dpkg/status
+	// and the md5sum information is under /var/lib/dpkg/info/; however, for distroless the installed
+	// package info is across multiple files under /var/lib/dpkg/status.d/ and the md5sums are contained in
+	// the same directory
+	searchPath := path.Dir(dbLocation.RealPath)
+
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(searchPath, "status.d") {
+		searchPath = path.Join(searchPath, "info")
+	}
+
+	// look for /var/lib/dpkg/info/NAME.*
+	locations, err := resolver.FilesByGlob(path.Join(searchPath, name+".*"))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.WithFields("error", err, "pkg", name).Trace("failed to fetch related dpkg info files")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return locations
+}
+
 // parseDpkgStatus is a parser function for Debian DB status contents, returning all Debian packages listed.
 func parseDpkgStatus(reader io.Reader) ([]pkg.DpkgDBEntry, error) {
 	buffedReader := bufio.NewReader(reader)
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/debian/test-fixtures/image-distroless-deb/var/lib/dpkg/status.d/libsqlite3-0.preinst b/syft/pkg/cataloger/debian/test-fixtures/image-distroless-deb/var/lib/dpkg/status.d/libsqlite3-0.preinst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..52b07edd8d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/debian/test-fixtures/image-distroless-deb/var/lib/dpkg/status.d/libsqlite3-0.preinst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# some shell script...
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/debian/test-fixtures/image-dpkg/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpam-runtime.preinst b/syft/pkg/cataloger/debian/test-fixtures/image-dpkg/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpam-runtime.preinst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..52b07edd8d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/debian/test-fixtures/image-dpkg/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpam-runtime.preinst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# some shell script...
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/ocaml/parse_opam_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/ocaml/parse_opam_test.go
index f25563be4d8..63b5fc9d37b 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/ocaml/parse_opam_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/ocaml/parse_opam_test.go
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ package ocaml
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/artifact"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/file"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/internal/pkgtest"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 func TestParseOpamPackage(t *testing.T) {