diff --git a/cmd/cnbBuild.go b/cmd/cnbBuild.go
index f5d6a3e76a..6ee7a5d3d1 100644
--- a/cmd/cnbBuild.go
+++ b/cmd/cnbBuild.go
@@ -346,7 +346,15 @@ func callCnbBuild(config *cnbBuildOptions, telemetryData *telemetry.CustomData,
 	buildSummary.Print()
 
 	if config.CreateBOM {
-		err = syft.GenerateSBOM(config.SyftDownloadURL, filepath.Dir(config.DockerConfigJSON), utils, utils, httpClient, commonPipelineEnvironment.container.registryURL, commonPipelineEnvironment.container.imageNameTags)
+		log.Entry().Debugf("Creating sbom for %d images\n", len(commonPipelineEnvironment.container.imageNameTags))
+		syftScanner, err := syft.CreateSyftScanner(config.SyftDownloadURL, utils, httpClient)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.SetErrorCategory(log.ErrorCompliance)
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create syft scanner file")
+		}
+		// images produces with cnb have sboms
+		syftScanner.AddArgument("--override-default-catalogers=sbom-cataloger")
+		err = syftScanner.ScanImages(filepath.Dir(config.DockerConfigJSON), utils, commonPipelineEnvironment.container.registryURL, commonPipelineEnvironment.container.imageNameTags)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.SetErrorCategory(log.ErrorCompliance)
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create BOM file")
diff --git a/pkg/syft/syft.go b/pkg/syft/syft.go
index 48a2f6b484..2d0f01935c 100644
--- a/pkg/syft/syft.go
+++ b/pkg/syft/syft.go
@@ -15,34 +15,58 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
-func GenerateSBOM(syftDownloadURL, dockerConfigDir string, execRunner command.ExecRunner, fileUtils piperutils.FileUtils, httpClient piperhttp.Sender, registryURL string, images []string) error {
-	if registryURL == "" {
-		return errors.New("syft: regisitry url must not be empty")
-	}
+type SyftScanner struct {
+	syftFile       string
+	additionalArgs []string
+}
 
-	if len(images) == 0 {
-		return errors.New("syft: no images provided")
+func GenerateSBOM(syftDownloadURL, dockerConfigDir string, execRunner command.ExecRunner, fileUtils piperutils.FileUtils, httpClient piperhttp.Sender, registryURL string, images []string) error {
+	scanner, err := CreateSyftScanner(syftDownloadURL, fileUtils, httpClient)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
+	return scanner.ScanImages(dockerConfigDir, execRunner, registryURL, images)
+}
 
-	execRunner.AppendEnv([]string{fmt.Sprintf("DOCKER_CONFIG=%s", dockerConfigDir)})
+func CreateSyftScanner(syftDownloadURL string, fileUtils piperutils.FileUtils, httpClient piperhttp.Sender) (*SyftScanner, error) {
 
 	tmpDir, err := fileUtils.TempDir("", "syft")
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	syftFile := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "syft")
 
 	err = install(syftDownloadURL, syftFile, fileUtils, httpClient)
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to install syft")
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to install syft")
 	}
 
+	return &SyftScanner{syftFile: syftFile}, nil
+}
+
+func (s *SyftScanner) AddArgument(arg string) {
+	s.additionalArgs = append(s.additionalArgs, arg)
+}
+
+func (s *SyftScanner) ScanImages(dockerConfigDir string, execRunner command.ExecRunner, registryURL string, images []string) error {
+	if registryURL == "" {
+		return errors.New("syft: registry url must not be empty")
+	}
+
+	if len(images) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("syft: no images provided")
+	}
+
+	execRunner.AppendEnv([]string{fmt.Sprintf("DOCKER_CONFIG=%s", dockerConfigDir)})
+
 	for index, image := range images {
 		if image == "" {
 			return errors.New("syft: image name must not be empty")
 		}
 		// TrimPrefix needed as syft needs containerRegistry name only
-		err = execRunner.RunExecutable(syftFile, "scan", fmt.Sprintf("registry:%s/%s", strings.TrimPrefix(registryURL, "https://"), image), "-o", fmt.Sprintf("cyclonedx-xml=bom-docker-%v.xml", index), "-q")
+		args := []string{"scan", fmt.Sprintf("registry:%s/%s", strings.TrimPrefix(registryURL, "https://"), image), "-o", fmt.Sprintf("cyclonedx-xml=bom-docker-%v.xml", index), "-q"}
+		args = append(args, s.additionalArgs...)
+		err := execRunner.RunExecutable(s.syftFile, args...)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to generate SBOM: %w", err)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/syft/syft_test.go b/pkg/syft/syft_test.go
index c651c1d7e5..93ad0e7888 100644
--- a/pkg/syft/syft_test.go
+++ b/pkg/syft/syft_test.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func TestGenerateSBOM(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("error case: no registry", func(t *testing.T) {
 		err := syft.GenerateSBOM("http://test-syft-gh-release.com/syft.tar.gz", "", &execMock, &fileMock, client, "", []string{"image:latest"})
 		assert.Error(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, "syft: regisitry url must not be empty", err.Error())
+		assert.Equal(t, "syft: registry url must not be empty", err.Error())
 	})
 
 	t.Run("error case: no images provided", func(t *testing.T) {