diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 07ade518b87..e5c8a7cae8a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/adrg/xdg v0.5.3
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.23.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/internal/task/package_tasks.go b/internal/task/package_tasks.go
index 431c77590f4..dd9b28fa652 100644
--- a/internal/task/package_tasks.go
+++ b/internal/task/package_tasks.go
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ func DefaultPackageTaskFactories() PackageTaskFactories {
 			},
 			pkgcataloging.DeclaredTag, pkgcataloging.DirectoryTag, pkgcataloging.LanguageTag, Go, Golang, "gomod",
 		),
+		newPackageTaskFactory(
+			func(cfg CatalogingFactoryConfig) pkg.Cataloger {
+				return golang.NewGoModuleSourceFileCataloger(cfg.PackagesConfig.Golang)
+			},
+			pkgcataloging.InstalledTag, pkgcataloging.DirectoryTag, pkgcataloging.LanguageTag, Go, Golang, "gosource"),
 		newSimplePackageTaskFactory(java.NewGradleLockfileCataloger, pkgcataloging.DeclaredTag, pkgcataloging.DirectoryTag, pkgcataloging.LanguageTag, Java, "gradle"),
 		newPackageTaskFactory(
 			func(cfg CatalogingFactoryConfig) pkg.Cataloger {
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/cataloger.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/cataloger.go
index c7d483faa09..14c1e051c63 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/cataloger.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/cataloger.go
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ import (
 var versionCandidateGroups = regexp.MustCompile(`(?P<version>\d+(\.\d+)?(\.\d+)?)(?P<candidate>\w*)`)
 
 const (
-	modFileCatalogerName = "go-module-file-cataloger"
-	binaryCatalogerName  = "go-module-binary-cataloger"
+	modFileCatalogerName    = "go-module-file-cataloger"
+	binaryCatalogerName     = "go-module-binary-cataloger"
+	sourceFileCatalogerName = "go-module-source-file-cataloger"
 )
 
 // NewGoModuleFileCataloger returns a new cataloger object that searches within go.mod files.
@@ -33,3 +34,11 @@ func NewGoModuleBinaryCataloger(opts CatalogerConfig) pkg.Cataloger {
 		).
 		WithProcessors(stdlibProcessor)
 }
+
+// NewGoModuleSourceFileCataloger returns a new cataloger object that uses the go.mod file
+// to extract the module name and then searches all direct and transitive dependencies
+// for the given module source tree
+func NewGoModuleSourceFileCataloger(opts CatalogerConfig) pkg.Cataloger {
+	return generic.NewCataloger(sourceFileCatalogerName).
+		WithParserByGlobs(newGoModSourceCataloger(opts).parseGoModFile, "**/go.mod")
+}
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/parse_go_mod.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/parse_go_mod.go
index cfb373e9048..f33662ca787 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/parse_go_mod.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/parse_go_mod.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/packages"
 	"io"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
@@ -19,16 +20,108 @@ import (
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/generic"
 )
 
+var searchSuffix = "/..."
+
 type goModCataloger struct {
 	licenseResolver goLicenseResolver
 }
 
+type goModSourceCataloger struct{}
+
 func newGoModCataloger(opts CatalogerConfig) *goModCataloger {
 	return &goModCataloger{
 		licenseResolver: newGoLicenseResolver(modFileCatalogerName, opts),
 	}
 }
 
+func newGoModSourceCataloger(opts CatalogerConfig) *goModSourceCataloger {
+	return &goModSourceCataloger{}
+}
+
+func (c *goModSourceCataloger) parseGoModFile(ctx context.Context, resolver file.Resolver, _ *generic.Environment, reader file.LocationReadCloser) ([]pkg.Package, []artifact.Relationship, error) {
+	contents, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read module file: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	file, err := modfile.Parse("go.mod", contents, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse module file: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// extract the module name and add the search suffix
+	mainModuleName := file.Module.Mod.Path
+	mainModuleName = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", mainModuleName, searchSuffix)
+
+	cfg := &packages.Config{
+		Context: ctx,
+		Mode:    packages.NeedImports | packages.NeedDeps | packages.NeedFiles | packages.NeedName | packages.NeedModule,
+		Tests:   true,
+	}
+
+	rootPkgs, err := packages.Load(cfg, mainModuleName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to load packages for %s: %w", mainModuleName, err)
+	}
+
+	syftPackages := make([]pkg.Package, 0)
+	pkgErrorOccurred := false
+	otherErrorOccurred := false
+	packages.Visit(rootPkgs, func(p *packages.Package) bool {
+		if len(p.Errors) > 0 {
+			pkgErrorOccurred = true
+			return false
+		}
+		if p.Module == nil {
+			otherErrorOccurred = true
+			return false
+		}
+
+		if !isValid(p) {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		syftPackages = append(syftPackages, pkg.Package{
+			Name:    p.Name,
+			Version: p.Module.Version,
+			// Licenses (TODO)
+			// Locations: file.NewLocationSet(reader.Location.WithAnnotation(pkg.EvidenceAnnotationKey, pkg.PrimaryEvidenceAnnotation)),
+			PURL:     packageURL(p.PkgPath, p.Module.Version),
+			Language: pkg.Go,
+			Type:     pkg.GoModulePkg,
+			Metadata: pkg.GolangModuleEntryMetadata{
+				Path:      p.Module.Path,
+				Version:   p.Module.Version,
+				Replace:   p.Module.Replace,
+				Time:      p.Module.Time,
+				Main:      p.Module.Main,
+				Indirect:  p.Module.Indirect,
+				Dir:       p.Module.Dir,
+				GoMod:     p.Module.GoMod,
+				GoVersion: p.Module.GoVersion,
+			},
+		})
+		return true
+	}, nil)
+	if pkgErrorOccurred {
+		// TODO: log error as warning for packages that could not be analyzed
+	}
+	if otherErrorOccurred {
+		// TODO: log errors for direct/transitive dependency loading
+	}
+	return syftPackages, nil, nil
+}
+
+func isValid(p *packages.Package) bool {
+	if p.Name == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	if p.Module.Version == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 // parseGoModFile takes a go.mod and lists all packages discovered.
 //
 //nolint:funlen
diff --git a/syft/pkg/golang.go b/syft/pkg/golang.go
index 4e0269c4491..54dafa2520e 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/golang.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/golang.go
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 package pkg
 
+import (
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/packages"
+	"time"
+)
+
 // GolangBinaryBuildinfoEntry represents all captured data for a Golang binary
 type GolangBinaryBuildinfoEntry struct {
 	BuildSettings     KeyValues `json:"goBuildSettings,omitempty" cyclonedx:"goBuildSettings"`
@@ -15,3 +20,17 @@ type GolangBinaryBuildinfoEntry struct {
 type GolangModuleEntry struct {
 	H1Digest string `json:"h1Digest,omitempty" cyclonedx:"h1Digest"`
 }
+
+// GolangModuleEntryMetadata represetns all captured data from the golang.org/x/tools/go/packages package
+// when scanning a golang source directory for direct and indirect dependencies
+type GolangModuleEntryMetadata struct {
+	Path      string           // module path
+	Version   string           // module version
+	Replace   *packages.Module // replaced by this module
+	Time      *time.Time       // time version was created
+	Main      bool             // is this the main module?
+	Indirect  bool             // is this module only an indirect dependency of main module?
+	Dir       string           // directory holding files for this module, if any
+	GoMod     string           // path to go.mod file used when loading this module, if any
+	GoVersion string           // go version used in module
+}