diff --git a/libindex/libindex.go b/libindex/libindex.go
index b9e8874a1..93bae0e64 100644
--- a/libindex/libindex.go
+++ b/libindex/libindex.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/quay/claircore/indexer"
 	"github.com/quay/claircore/indexer/controller"
 	"github.com/quay/claircore/java"
+	"github.com/quay/claircore/nodejs"
 	"github.com/quay/claircore/pkg/omnimatcher"
 	"github.com/quay/claircore/python"
 	"github.com/quay/claircore/rhel"
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ func New(ctx context.Context, opts *Options, cl *http.Client) (*Libindex, error)
 			rhcc.NewEcosystem(ctx),
 			gobin.NewEcosystem(ctx),
 			ruby.NewEcosystem(ctx),
+			nodejs.NewEcosystem(ctx),
 		}
 	}
 	// Add whiteout objects
diff --git a/nodejs/coalescer.go b/nodejs/coalescer.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..469cc7446
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nodejs/coalescer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package nodejs
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"github.com/quay/claircore"
+
+	"github.com/quay/claircore/indexer"
+)
+
+var _ indexer.Coalescer = (*coalescer)(nil)
+
+type coalescer struct{}
+
+func NewCoalescer(_ context.Context) (indexer.Coalescer, error) {
+	return &coalescer{}, nil
+}
+
+func (c *coalescer) Coalesce(_ context.Context, ls []*indexer.LayerArtifacts) (*claircore.IndexReport, error) {
+	ir := &claircore.IndexReport{
+		Environments: map[string][]*claircore.Environment{},
+		Packages:     map[string]*claircore.Package{},
+		Repositories: map[string]*claircore.Repository{},
+	}
+
+	for _, l := range ls {
+		// If we didn't find at least one npm repo in this layer
+		// no point in searching for packages.
+		if len(l.Repos) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		rs := make([]string, len(l.Repos))
+		for i, r := range l.Repos {
+			rs[i] = r.ID
+			ir.Repositories[r.ID] = r
+		}
+		for _, pkg := range l.Pkgs {
+			ir.Packages[pkg.ID] = pkg
+			ir.Environments[pkg.ID] = []*claircore.Environment{
+				{
+					PackageDB:     pkg.PackageDB,
+					IntroducedIn:  l.Hash,
+					RepositoryIDs: rs,
+				},
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return ir, nil
+}
diff --git a/nodejs/ecosystem.go b/nodejs/ecosystem.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de6f84c83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nodejs/ecosystem.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package nodejs
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/quay/claircore/indexer"
+)
+
+var scanners = []indexer.PackageScanner{&Scanner{}}
+
+// NewEcosystem provides the set of scanners for the nodejs ecosystem.
+func NewEcosystem(_ context.Context) *indexer.Ecosystem {
+	return &indexer.Ecosystem{
+		PackageScanners:      func(_ context.Context) ([]indexer.PackageScanner, error) { return scanners, nil },
+		DistributionScanners: func(_ context.Context) ([]indexer.DistributionScanner, error) { return nil, nil },
+		RepositoryScanners:   func(_ context.Context) ([]indexer.RepositoryScanner, error) { return nil, nil },
+		Coalescer:            NewCoalescer,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/nodejs/packagescanner.go b/nodejs/packagescanner.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..959a9539a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nodejs/packagescanner.go
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+// Package nodejs contains components for interrogating nodejs packages in
+// container layers.
+package nodejs
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/fs"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime/trace"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/quay/zlog"
+
+	"github.com/quay/claircore"
+	"github.com/quay/claircore/indexer"
+)
+
+const repository = "npm"
+
+var (
+	_ indexer.VersionedScanner   = (*Scanner)(nil)
+	_ indexer.PackageScanner     = (*Scanner)(nil)
+	_ indexer.DefaultRepoScanner = (*Scanner)(nil)
+
+	Repository = claircore.Repository{
+		Name: repository,
+		URI:  "https://www.npmjs.com/",
+	}
+)
+
+// Scanner implements the scanner.PackageScanner interface.
+//
+// It looks for files that seem like package.json and looks at the
+// metadata recorded there.
+//
+// The zero value is ready to use.
+type Scanner struct{}
+
+// Name implements scanner.VersionedScanner.
+func (*Scanner) Name() string { return "nodejs" }
+
+// Version implements scanner.VersionedScanner.
+func (*Scanner) Version() string { return "1" }
+
+// Kind implements scanner.VersionedScanner.
+func (*Scanner) Kind() string { return "package" }
+
+// packageJSON represents the fields of a package.json file
+// useful for package scanning.
+//
+// See https://docs.npmjs.com/files/package.json/ for more details
+// about the format of package.json files.
+type packageJSON struct {
+	Name    string `json:"name"`
+	Version string `json:"version"`
+}
+
+// Scan attempts to find package.json files and record the package
+// information there.
+//
+// A return of (nil, nil) is expected if there's nothing found.
+func (s *Scanner) Scan(ctx context.Context, layer *claircore.Layer) ([]*claircore.Package, error) {
+	defer trace.StartRegion(ctx, "Scanner.Scan").End()
+	trace.Log(ctx, "layer", layer.Hash.String())
+	ctx = zlog.ContextWithValues(ctx,
+		"component", "nodejs/Scanner.Scan",
+		"version", s.Version(),
+		"layer", layer.Hash.String())
+	zlog.Debug(ctx).Msg("start")
+	defer zlog.Debug(ctx).Msg("done")
+	if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	sys, err := layer.FS()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("nodejs: unable to open layer: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	pkgs, err := packages(ctx, sys)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("nodejs: failed to find packages: %w", err)
+	}
+	if len(pkgs) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	ret := make([]*claircore.Package, 0, len(pkgs))
+	for _, p := range pkgs {
+		f, err := sys.Open(p)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("nodejs: unable to open file: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		var pkgJSON packageJSON
+		err = json.NewDecoder(bufio.NewReader(f)).Decode(&pkgJSON)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("nodejs: unable to decode package.json file: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		ret = append(ret, &claircore.Package{
+			Name:           pkgJSON.Name,
+			Version:        pkgJSON.Version,
+			Kind:           claircore.BINARY,
+			PackageDB:      "nodejs:" + p,
+			RepositoryHint: repository,
+		})
+	}
+
+	return ret, nil
+}
+
+func packages(ctx context.Context, sys fs.FS) (out []string, err error) {
+	return out, fs.WalkDir(sys, ".", func(p string, d fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
+		ev := zlog.Debug(ctx).
+			Str("file", p)
+		var success bool
+		defer func() {
+			if !success {
+				ev.Discard().Send()
+			}
+		}()
+		switch {
+		case err != nil:
+			return err
+		case !d.Type().IsRegular():
+			// Should we chase symlinks with the correct name?
+			return nil
+		case strings.HasPrefix(filepath.Base(p), ".wh."):
+			return nil
+		case strings.Count(p, `node_modules`) != 1:
+			// Only bother with package.json files within the top-level node_modules/ directory.
+			// See https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v7/configuring-npm/folders#node-modules
+			// for more information.
+			return nil
+		case strings.HasSuffix(p, "/package.json"):
+			ev = ev.Str("kind", "package.json")
+		default:
+			return nil
+		}
+		ev.Msg("found package")
+		success = true
+		out = append(out, p)
+		return nil
+	})
+}
+
+// DefaultRepository implements [indexer.DefaultRepoScanner].
+func (*Scanner) DefaultRepository(_ context.Context) *claircore.Repository {
+	return &Repository
+}
diff --git a/nodejs/packagescanner_test.go b/nodejs/packagescanner_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..479f496bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nodejs/packagescanner_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+package nodejs_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/quay/claircore"
+	"github.com/quay/claircore/nodejs"
+
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/quay/zlog"
+)
+
+func TestScanLocal(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, done := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer done()
+
+	table := []struct {
+		name      string
+		want      []*claircore.Package
+		layerPath string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "sample NodeJS app",
+			want: []*claircore.Package{
+				{
+					Name:    "accepts",
+					Version: "1.3.8",
+				},
+				{
+					Name:    "array-flatten",
+					Version: "1.1.1",
+				},
+				{
+					Name:    "express",
+					Version: "4.18.2",
+				},
+				{
+					Name:    "ipaddr.js",
+					Version: "1.9.1",
+				},
+			},
+			layerPath: "testdata/sample-nodejs-app.tar",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range table {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			file, err := os.Open(tt.layerPath)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			defer file.Close()
+
+			ctx := zlog.Test(ctx, t)
+			scanner := &nodejs.Scanner{}
+			var l claircore.Layer
+			err = l.Init(ctx, &claircore.LayerDescription{
+				Digest:    "sha256:1e1bb6832aca0391eefafc58fd9a6b77d728eab3195c536562a86f15b06aed92",
+				MediaType: `application/vnd.oci.image.layer.v1.tar`,
+			}, file)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			defer l.Close()
+
+			got, err := scanner.Scan(ctx, &l)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Error(err)
+			}
+			if !cmp.Equal(len(got), 56) {
+				t.Error(cmp.Diff(len(got), 56))
+			}
+
+			gotMap := make(map[string]*claircore.Package, len(got))
+			for _, g := range got {
+				gotMap[g.Name] = g
+			}
+
+			// Test a select few packages.
+			for _, w := range tt.want {
+				g, exists := gotMap[w.Name]
+				if !exists {
+					t.Error(fmt.Sprintf("%s was not found", w.Name))
+					continue
+				}
+
+				// Only compare name and version at this time.
+				p := &claircore.Package{
+					Name:    g.Name,
+					Version: g.Version,
+				}
+				if !cmp.Equal(p, w) {
+					t.Error(cmp.Diff(p, w))
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/nodejs/testdata/README.md b/nodejs/testdata/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1cebb85a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nodejs/testdata/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# testdata
+
+## sample-nodejs-app.tar
+
+This layer is derived from a sample NodeJS 16 image
+from https://nodejs.org/en/docs/guides/nodejs-docker-webapp/.
+
+It was created by the following Dockerfile:
+
+```
+FROM node:16
+
+# Install app dependencies
+# A wildcard is used to ensure both package.json AND package-lock.json are copied
+# where available (npm@5+)
+COPY package*.json ./
+
+RUN npm install
+```
+
+The related package.json is as follows:
+
+```
+{
+  "name": "docker_web_app",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Node.js on Docker",
+  "author": "First Last <first.last@example.com>",
+  "main": "server.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "node server.js"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "express": "^4.16.1"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+The layer tar was extracted from the image (top layer).
diff --git a/nodejs/testdata/sample-nodejs-app.tar b/nodejs/testdata/sample-nodejs-app.tar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..999c04b5c
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