diff --git a/internal/catalog/cataloger.go b/internal/catalog/cataloger.go
index ab49024..ca4d6be 100644
--- a/internal/catalog/cataloger.go
+++ b/internal/catalog/cataloger.go
@@ -55,8 +55,16 @@ func catalogByGlob(resolver file.Resolver, root, glob, label string, parse fileP
 		i, loc := i, loc
 		g.Go(func() error {
 			pkgs, err := parse(filepath.Join(root, loc.RealPath), loc)
-			if err != nil || len(pkgs) == 0 {
-				return nil // per-file errors are non-fatal, as before
+			if err != nil {
+				// Non-fatal, but surface it: a swallowed uv/npm failure (e.g.
+				// the host Python is too old to resolve the pins) otherwise
+				// looks identical to "nothing found". Warn to stderr — the SBOM
+				// goes to stdout, so this never corrupts --local output.
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "ossprey: %s cataloger: %v\n", label, err)
+				return nil
+			}
+			if len(pkgs) == 0 {
+				return nil
 			}
 			mu.Lock()
 			results = append(results, result{idx: i, pkgs: pkgs})
diff --git a/internal/catalog/requirements_cataloger.go b/internal/catalog/requirements_cataloger.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..245d77a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/catalog/requirements_cataloger.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package catalog
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/artifact"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/file"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg"
+)
+
+// RequirementsCataloger resolves transitive Python deps from a requirements.txt
+// by invoking `uv pip compile`. Syft's built-in cataloger reads the file
+// literally (direct deps only); this fills in the transitive closure, pinning
+// every dependency to a concrete version resolved against PyPI.
+type RequirementsCataloger struct {
+	root string
+}
+
+func NewRequirementsCataloger(root string) *RequirementsCataloger {
+	return &RequirementsCataloger{root: root}
+}
+
+func (c *RequirementsCataloger) Name() string { return "ossprey-requirements-cataloger" }
+
+func (c *RequirementsCataloger) Catalog(ctx context.Context, resolver file.Resolver) ([]pkg.Package, []artifact.Relationship, error) {
+	uv, err := exec.LookPath("uv")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, nil // no uv on PATH — silently skip
+	}
+	cache, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "ossprey-uv-cache-")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("uv cache: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(cache)
+
+	parse := func(absPath string, loc file.Location) ([]pkg.Package, error) {
+		dir := filepath.Dir(absPath)
+		args := []string{"pip", "compile", "--universal", "--no-progress", absPath}
+		return runUV(ctx, uv, cache, dir, args, loc)
+	}
+	out, err := catalogByGlob(resolver, c.root, "**/requirements.txt", "requirements", parse)
+	return out, nil, err
+}
diff --git a/internal/catalog/syft.go b/internal/catalog/syft.go
index 160800d..dbacd3d 100644
--- a/internal/catalog/syft.go
+++ b/internal/catalog/syft.go
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ func Catalog(ctx context.Context, path string) ([]Package, error) {
 		// Custom: resolve transitives from setup.py when pyproject is absent
 		// or lacks a [project] table (legacy setuptools projects).
 		NewSetupPyCataloger(absRoot),
+		// Custom: resolve transitives from requirements.txt via uv (syft's
+		// built-in reads the file literally — direct deps only).
+		NewRequirementsCataloger(absRoot),
 		// Custom: direct-deps fallback for pyproject.toml when uv is missing.
 		NewPyProjectCataloger(absRoot),
 		// Custom: resolve npm ranges to concrete versions via `npm install
@@ -188,6 +191,7 @@ func isOspreyCataloger(name string) bool {
 	switch name {
 	case "ossprey-uv-cataloger",
 		"ossprey-setuppy-cataloger",
+		"ossprey-requirements-cataloger",
 		"ossprey-pyproject-cataloger",
 		"ossprey-npm-cataloger",
 		"ossprey-packagejson-cataloger":