diff --git a/pkg/fanal/applier/docker.go b/pkg/fanal/applier/docker.go
index b0f42d957eec..36592a4e5ba6 100644
--- a/pkg/fanal/applier/docker.go
+++ b/pkg/fanal/applier/docker.go
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ func ApplyLayers(layers []types.BlobInfo) types.ArtifactDetail {
 	nestedMap := nested.Nested{}
 	secretsMap := make(map[string]types.Secret)
 	var mergedLayer types.ArtifactDetail
-
 	for _, layer := range layers {
 		for _, opqDir := range layer.OpaqueDirs {
 			opqDir = strings.TrimSuffix(opqDir, sep)  // this is necessary so that an empty element is not contribute into the array of the DeleteByString function
@@ -110,9 +109,31 @@ func ApplyLayers(layers []types.BlobInfo) types.ArtifactDetail {
 		// Apply OS packages
 		for _, pkgInfo := range layer.PackageInfos {
 			key := fmt.Sprintf("%s/type:ospkg", pkgInfo.FilePath)
-			nestedMap.SetByString(key, sep, pkgInfo)
-		}
+			value, err := nestedMap.GetByString(key, sep)
+			if err != nil && err == nested.ErrNoSuchKey {
+				nestedMap.SetByString(key, sep, pkgInfo)
+				continue
+			}
 
+			if existPpkgInfo, ok := value.(types.PackageInfo); ok {
+				mapPkgs := lo.KeyBy(existPpkgInfo.Packages, func(pkg types.Package) string {
+					return pkg.ID
+				})
+
+				updatedPackages := make(types.Packages, 0)
+				lo.ForEach(pkgInfo.Packages, func(pkg types.Package, _ int) {
+					if mPkg, ok := mapPkgs[pkg.ID]; ok {
+						pkg.InstalledFiles = lo.Uniq(append(pkg.InstalledFiles, mPkg.InstalledFiles...))
+					}
+					updatedPackages = append(updatedPackages, pkg)
+				})
+
+				nestedMap.SetByString(key, sep, types.PackageInfo{
+					FilePath: pkgInfo.FilePath,
+					Packages: updatedPackages,
+				})
+			}
+		}
 		// Apply language-specific packages
 		for _, app := range layer.Applications {
 			key := fmt.Sprintf("%s/type:%s", app.FilePath, app.Type)