diff --git a/docs/detectors/linux.md b/docs/detectors/linux.md
index d6acc11e4..87789f8a9 100644
--- a/docs/detectors/linux.md
+++ b/docs/detectors/linux.md
@@ -11,6 +11,20 @@ Linux detection depends on the following:
 Linux package detection is performed by running [Syft](https://github.com/anchore/syft) and parsing the output.
 The output contains the package name, version, and the layer of the container in which it was found.
 
+### Scanner Scope
+
+By default, this detector invokes Syft with the `all-layers` scanning scope (i.e. the Syft argument `--scope all-layers`).
+
+Syft has another scope, `squashed`, which can be used to scan only files accessible from the final layer of an image.
+
+The detector argument `Linux.ImageScanScope` can be used to configure this option as `squashed` or `all-layers` when invoking Component Detection.
+
+For example:
+
+```sh
+--DetectorArgs Linux.ImageScanScope=squashed
+```
+
 ## Known limitations
 
 - Windows container scanning is not supported
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/linux/ILinuxScanner.cs b/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/linux/ILinuxScanner.cs
index adbf67a9c..078211863 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/linux/ILinuxScanner.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/linux/ILinuxScanner.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public interface ILinuxScanner
     /// <param name="containerLayers">The collection of Docker layers that make up the container image.</param>
     /// <param name="baseImageLayerCount">The number of layers that belong to the base image, used to distinguish base image layers from application layers.</param>
     /// <param name="enabledComponentTypes">The set of component types to include in the scan results. Only components matching these types will be returned.</param>
+    /// <param name="scope">The scope for scanning the image. See <see cref="LinuxScannerScope"/> for values.</param>
     /// <param name="cancellationToken">A token to monitor for cancellation requests. The default value is <see cref="CancellationToken.None"/>.</param>
     /// <returns>A task that represents the asynchronous operation. The task result contains a collection of <see cref="LayerMappedLinuxComponents"/> representing the components found in the image and their associated layers.</returns>
     public Task<IEnumerable<LayerMappedLinuxComponents>> ScanLinuxAsync(
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ public Task<IEnumerable<LayerMappedLinuxComponents>> ScanLinuxAsync(
         IEnumerable<DockerLayer> containerLayers,
         int baseImageLayerCount,
         ISet<ComponentType> enabledComponentTypes,
+        LinuxScannerScope scope,
         CancellationToken cancellationToken = default
     );
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/linux/LinuxContainerDetector.cs b/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/linux/LinuxContainerDetector.cs
index fdf19a4bf..81ca7ac57 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/linux/LinuxContainerDetector.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/linux/LinuxContainerDetector.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ ILogger<LinuxContainerDetector> logger
 {
     private const string TimeoutConfigKey = "Linux.ScanningTimeoutSec";
     private const int DefaultTimeoutMinutes = 10;
+    private const string ScanScopeConfigKey = "Linux.ImageScanScope";
+    private const LinuxScannerScope DefaultScanScope = LinuxScannerScope.AllLayers;
 
     private readonly ILinuxScanner linuxScanner = linuxScanner;
     private readonly IDockerService dockerService = dockerService;
@@ -77,6 +79,8 @@ public async Task<IndividualDetectorScanResult> ExecuteDetectorAsync(
             return EmptySuccessfulScan();
         }
 
+        var scannerScope = GetScanScope(request.DetectorArgs);
+
         using var timeoutCts = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(cancellationToken);
         timeoutCts.CancelAfter(GetTimeout(request.DetectorArgs));
 
@@ -96,6 +100,7 @@ public async Task<IndividualDetectorScanResult> ExecuteDetectorAsync(
             results = await this.ProcessImagesAsync(
                 imagesToProcess,
                 request.ComponentRecorder,
+                scannerScope,
                 timeoutCts.Token
             );
         }
@@ -137,6 +142,26 @@ private static TimeSpan GetTimeout(IDictionary<string, string> detectorArgs)
             : defaultTimeout;
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Extracts and returns the scan scope from detector arguments.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="detectorArgs">The arguments provided by the user.</param>
+    /// <returns>The <see cref="LinuxScannerScope"/> to use for scanning. Defaults to <see cref="DefaultScanScope"/> if not specified.</returns>
+    private static LinuxScannerScope GetScanScope(IDictionary<string, string> detectorArgs)
+    {
+        if (detectorArgs == null || !detectorArgs.TryGetValue(ScanScopeConfigKey, out var scopeValue))
+        {
+            return DefaultScanScope;
+        }
+
+        return scopeValue?.ToUpperInvariant() switch
+        {
+            "ALL-LAYERS" => LinuxScannerScope.AllLayers,
+            "SQUASHED" => LinuxScannerScope.Squashed,
+            _ => DefaultScanScope,
+        };
+    }
+
     private static IndividualDetectorScanResult EmptySuccessfulScan() =>
         new() { ResultCode = ProcessingResultCode.Success };
 
@@ -179,6 +204,7 @@ private static void RecordImageDetectionFailure(Exception exception, string imag
     private async Task<IEnumerable<ImageScanningResult>> ProcessImagesAsync(
         IEnumerable<string> imagesToProcess,
         IComponentRecorder componentRecorder,
+        LinuxScannerScope scannerScope,
         CancellationToken cancellationToken = default
     )
     {
@@ -249,6 +275,7 @@ await this.dockerService.InspectImageAsync(image, cancellationToken)
                     internalContainerDetails.Layers,
                     baseImageLayerCount,
                     enabledComponentTypes,
+                    scannerScope,
                     cancellationToken
                 );
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/linux/LinuxScanner.cs b/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/linux/LinuxScanner.cs
index 38817916c..f9bdd864a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/linux/LinuxScanner.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/linux/LinuxScanner.cs
@@ -27,12 +27,14 @@ public class LinuxScanner : ILinuxScanner
     private static readonly IList<string> CmdParameters =
     [
         "--quiet",
-        "--scope",
-        "all-layers",
         "--output",
         "json",
     ];
 
+    private static readonly IList<string> ScopeAllLayersParameter = ["--scope", "all-layers"];
+
+    private static readonly IList<string> ScopeSquashedParameter = ["--scope", "squashed"];
+
     private static readonly SemaphoreSlim ContainerSemaphore = new SemaphoreSlim(2);
 
     private static readonly int SemaphoreTimeout = Convert.ToInt32(
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ public async Task<IEnumerable<LayerMappedLinuxComponents>> ScanLinuxAsync(
         IEnumerable<DockerLayer> containerLayers,
         int baseImageLayerCount,
         ISet<ComponentType> enabledComponentTypes,
+        LinuxScannerScope scope,
         CancellationToken cancellationToken = default
     )
     {
@@ -109,6 +112,16 @@ public async Task<IEnumerable<LayerMappedLinuxComponents>> ScanLinuxAsync(
         var stdout = string.Empty;
         var stderr = string.Empty;
 
+        var scopeParameters = scope switch
+        {
+            LinuxScannerScope.AllLayers => ScopeAllLayersParameter,
+            LinuxScannerScope.Squashed => ScopeSquashedParameter,
+            _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(
+                    nameof(scope),
+                    $"Unsupported scope value: {scope}"
+                ),
+        };
+
         using var syftTelemetryRecord = new LinuxScannerSyftTelemetryRecord();
 
         try
@@ -120,6 +133,7 @@ public async Task<IEnumerable<LayerMappedLinuxComponents>> ScanLinuxAsync(
                 {
                     var command = new List<string> { imageHash }
                         .Concat(CmdParameters)
+                        .Concat(scopeParameters)
                         .ToList();
                     (stdout, stderr) = await this.dockerService.CreateAndRunContainerAsync(
                         ScannerImage,
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/linux/LinuxScannerScope.cs b/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/linux/LinuxScannerScope.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..164bd71ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/linux/LinuxScannerScope.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+namespace Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors.Linux;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Defines the scope for scanning Linux container images.
+/// </summary>
+public enum LinuxScannerScope
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Scan files from all layers of the image.
+    /// </summary>
+    AllLayers,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Scan only the files accessible from the final layer of the image.
+    /// </summary>
+    Squashed,
+}
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors.Tests/LinuxContainerDetectorTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors.Tests/LinuxContainerDetectorTests.cs
index 07aa3235d..472afa29c 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors.Tests/LinuxContainerDetectorTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors.Tests/LinuxContainerDetectorTests.cs
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public LinuxContainerDetectorTests()
                     It.IsAny<IEnumerable<DockerLayer>>(),
                     It.IsAny<int>(),
                     It.IsAny<ISet<ComponentType>>(),
+                    It.IsAny<LinuxScannerScope>(),
                     It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()
                 )
             )
@@ -277,6 +278,7 @@ public async Task TestLinuxContainerDetector_SameImagePassedMultipleTimesAsync()
                     It.IsAny<IEnumerable<DockerLayer>>(),
                     It.IsAny<int>(),
                     It.IsAny<ISet<ComponentType>>(),
+                    It.IsAny<LinuxScannerScope>(),
                     It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()
                 ),
             Times.Once
@@ -307,6 +309,48 @@ public async Task TestLinuxContainerDetector_TimeoutParameterSpecifiedAsync()
         await action.Should().NotThrowAsync<OperationCanceledException>();
     }
 
+    [TestMethod]
+    [DataRow("all-layers", LinuxScannerScope.AllLayers)]
+    [DataRow("squashed", LinuxScannerScope.Squashed)]
+    [DataRow("ALL-LAYERS", LinuxScannerScope.AllLayers)]
+    [DataRow("SQUASHED", LinuxScannerScope.Squashed)]
+    [DataRow(null, LinuxScannerScope.AllLayers)] // Test default behavior
+    [DataRow("", LinuxScannerScope.AllLayers)] // Test empty string default
+    [DataRow("invalid-value", LinuxScannerScope.AllLayers)] // Test invalid input defaults to AllLayers
+    public async Task TestLinuxContainerDetector_ImageScanScopeParameterSpecifiedAsync(string scopeValue, LinuxScannerScope expectedScope)
+    {
+        var detectorArgs = new Dictionary<string, string> { { "Linux.ImageScanScope", scopeValue } };
+        var scanRequest = new ScanRequest(
+            new DirectoryInfo(Path.GetTempPath()),
+            (_, __) => false,
+            this.mockLogger.Object,
+            detectorArgs,
+            [NodeLatestImage],
+            new ComponentRecorder()
+        );
+
+        var linuxContainerDetector = new LinuxContainerDetector(
+            this.mockSyftLinuxScanner.Object,
+            this.mockDockerService.Object,
+            this.mockLinuxContainerDetectorLogger.Object
+        );
+
+        await linuxContainerDetector.ExecuteDetectorAsync(scanRequest);
+
+        this.mockSyftLinuxScanner.Verify(
+            scanner =>
+                scanner.ScanLinuxAsync(
+                    It.IsAny<string>(),
+                    It.IsAny<IEnumerable<DockerLayer>>(),
+                    It.IsAny<int>(),
+                    It.IsAny<ISet<ComponentType>>(),
+                    expectedScope,
+                    It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()
+                ),
+            Times.Once
+        );
+    }
+
     [TestMethod]
     public async Task TestLinuxContainerDetector_HandlesScratchBaseAsync()
     {
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors.Tests/LinuxScannerTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors.Tests/LinuxScannerTests.cs
index eaa2c2bb4..6a1e98515 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors.Tests/LinuxScannerTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors.Tests/LinuxScannerTests.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #nullable disable
 namespace Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors.Tests;
 
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
@@ -288,7 +289,8 @@ await this.linuxScanner.ScanLinuxAsync(
                     },
                 ],
                 0,
-                enabledTypes
+                enabledTypes,
+                LinuxScannerScope.AllLayers
             )
         )
             .First()
@@ -335,7 +337,8 @@ await this.linuxScanner.ScanLinuxAsync(
                     },
                 ],
                 0,
-                enabledTypes
+                enabledTypes,
+                LinuxScannerScope.AllLayers
             )
         )
             .First()
@@ -384,7 +387,8 @@ await this.linuxScanner.ScanLinuxAsync(
                     },
                 ],
                 0,
-                enabledTypes
+                enabledTypes,
+                LinuxScannerScope.AllLayers
             )
         )
             .First()
@@ -433,7 +437,8 @@ await this.linuxScanner.ScanLinuxAsync(
                     },
                 ],
                 0,
-                enabledTypes
+                enabledTypes,
+                LinuxScannerScope.AllLayers
             )
         )
             .First()
@@ -522,7 +527,8 @@ public async Task TestLinuxScanner_SupportsMultipleComponentTypes_Async()
                 new DockerLayer { LayerIndex = 1, DiffId = "sha256:layer2" },
             ],
             0,
-            enabledTypes
+            enabledTypes,
+            LinuxScannerScope.AllLayers
         );
 
         var allComponents = layers.SelectMany(l => l.Components).ToList();
@@ -622,7 +628,8 @@ public async Task TestLinuxScanner_FiltersComponentsByEnabledTypes_OnlyLinux_Asy
                 new DockerLayer { LayerIndex = 1, DiffId = "sha256:layer2" },
             ],
             0,
-            enabledTypes
+            enabledTypes,
+            LinuxScannerScope.AllLayers
         );
 
         var allComponents = layers.SelectMany(l => l.Components).ToList();
@@ -707,7 +714,8 @@ public async Task TestLinuxScanner_FiltersComponentsByEnabledTypes_OnlyNpmAndPip
                 new DockerLayer { LayerIndex = 1, DiffId = "sha256:layer2" },
             ],
             0,
-            enabledTypes
+            enabledTypes,
+            LinuxScannerScope.AllLayers
         );
 
         var allComponents = layers.SelectMany(l => l.Components).ToList();
@@ -722,4 +730,61 @@ public async Task TestLinuxScanner_FiltersComponentsByEnabledTypes_OnlyNpmAndPip
         var pipComponent = allComponents.OfType<PipComponent>().Single();
         pipComponent.Name.Should().Be("requests");
     }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    [DataRow(LinuxScannerScope.AllLayers, "all-layers")]
+    [DataRow(LinuxScannerScope.Squashed, "squashed")]
+    public async Task TestLinuxScanner_ScopeParameter_IncludesCorrectFlagAsync(
+        LinuxScannerScope scope,
+        string expectedFlag
+    )
+    {
+        this.mockDockerService.Setup(service =>
+                service.CreateAndRunContainerAsync(
+                    It.IsAny<string>(),
+                    It.IsAny<List<string>>(),
+                    It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()
+                )
+            )
+            .ReturnsAsync((SyftOutputNoAuthorOrLicense, string.Empty));
+
+        var enabledTypes = new HashSet<ComponentType> { ComponentType.Linux };
+        await this.linuxScanner.ScanLinuxAsync(
+            "fake_hash",
+            [new DockerLayer { LayerIndex = 0, DiffId = "sha256:layer1" }],
+            0,
+            enabledTypes,
+            scope
+        );
+
+        this.mockDockerService.Verify(
+            service =>
+                service.CreateAndRunContainerAsync(
+                    It.IsAny<string>(),
+                    It.Is<List<string>>(cmd =>
+                        cmd.Contains("--scope") && cmd.Contains(expectedFlag)
+                    ),
+                    It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()
+                ),
+            Times.Once
+        );
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public async Task TestLinuxScanner_InvalidScopeParameter_ThrowsArgumentOutOfRangeExceptionAsync()
+    {
+        var enabledTypes = new HashSet<ComponentType> { ComponentType.Linux };
+        var invalidScope = (LinuxScannerScope)999; // Invalid enum value
+
+        Func<Task> action = async () =>
+            await this.linuxScanner.ScanLinuxAsync(
+                "fake_hash",
+                [new DockerLayer { LayerIndex = 0, DiffId = "sha256:layer1" }],
+                0,
+                enabledTypes,
+                invalidScope
+            );
+
+        await action.Should().ThrowAsync<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>();
+    }
 }