diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 119e571..9e782dc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MY_INTERNALS = $(HOME)/Library/Mobile\ Documents/com~apple~TextEdit/Documents/Apple\ Internals.rtf
 DB := $(if $(DB),$(DB:.lz=),internals-$(shell sw_vers -productVersion).db)
-DB_TARGETS = db_files db_binaries
+DB_TARGETS = db_files db_binaries db_assets
 CHECK_TARGETS = check_files check_binaries
 
 .PHONY: all check $(DB_TARGETS) $(CHECK_TARGETS)
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ check: internals.txt
 # MARK: - data extraction helpers
 
 NIX = $(shell nix-build --no-out-link -A nixFlakes '<nixpkgs>')/bin/nix
+ACEXTRACT = $(shell \
+	$(NIX) --experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' build --no-write-lock-file .\#acextract && \
+	readlink result && rm result)/bin/acextract
 DSCU = $(shell \
 	$(NIX) --experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' build --no-write-lock-file .\#dyld-shared-cache && \
 	readlink result && rm result)/bin/dyld_shared_cache_util
@@ -102,6 +105,15 @@ db_binaries:: dyld
 		fi ; \
 	done
 
+db_assets::
+	printf '\033[1mcollecting asset catalog information...\033[m\n' >&2
+	echo 'DROP TABLE IF EXISTS assets;'
+	echo 'CREATE TABLE assets (id INTEGER REFERENCES files, name TEXT);'
+	$(call find,-type f -name '*.car') | while read -r os path ; do \
+		test -r "$(call prefix,$$os)$$path" && $(ACEXTRACT) --list --input "$(call prefix,$$os)$$path" | \
+			sed "1d;s/'/''/g;s|.*|INSERT INTO assets $(call file,'&');|" ; \
+	done
+
 $(DB_TARGETS)::
 	echo 'COMMIT TRANSACTION;'