diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index d6d5f74c..0f2d2058 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -436,6 +436,8 @@ Emacs Lisp:
   - elisp
   - emacs
   primary_extension: .el
+  filenames:   
+  - .emacs
   extensions:
   - .emacs