diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index f76838be..39e71e70 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -916,6 +916,8 @@ JavaScript:
   - .ssjs
   filenames:
   - Jakefile
+  interpreters:
+  - node
 
 Julia:
   type: programming