diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index e2794ea7..eda3a2e0 100755
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -1156,6 +1156,7 @@ Erlang:
   - ".xrl"
   - ".yrl"
   filenames:
+  - Emakefile
   - rebar.config
   - rebar.config.lock
   - rebar.lock
diff --git a/samples/Erlang/filenames/Emakefile b/samples/Erlang/filenames/Emakefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..65e3fde4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/Erlang/filenames/Emakefile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{"src/*", [
+   report, 
+   verbose, 
+   {i, "include"}, 
+   {outdir, "ebin"},
+   debug_info 
+]}.