diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index e6e46199..6bc56696 100755
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -3382,7 +3382,10 @@ Perl:
   - ack
   - cpanfile
   interpreters:
+  - cperl
   - perl
+  aliases:
+  - cperl
   language_id: 282
 Perl 6:
   type: programming