diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index 224daf81..7781a7c5 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ Cucumber:
   primary_extension: .feature
 
 Cuda:
+  type: programming
   lexer: CUDA
   primary_extension: .cu
   extensions: