diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index ac0a3e60..85b10e5f 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -1183,6 +1183,8 @@ Tcsh:
 TeX:
   type: markup
   ace_mode: latex
+  aliases:
+  - latex
   primary_extension: .tex
   extensions:
   - .aux