diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index db92065d..812b6f04 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -3718,6 +3718,7 @@ YAML:
   - .yml
   - .reek
   - .rviz
+  - .syntax
   - .yaml
   - .yaml-tmlanguage
   ace_mode: yaml
diff --git a/samples/YAML/source.r-console.syntax b/samples/YAML/source.r-console.syntax
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c3eec39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/YAML/source.r-console.syntax
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+--- 
+name: R Console
+fileTypes: []
+
+scopeName: source.r-console
+uuid: F629C7F3-823B-4A4C-8EEE-9971490C5710
+patterns: 
+- name: source.r.embedded.r-console
+  begin: "^> "
+  beginCaptures: 
+    "0": 
+      name: punctuation.section.embedded.r-console
+  end: \n|\z
+  patterns: 
+  - include: source.r
+keyEquivalent: ^~R