diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index fa7770a8..39efe7b4 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -716,6 +716,7 @@ Lasso:
   
 LaTeX:
   type: markup
+  lexer: tex
   primary_extension: .tex
   extensions:
   - .bib