diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index d65fbc54..1f88a974 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -219,6 +219,13 @@ CSS:
   extensions:
   - .css
 
+Ceylon:
+  type: programming
+  lexer: Text only
+  primary_extension: .ceylon
+  extensions:
+  - .ceylon
+
 ChucK:
   lexer: Java
   extensions:
diff --git a/samples/ceylon/Foo.ceylon b/samples/ceylon/Foo.ceylon
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc35686f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/ceylon/Foo.ceylon
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+doc "Test function for Ceylon"
+by  "Enrique"
+shared void test() {
+  print("test");
+}
+
+doc "Test class for Ceylon"
+shared class Test(name) satisfies Comparable<Test> {
+    shared String name;
+    shared actual String string = "Test " name ".";
+
+    shared actual Comparison compare(Test other) {
+        return name<=>other.name;
+    }
+}