diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index 28e983df..020a7d36 100755
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -1604,6 +1604,7 @@ GraphQL:
   type: data
   extensions:
   - ".graphql"
+  - ".gql"
   tm_scope: source.graphql
   ace_mode: text
   language_id: 139