diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index cb7033de..d3dffa66 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -643,16 +643,30 @@ PHP:
   - .phpt
 
 Parrot Internal Representation:
+  type: programming
   lexer: Text only
   search_term: pir
   aliases:
   - pir
   primary_extension: .pir
   extensions:
-  - .pasm
-  - .pbc
   - .pir
 
+Parrot Assembly:
+  type: programming
+  lexer: Text only
+  search_term: pasm
+  primary_extension: .pasm
+  extensions:
+    - .pasm
+
+Parrot Bytecode:
+  type: data
+  search_term: pbc
+  primary_extension: .pbc
+  extensions:
+    - .pbc
+
 Perl:
   type: programming
   overrides:
diff --git a/test/fixtures/hello.pasm b/test/fixtures/hello.pasm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f2efaac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/hello.pasm
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env parrot
+
+.pcc_sub :main main:
+    say "Hello!"
+    end
diff --git a/test/fixtures/hello.pbc b/test/fixtures/hello.pbc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b30393e1
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/fixtures/hello.pbc differ
diff --git a/test/fixtures/hello.pir b/test/fixtures/hello.pir
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6cb35c1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/hello.pir
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env parrot
+
+.sub 'main' :main
+    say "Hello!"
+.end
diff --git a/test/test_blob.rb b/test/test_blob.rb
index 08d65be5..0e0b0112 100644
--- a/test/test_blob.rb
+++ b/test/test_blob.rb
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ class TestBlob < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert blob("linguist.gem").binary?
     assert blob("octocat.ai").binary?
     assert blob("octocat.png").binary?
+    assert blob("hello.pbc").binary?
     assert !blob("README").binary?
     assert !blob("file.txt").binary?
     assert !blob("foo.rb").binary?
@@ -317,6 +318,11 @@ class TestBlob < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
     # https://github.com/olabini/ioke
     assert_equal Language['Ioke'], blob("hello.ik").language
+
+    # https://github.com/parrot/parrot
+    assert_equal Language['Parrot Internal Representation'], blob("hello.pir").language
+    assert_equal Language['Parrot Assembly'], blob("hello.pasm").language
+    assert_equal Language['Parrot Bytecode'], blob("hello.pbc").language
   end
 
   def test_lexer