diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index f139304b..e8047428 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -967,6 +967,7 @@ Python:
   - .pyw
   - .wsgi
   - .xpy
+  - .gyp
   filenames:
   - wscript