diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index daef0e24..4d0298db 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -1243,6 +1243,8 @@ R:
   type: programming
   color: "#198ce7"
   lexer: S
+  aliases: 
+  - R
   primary_extension: .r
   extensions:
   - .R