diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index e3d574bf..33de0c01 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -1510,6 +1510,7 @@ VimL:
   - vim
   primary_extension: .vim
   filenames:
+  - .vimrc
   - vimrc
   - gvimrc