diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index ffcff6cc..ac73cf4d 100755
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -1962,6 +1962,8 @@ JSON5:
   type: data
   extensions:
   - ".json5"
+  filenames:
+  - ".babelrc"
   tm_scope: source.js
   ace_mode: javascript
   codemirror_mode: javascript
diff --git a/samples/JSON5/filenames/.babelrc b/samples/JSON5/filenames/.babelrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..432c7684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/JSON5/filenames/.babelrc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "presets": [
+    "es2015",
+    "es2016"
+  ]
+}