diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index d96125e8..aafbf7d4 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -1014,6 +1014,7 @@ Perl:
   - .pm6
   - .pod
   - .psgi
+  - .nqp
 
 Pike:
   type: programming