diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index d96125e8..981abfbe 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -1008,6 +1008,7 @@ Perl:
   primary_extension: .pl
   extensions:
   - .PL
+  - .nqp
   - .perl
   - .ph
   - .plx