diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index 0d1434db..2d7e4ad2 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ Groovy:
   major: true
   lexer: Java
   extensions:
+  - .gradle
   - .groovy
 
 HTML:
diff --git a/test/test_blob.rb b/test/test_blob.rb
index 19eb69a9..48673758 100644
--- a/test/test_blob.rb
+++ b/test/test_blob.rb
@@ -255,6 +255,9 @@ class TestBlob < Test::Unit::TestCase
     # http://supercollider.sourceforge.net/
     # https://github.com/drichert/BCR2000.sc/blob/master/BCR2000.sc
     assert_equal Language['SuperCollider'], blob("BCR2000.sc").language
+
+    # https://github.com/gradleware/oreilly-gradle-book-examples/blob/master/ant-antbuilder/build.gradle
+    assert_equal Language['Groovy'], blob("build.gradle").language
   end
 
   def test_lexer