diff --git a/lib/linguist/generated.rb b/lib/linguist/generated.rb
index 35a321cf..3058cf4d 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/generated.rb
+++ b/lib/linguist/generated.rb
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ module Linguist
     # Return true or false
     def generated?
       xcode_file? ||
+      cocoapods? ||
       generated_net_designer_file? ||
       generated_net_specflow_feature_file? ||
       composer_lock? ||
@@ -95,6 +96,13 @@ module Linguist
       ['.nib', '.xcworkspacedata', '.xcuserstate'].include?(extname)
     end
 
+    # Internal: Is the blob part of Pods/, which contains dependencies not meant for humans in pull requests.
+    #
+    # Returns true or false.
+    def cocoapods?
+      !!name.match(/(^Pods|\/Pods)\//)
+    end
+
     # Internal: Is the blob minified files?
     #
     # Consider a file minified if the average line length is
diff --git a/lib/linguist/vendor.yml b/lib/linguist/vendor.yml
index b9a98127..5bbbdc96 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/vendor.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/vendor.yml
@@ -242,9 +242,6 @@
 # Carthage
 - ^Carthage/
 
-# Cocoapods
-- ^Pods/
-
 # Sparkle
 - (^|/)Sparkle/
 
diff --git a/test/test_file_blob.rb b/test/test_file_blob.rb
index 2396d5be..c290a4b9 100644
--- a/test/test_file_blob.rb
+++ b/test/test_file_blob.rb
@@ -188,6 +188,10 @@ class TestFileBlob < Minitest::Test
     assert fixture_blob("Binary/MainMenu.nib").generated?
     assert !sample_blob("XML/project.pbxproj").generated?
 
+    # Cocoapods
+    assert sample_blob('Pods/blah').generated?
+    assert !sample_blob('My-Pods/blah').generated?
+
     # Gemfile.lock is NOT generated
     assert !sample_blob("Gemfile.lock").generated?
 
@@ -489,9 +493,6 @@ class TestFileBlob < Minitest::Test
     # Carthage
     assert sample_blob('Carthage/blah').vendored?
 
-    # Cocoapods
-    assert sample_blob('Pods/blah').vendored?
-
     # Html5shiv
     assert sample_blob("Scripts/html5shiv.js").vendored?
     assert sample_blob("Scripts/html5shiv.min.js").vendored?
diff --git a/test/test_generated.rb b/test/test_generated.rb
index fbd2beab..e83f2832 100644
--- a/test/test_generated.rb
+++ b/test/test_generated.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ class TestGenerated < Minitest::Test
     generated_sample_without_loading_data("Dummy/foo.xcworkspacedata")
     generated_sample_without_loading_data("Dummy/foo.xcuserstate")
 
+    # Cocoapods
+    generated_sample_without_loading_data("Pods/Pods.xcodeproj")
+    generated_sample_without_loading_data("Pods/SwiftDependency/foo.swift")
+    generated_sample_without_loading_data("Pods/ObjCDependency/foo.h")
+    generated_sample_without_loading_data("Pods/ObjCDependency/foo.m")
+    generated_sample_without_loading_data("Dummy/Pods/Pods.xcodeproj")
+    generated_sample_without_loading_data("Dummy/Pods/SwiftDependency/foo.swift")
+    generated_sample_without_loading_data("Dummy/Pods/ObjCDependency/foo.h")
+    generated_sample_without_loading_data("Dummy/Pods/ObjCDependency/foo.m")
+
     # Go-specific vendored paths
     generated_sample_without_loading_data("go/vendor/github.com/foo.go")
     generated_sample_without_loading_data("go/vendor/golang.org/src/foo.c")