diff --git a/lib/linguist/vendor.yml b/lib/linguist/vendor.yml
index d23d6c65..8967c266 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/vendor.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/vendor.yml
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
 - ^[Ss]amples/
 
 # LICENSE, README, git config files
+- ^COPYING$
 - ^LICENSE$
 - gitattributes$
 - gitignore$