diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index 15211f6f..9d6e984c 100755
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -2456,6 +2456,8 @@ Mako:
   language_id: 221
 Markdown:
   type: prose
+  aliases:
+  - pandoc
   ace_mode: markdown
   codemirror_mode: gfm
   codemirror_mime_type: text/x-gfm