diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index a5f0a48a..1e49c997 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -958,6 +958,8 @@ Python:
   - .pyw
   - .wsgi
   - .xpy
+  filenames:
+  - wscript
 
 Python traceback:
   type: data