diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index 430fce67..7e17a101 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -2043,6 +2043,8 @@ Mathematica:
 Matlab:
   type: programming
   color: "#bb92ac"
+  aliases:
+  - octave
   extensions:
   - .matlab
   - .m