diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index 014c5304..334af6ef 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -1235,6 +1235,8 @@ R:
   color: "#198ce7"
   lexer: S
   primary_extension: .r
+  aliases:
+  - Rscript
   extensions:
   - .R
   filenames: