diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index 8b6d0831..fc81d0d6 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -735,6 +735,18 @@ Literate Haskell:
   extensions:
   - .lhs
 
+LiveScript:
+  type: programming
+  ace_mode: ls
+  color: "#244776"
+  aliases:
+  - ls
+  primary_extension: .ls
+  extensions:
+  - ._ls
+  filenames:
+  - Slakefile
+
 Logtalk:
   type: programming
   primary_extension: .lgt
diff --git a/samples/LiveScript/hello.ls b/samples/LiveScript/hello.ls
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..22a58628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/LiveScript/hello.ls
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+a = -> 1
+const b = --> 2
+var c = ~> 3
+d = ~~> 10_000_000km * 500ms
+e = (a) -> (b) ~> (c) --> (d, e) ~~> 5
+dashes-identifiers = ->
+  a - a
+  b -- c
+  1-1 1- -1
+  a- a
+  a -a
+underscores_i$d = ->
+/regexp1/ and //regexp2//g
+'strings' and "strings" and \strings
+([2 til 10] or [1 to 50])
+  |> map (* 2)
+  |> filter (> 5)
+  |> fold (+)
+
+class Class extends Anc-est-or
+  (args) ->
+
+copy = (from, to, callback) -->
+  error, data <- read file
+  return callback error if error?
+  error <~ write file, data
+  return callback error if error?
+  callback()
+
+->
+~>
+~~>
+-->
+# Comment
+/* Comment */