diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index e2c82ab8..2f134625 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -3443,6 +3443,7 @@ XML:
   - .glade
   - .gml
   - .grxml
+  - .iml
   - .ivy
   - .jelly
   - .kml
diff --git a/samples/XML/intellij.iml b/samples/XML/intellij.iml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..74bdc4de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/XML/intellij.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="WEB_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+    <exclude-output />
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/test" isTestSource="true" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="backend node_modules" level="project" />
+  </component>
+</module>
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