diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index 24bb9bb4..858a8487 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -2688,6 +2688,7 @@ XML:
   filenames:
   - .classpath
   - .project
+  - build.xml.dist
   - phpunit.xml.dist
 
 XProc: