diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index ada5149f..2bde4702 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -3074,6 +3074,8 @@ Tea:
 Text:
   type: prose
   wrap: true
+  aliases:
+  - fundamental
   extensions:
   - .txt
   - .fr
diff --git a/test/fixtures/Data/Modelines/fundamentalEmacs.c b/test/fixtures/Data/Modelines/fundamentalEmacs.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b384bc79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/Data/Modelines/fundamentalEmacs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// -*- fundamental -*-
+
+int main(int argc, char * argc[])
+{
+  this should not be syntax highlighted, even though it looks like c.
+}
diff --git a/test/test_modelines.rb b/test/test_modelines.rb
index cd8fbaad..a2be5d3b 100644
--- a/test/test_modelines.rb
+++ b/test/test_modelines.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class TestModelines < Minitest::Test
     assert_modeline Language["C++"], fixture_blob("Data/Modelines/seeplusplusEmacs7")
     assert_modeline Language["C++"], fixture_blob("Data/Modelines/seeplusplusEmacs8")
     assert_modeline Language["C++"], fixture_blob("Data/Modelines/seeplusplusEmacs9")
+    assert_modeline Language["Text"], fixture_blob("Data/Modelines/fundamentalEmacs.c")
     assert_modeline Language["Prolog"], fixture_blob("Data/Modelines/not_perl.pl")
     assert_modeline Language["Smalltalk"], fixture_blob("Data/Modelines/example_smalltalk.md")
     assert_modeline Language["PHP"], fixture_blob("Data/Modelines/iamphp.inc")
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ class TestModelines < Minitest::Test
     assert_equal Language["C++"], fixture_blob("Data/Modelines/seeplusplusEmacs7").language
     assert_equal Language["C++"], fixture_blob("Data/Modelines/seeplusplusEmacs8").language
     assert_equal Language["C++"], fixture_blob("Data/Modelines/seeplusplusEmacs9").language
+    assert_equal Language["Text"], fixture_blob("Data/Modelines/fundamentalEmacs.c").language
     assert_equal Language["Prolog"], fixture_blob("Data/Modelines/not_perl.pl").language
     assert_equal Language["Smalltalk"], fixture_blob("Data/Modelines/example_smalltalk.md").language
     assert_equal Language["PHP"], fixture_blob("Data/Modelines/iamphp.inc").language