diff --git a/lib/linguist/languages.yml b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
index 9bde77235a..400b341b05 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/languages.yml
+++ b/lib/linguist/languages.yml
@@ -7013,6 +7013,7 @@ Starlark:
   - Tiltfile
   - WORKSPACE
   - WORKSPACE.bazel
+  - WORKSPACE.bzlmod
   aliases:
   - bazel
   - bzl
diff --git a/samples/Starlark/filenames/WORKSPACE.bzlmod b/samples/Starlark/filenames/WORKSPACE.bzlmod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19c3fa1eef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/Starlark/filenames/WORKSPACE.bzlmod
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# This file marks the root of the Bazel workspace.
+# See MODULE.bazel for dependencies and setup.
+# It is only used when bzlmod is enabled.
+# This file will generally be kept empty in favor of using MODULE.bazel fully.
+
+workspace(name = "build_bazel_rules_ios")