diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/filetype/detect.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/filetype/detect.lua
index aabb0361ad..a58b7b485f 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/filetype/detect.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/filetype/detect.lua
@@ -2040,6 +2040,7 @@ local patterns_hashbang = {
   ['^janet\\>'] = { 'janet', { vim_regex = true } },
   ['^dart\\>'] = { 'dart', { vim_regex = true } },
   ['^execlineb\\>'] = { 'execline', { vim_regex = true } },
+  ['^bpftrace\\>'] = { 'bpftrace', { vim_regex = true } },
   ['^vim\\>'] = { 'vim', { vim_regex = true } },
 }
 
diff --git a/test/old/testdir/test_filetype.vim b/test/old/testdir/test_filetype.vim
index 0ad9973cec..a7772c430d 100644
--- a/test/old/testdir/test_filetype.vim
+++ b/test/old/testdir/test_filetype.vim
@@ -1089,6 +1089,7 @@ func s:GetScriptChecks() abort
       \          ['#!/path/regina']],
       \ 'janet':  [['#!/path/janet']],
       \ 'dart':   [['#!/path/dart']],
+      \ 'bpftrace':  [['#!/path/bpftrace']],
       \ 'vim':   [['#!/path/vim']],
       \ }
 endfunc