diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/filetype.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/filetype.lua
index 0fbd3f4261..65330d9777 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/filetype.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/filetype.lua
@@ -848,6 +848,7 @@ local extension = {
   ninja = 'ninja',
   nix = 'nix',
   norg = 'norg',
+  nq = 'nq',
   nqc = 'nqc',
   ['0'] = detect.nroff,
   ['1'] = detect.nroff,
diff --git a/test/old/testdir/test_filetype.vim b/test/old/testdir/test_filetype.vim
index b014a9bcc4..0ad9973cec 100644
--- a/test/old/testdir/test_filetype.vim
+++ b/test/old/testdir/test_filetype.vim
@@ -575,6 +575,7 @@ func s:GetFilenameChecks() abort
     \ 'ninja': ['file.ninja'],
     \ 'nix': ['file.nix'],
     \ 'norg': ['file.norg'],
+    \ 'nq': ['file.nq'],
     \ 'nqc': ['file.nqc'],
     \ 'nroff': ['file.tr', 'file.nr', 'file.roff', 'file.tmac', 'tmac.file'],
     \ 'nsis': ['file.nsi', 'file.nsh'],