diff --git a/common.go b/common.go
index 723bc48..d6c8b7e 100644
--- a/common.go
+++ b/common.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ var DefaultStrategies = []Strategy{
 	GetLanguagesByFilename,
 	GetLanguagesByShebang,
 	GetLanguagesByExtension,
+	GetLanguagesByManpage,
 	GetLanguagesByContent,
 	GetLanguagesByClassifier,
 }
@@ -383,6 +384,26 @@ func GetLanguagesByExtension(filename string, _ []byte, _ []string) []string {
 	return nil
 }
 
+var (
+	manpageExtension = regex.MustCompile(`\.(?:[1-9](?:[a-z_]+[a-z_0-9]*)?|0p|n|man|mdoc)(?:\.in)?$`)
+)
+
+// GetLanguagesByManpage returns a slice of possible manpage languages for the given filename.
+// It complies with the signature to be a Strategy type.
+func GetLanguagesByManpage(filename string, _ []byte, _ []string) []string {
+	filename = strings.ToLower(filename)
+
+	// Check if matches Roff man page filenames
+	if manpageExtension.Match([]byte(filename)) {
+		return []string{
+			"Roff Manpage",
+			"Roff",
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func getDotIndexes(filename string) []int {
 	dots := make([]int, 0, 2)
 	for i, letter := range filename {
diff --git a/common_test.go b/common_test.go
index 40d78d9..15ae503 100644
--- a/common_test.go
+++ b/common_test.go
@@ -290,6 +290,30 @@ func (s *EnryTestSuite) TestGetLanguagesByExtension() {
 	}
 }
 
+func (s *EnryTestSuite) TestGetLanguagesByManpage() {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		filename   string
+		content    []byte
+		candidates []string
+		expected   []string
+	}{
+		{name: "TestGetLanguagesByManpage_1", filename: "bsdmalloc.3malloc", expected: []string{"Roff Manpage", "Roff"}},
+		{name: "TestGetLanguagesByManpage_2", filename: "dirent.h.0p", expected: []string{"Roff Manpage", "Roff"}},
+		{name: "TestGetLanguagesByManpage_3", filename: "linguist.1gh", expected: []string{"Roff Manpage", "Roff"}},
+		{name: "TestGetLanguagesByManpage_4", filename: "test.1.in", expected: []string{"Roff Manpage", "Roff"}},
+		{name: "TestGetLanguagesByManpage_5", filename: "test.man.in", expected: []string{"Roff Manpage", "Roff"}},
+		{name: "TestGetLanguagesByManpage_6", filename: "test.mdoc.in", expected: []string{"Roff Manpage", "Roff"}},
+		{name: "TestGetLanguagesByManpage_7", filename: "foo.h", expected: nil},
+		{name: "TestGetLanguagesByManpage_8", filename: "", expected: nil},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		languages := GetLanguagesByManpage(test.filename, test.content, test.candidates)
+		assert.Equal(s.T(), test.expected, languages, fmt.Sprintf("%v: languages = %v, expected: %v", test.name, languages, test.expected))
+	}
+}
+
 func (s *EnryTestSuite) TestGetLanguagesByClassifier() {
 	test := []struct {
 		name       string