diff --git a/extensions/shellscript/package.json b/extensions/shellscript/package.json
index b3c2346380d..c343b4fd90a 100644
--- a/extensions/shellscript/package.json
+++ b/extensions/shellscript/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 			"aliases": ["Shell Script", "shellscript", "bash", "sh", "zsh", "ksh"],
 			"extensions": [".sh", ".bash", ".bashrc", ".bash_aliases", ".bash_profile", ".bash_login", ".ebuild", ".install", ".profile", ".bash_logout", ".zsh", ".zshrc", ".zprofile", ".zlogin", ".zlogout", ".zshenv", ".zsh-theme", ".ksh"],
 			"filenames": ["PKGBUILD"],
-			"firstLine": "^#!.*\\b(bash|zsh|sh|tcsh|ksh).*|^#\\s*-\\*-[^*]*mode:\\s*shell-script[^*]*-\\*-",
+			"firstLine": "^#!.*\\b(bash|zsh|sh|tcsh|ksh|ash).*|^#\\s*-\\*-[^*]*mode:\\s*shell-script[^*]*-\\*-",
 			"configuration": "./language-configuration.json",
 			"mimetypes": ["text/x-shellscript"]
 		}],