diff --git a/news/1 Enhancements/3892.md b/news/1 Enhancements/3892.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ee19a1359020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/1 Enhancements/3892.md	
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Use firstLine to activate syntax highlinging for files without extensions
+(thanks to [Christopher Gahlon](https://github.com/cgahlon/))
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 50051298cd19..4e0f77332e1b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1699,6 +1699,7 @@
         },
         "languages": [
             {
+                "firstLine": "^#!/.*\\bpython[0-9.-]*\\b",
                 "id": "pip-requirements",
                 "aliases": [
                     "pip requirements",