diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e0be1eb1..4f1d0f8f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 ## Syntaxes
 
+- Associate `os-release` with `bash` syntax, see #2587 (@cyqsimon)
+
 ## Themes
 
 ## `bat` as a library
diff --git a/src/syntax_mapping.rs b/src/syntax_mapping.rs
index 5e655070..44e1cf45 100644
--- a/src/syntax_mapping.rs
+++ b/src/syntax_mapping.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ impl<'a> SyntaxMapping<'a> {
                 MappingTarget::MapTo("Bourne Again Shell (bash)"),
             )
             .unwrap();
+        mapping
+            .insert(
+                "os-release",
+                MappingTarget::MapTo("Bourne Again Shell (bash)"),
+            )
+            .unwrap();
         mapping
             .insert("*.pac", MappingTarget::MapTo("JavaScript (Babel)"))
             .unwrap();