diff --git a/ide/che-core-ide-api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/ide/api/editor/filetype/FileNameFileTypeIdentifier.java b/ide/che-core-ide-api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/ide/api/editor/filetype/FileNameFileTypeIdentifier.java
index e718eda605a..ca094ae583e 100644
--- a/ide/che-core-ide-api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/ide/api/editor/filetype/FileNameFileTypeIdentifier.java
+++ b/ide/che-core-ide-api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/ide/api/editor/filetype/FileNameFileTypeIdentifier.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 import org.eclipse.che.ide.api.resources.VirtualFile;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@ public List<String> identifyType(final VirtualFile file) {
         if ("Dockerfile".equals(filename)) {
             return Collections.singletonList("text/x-dockerfile");
         }
+        if ("Chefile".equals(filename)) {
+            return Arrays.asList("application/javascript", "text/javascript");
+        }
 
         // not a known file name
         return null;