diff --git a/src/PrismNormalizeAlias.js b/src/PrismNormalizeAlias.js
index 2dba6ee..40e9bb3 100644
--- a/src/PrismNormalizeAlias.js
+++ b/src/PrismNormalizeAlias.js
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 const Prism = require("prismjs");
 
+const HARDCODED_ALIASES = {
+  njk: "jinja2",
+  nunjucks: "jinja2",
+};
+
 // This was added to make `ts` resolve to `typescript` correctly.
 // The Prism loader doesn’t seem to always handle aliasing correctly.
 module.exports = function(language) {
@@ -9,6 +14,11 @@ module.exports = function(language) {
     const PrismComponents = require("prismjs/components.json");
     let langs = PrismComponents.languages;
 
+    // Manual override
+    if(HARDCODED_ALIASES[language]) {
+      language = HARDCODED_ALIASES[language];
+    }
+
     if(langs[ language ]) {
       return language;
     }
diff --git a/test/LiquidHighlightTagTest.js b/test/LiquidHighlightTagTest.js
index 9cbe036..8d6eaa4 100644
--- a/test/LiquidHighlightTagTest.js
+++ b/test/LiquidHighlightTagTest.js
@@ -23,3 +23,21 @@ test("Test Highlight Tag Render", async t => {
   let rendered = await renderLiquid("{% highlight js %}var test;{% endhighlight %}", {}, engine);
 	t.is(`<pre class="language-js"><code class="language-js"><span class="token keyword">var</span> test<span class="token punctuation">;</span></code></pre>`, rendered);
 });
+
+test("Njk Alias", async t => {
+  let engine = new Liquid();
+  let tag = new LiquidHighlightTag(engine);
+  engine.registerTag("highlight", tag.getObject());
+
+  let rendered = await renderLiquid("{% highlight njk %}{% raw %}hello{% endraw %}{% endhighlight %}", {}, engine);
+	t.is(`<pre class="language-njk"><code class="language-njk"><span class="token delimiter punctuation">{%</span> <span class="token tag keyword">raw</span> <span class="token operator">%</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token variable">hello</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token operator">%</span> <span class="token variable">endraw</span> <span class="token delimiter punctuation">%}</span></code></pre>`, rendered);
+});
+
+test("Nunjucks alias", async t => {
+  let engine = new Liquid();
+  let tag = new LiquidHighlightTag(engine);
+  engine.registerTag("highlight", tag.getObject());
+
+  let rendered = await renderLiquid("{% highlight nunjucks %}{% raw %}hello{% endraw %}{% endhighlight %}", {}, engine);
+	t.is(`<pre class="language-nunjucks"><code class="language-nunjucks"><span class="token delimiter punctuation">{%</span> <span class="token tag keyword">raw</span> <span class="token operator">%</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token variable">hello</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token operator">%</span> <span class="token variable">endraw</span> <span class="token delimiter punctuation">%}</span></code></pre>`, rendered);
+});
diff --git a/test/MarkdownHighlightTest.js b/test/MarkdownHighlightTest.js
index 6ac1c52..1dced51 100644
--- a/test/MarkdownHighlightTest.js
+++ b/test/MarkdownHighlightTest.js
@@ -38,6 +38,26 @@ alert();
 \`\`\``).trim(), `<pre class="not-a-lang-js"><code class="language-js"><span class="highlight-line"><span class="token function">alert</span><span class="token punctuation">(</span><span class="token punctuation">)</span><span class="token punctuation">;</span></span></code></pre>`);
 });
 
+test("Test Njk Alias", t => {
+  let mdLib = md();
+  mdLib.set({
+    highlight: markdownPrismJsOptions()
+  });
+  t.is(mdLib.render(`\`\`\`njk
+{% raw %}hello{% endraw %}
+\`\`\``).trim(), `<pre class="language-njk"><code class="language-njk"><span class="token delimiter punctuation">{%</span> <span class="token tag keyword">raw</span> <span class="token operator">%</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token variable">hello</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token operator">%</span> <span class="token variable">endraw</span> <span class="token operator">%</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></code></pre>`);
+});
+
+test("Test Nunjucks Alias", t => {
+  let mdLib = md();
+  mdLib.set({
+    highlight: markdownPrismJsOptions()
+  });
+  t.is(mdLib.render(`\`\`\`nunjucks
+{% raw %}hello{% endraw %}
+\`\`\``).trim(), `<pre class="language-nunjucks"><code class="language-nunjucks"><span class="token delimiter punctuation">{%</span> <span class="token tag keyword">raw</span> <span class="token operator">%</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token variable">hello</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token operator">%</span> <span class="token variable">endraw</span> <span class="token operator">%</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></code></pre>`);
+});
+
 
 // test("Test Markdown Highlighter Block Comment", t => {
 //   let mdLib = md();