diff --git a/ext/js/language/language-descriptors.js b/ext/js/language/language-descriptors.js
index 8704a7fb4..4ae43642d 100644
--- a/ext/js/language/language-descriptors.js
+++ b/ext/js/language/language-descriptors.js
@@ -272,6 +272,13 @@ const languageDescriptors = [
         exampleText: 'унших',
         textPreprocessors: capitalizationPreprocessors,
     },
+    {
+        iso: 'mt',
+        iso639_3: 'mlt',
+        name: 'Maltese',
+        exampleText: 'kiteb',
+        textPreprocessors: capitalizationPreprocessors,
+    },
     {
         iso: 'nl',
         iso639_3: 'nld',
diff --git a/types/ext/language-descriptors.d.ts b/types/ext/language-descriptors.d.ts
index 5e0513c3f..c1c8d2d89 100644
--- a/types/ext/language-descriptors.d.ts
+++ b/types/ext/language-descriptors.d.ts
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ type AllTextProcessors = {
     mn: {
         pre: CapitalizationPreprocessors;
     };
+    mt: {
+        pre: CapitalizationPreprocessors;
+    };
     nl: {
         pre: CapitalizationPreprocessors;
     };