diff --git a/00-default/compilers.rules b/00-default/compilers.rules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b8a3e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/00-default/compilers.rules
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# C
+{ "name": "clang", "type": "Compiler" }
+{ "name": "clang++", "type": "Compiler" }
+{ "name": "cmake", "type": "Compiler" }
+{ "name": "gcc", "type": "Compiler" }
+{ "name": "g++", "type": "Compiler" }
+{ "name": "make", "type": "Compiler" }
+
+# Go
+{ "name": "go", "type": "Compiler" }
+
+# Java
+{ "name": "java", "type": "Compiler" }
+{ "name": "javac", "type": "Compiler" }
+
+# Rust
+{ "name": "cargo", "type": "Compiler" }
+{ "name": "rustc", "type": "Compiler" }
+{ "name": "rust-analyzer", "type": "Compiler" }
+
+# Linkers
+{ "name": "lld", "type": "Compiler" }
+{ "name": "mold", "type": "Compiler" }
+{ "name": "ld", "type": "Compiler" }
+{ "name": "ld.bfd", "type": "Compiler" }
+{ "name": "ld.mold", "type": "Compiler" }
+{ "name": "ld.lld", "type": "Compiler" }
+{ "name": "lto1-ltrans", "type": "Compiler" }
+
+# Build systems
+{ "name": "bazel", "type": "Compiler" }
+{ "name": "ninja", "type": "Compiler" }
+{ "name": "meson", "type": "Compiler" }
diff --git a/00-types.types b/00-types.types
index 828a886..a16752e 100644
--- a/00-types.types
+++ b/00-types.types
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 # Type: Chat
 { "type": "Chat", "nice": -3, "ioclass": "best-effort", "ionice": 7 , "latency_nice": -3 }
 
+# Type: Compiler
+{ "type":"Compiler", "nice": 13, "latency_nice": 13 }
+
 # Type: Service
 { "type": "Service", "nice": 10, "ioclass": "best-effort", "ionice": 6 , "latency_nice": 10 }