diff --git a/changelog.d/added/comment-j2.md b/changelog.d/added/comment-j2.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..77386ff1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/added/comment-j2.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- More file types are recognised:
+  - Ansible Jinja2 (`.j2`) (#1036)
diff --git a/src/reuse/comment.py b/src/reuse/comment.py
index 7139feba..99b2e76a 100644
--- a/src/reuse/comment.py
+++ b/src/reuse/comment.py
@@ -677,6 +677,7 @@ class XQueryCommentStyle(CommentStyle):
     ".ino": CppCommentStyle,
     ".ipynb": UncommentableCommentStyle,
     ".iuml": PlantUmlCommentStyle,
+    ".j2": JinjaCommentStyle,
     ".java": CppCommentStyle,
     ".jinja": JinjaCommentStyle,
     ".jinja2": JinjaCommentStyle,