diff --git a/src/language.ts b/src/language.ts
index c1080430..37abc65c 100644
--- a/src/language.ts
+++ b/src/language.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const code = {
   ja: /\p{scx=Hira}|\p{scx=Kana}|[，；：]/u,
   ko: /\p{scx=Hangul}/u,
   zh: /\p{scx=Han}/u,
+  km: /\p{scx=Khmer}/u,
   th: /\p{scx=Thai}/u,
   bn: /\p{scx=Bengali}/u,
   ar: /\p{scx=Arabic}/u,
diff --git a/test/language.test.tsx b/test/language.test.tsx
index d450b666..8e2417c0 100644
--- a/test/language.test.tsx
+++ b/test/language.test.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ describe('detectLanguageCode', () => {
   it('should detect traditional chinese', async () => {
     expect(detectLanguageCode('我知道怎麼說中文')).toBe('zh')
   })
-
+  
+  it('should detect khmer', async () => {
+    expect(detectLanguageCode('សួស្តី')).toBe('km')
+  })
+  
   it('should detect thai', async () => {
     expect(detectLanguageCode('สวัสดี')).toBe('th')
   })