diff --git a/crates/language/src/language.rs b/crates/language/src/language.rs
index e2c1cc70897be47b6d6228a86fd04ba110280857..1b1967d08d2272fd4cd3bcf090e86a7bb85a8e51 100644
--- a/crates/language/src/language.rs
+++ b/crates/language/src/language.rs
@@ -610,6 +610,10 @@ pub struct LanguageConfig {
     /// How to soft-wrap long lines of text.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub soft_wrap: Option<SoftWrap>,
+    /// The name of a Prettier parser that will be used for this language when no file path is available.
+    /// If there's a parser name in the language settings, that will be used instead.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub prettier_parser_name: Option<String>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Default, JsonSchema)]
@@ -692,9 +696,10 @@ impl Default for LanguageConfig {
             overrides: Default::default(),
             word_characters: Default::default(),
             collapsed_placeholder: Default::default(),
-            hard_tabs: Default::default(),
-            tab_size: Default::default(),
-            soft_wrap: Default::default(),
+            hard_tabs: None,
+            tab_size: None,
+            soft_wrap: None,
+            prettier_parser_name: None,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -1372,6 +1377,10 @@ impl Language {
             language_name => language_name.to_lowercase(),
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn prettier_parser_name(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.config.prettier_parser_name.as_deref()
+    }
 }
 
 impl LanguageScope {
diff --git a/crates/languages/src/css/config.toml b/crates/languages/src/css/config.toml
index f5f06320e7a57bf9c09e9553d7be8650de7e8ae9..e22abe6d7056dc465b6c7b0743cd83deb23d2303 100644
--- a/crates/languages/src/css/config.toml
+++ b/crates/languages/src/css/config.toml
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ brackets = [
 ]
 word_characters = ["-"]
 block_comment = ["/* ", " */"]
+prettier_parser_name = "css"
diff --git a/crates/languages/src/javascript/config.toml b/crates/languages/src/javascript/config.toml
index 32e08c1cd93e99093071ebc4e6e1a8ced313e949..460ee0e0fdae377b9bfc0192bd4713f96fcbe0bb 100644
--- a/crates/languages/src/javascript/config.toml
+++ b/crates/languages/src/javascript/config.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ brackets = [
 word_characters = ["$", "#"]
 tab_size = 2
 scope_opt_in_language_servers = ["tailwindcss-language-server", "emmet-language-server"]
+prettier_parser_name = "babel"
 
 [overrides.element]
 line_comments = { remove = true }
diff --git a/crates/languages/src/json/config.toml b/crates/languages/src/json/config.toml
index e3869f88a6b8ebc704321f96f1541927dc0b88ee..c4a91c20b01862279c871d975c5e0eabad4d29e2 100644
--- a/crates/languages/src/json/config.toml
+++ b/crates/languages/src/json/config.toml
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ brackets = [
     { start = "\"", end = "\"", close = true, newline = false, not_in = ["string"] },
 ]
 tab_size = 2
+prettier_parser_name = "json"
diff --git a/crates/languages/src/markdown/config.toml b/crates/languages/src/markdown/config.toml
index 5f1e44b0a8b09872eace80ebb5590c615cc6bd3b..796c8f67fa8eca11346c8195a56e3e4484abb007 100644
--- a/crates/languages/src/markdown/config.toml
+++ b/crates/languages/src/markdown/config.toml
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ brackets = [
 
 tab_size = 2
 soft_wrap = "preferred_line_length"
+prettier_parser_name = "markdown"
diff --git a/crates/languages/src/tsx/config.toml b/crates/languages/src/tsx/config.toml
index f7c8b80a9089faac58cff4419dc692816dfc48f1..3cd377ce0b299fcbdd51015287fe2df32f40f6ef 100644
--- a/crates/languages/src/tsx/config.toml
+++ b/crates/languages/src/tsx/config.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ brackets = [
 ]
 word_characters = ["#", "$"]
 scope_opt_in_language_servers = ["tailwindcss-language-server", "emmet-language-server"]
+prettier_parser_name = "typescript"
 tab_size = 2
 
 [overrides.element]
diff --git a/crates/languages/src/typescript/config.toml b/crates/languages/src/typescript/config.toml
index 254f929053f3f3eecaf2d8ed84b8280497ad7084..ca115622c6c4bfa4732b2dee8174e3eaab6435ed 100644
--- a/crates/languages/src/typescript/config.toml
+++ b/crates/languages/src/typescript/config.toml
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ brackets = [
     { start = "/*", end = " */", close = true, newline = false, not_in = ["string", "comment"] },
 ]
 word_characters = ["#", "$"]
+prettier_parser_name = "typescript"
 tab_size = 2
diff --git a/crates/languages/src/yaml/config.toml b/crates/languages/src/yaml/config.toml
index 4490e7d0a8c8cf4c92892f2b07f85909f721949a..43b21a132984958a98e0279f55924176e5983061 100644
--- a/crates/languages/src/yaml/config.toml
+++ b/crates/languages/src/yaml/config.toml
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ brackets = [
 ]
 
 increase_indent_pattern = ":\\s*[|>]?\\s*$"
+prettier_parser_name = "yaml"
 tab_size = 2
diff --git a/crates/prettier/src/prettier.rs b/crates/prettier/src/prettier.rs
index 37765a3c4c5f697da59af9831f37fea9271e31cf..e6858531496fb22ab81266a008ec38af948c7258 100644
--- a/crates/prettier/src/prettier.rs
+++ b/crates/prettier/src/prettier.rs
@@ -316,8 +316,10 @@ impl Prettier {
                             })
                             .collect();
 
-                        if prettier_settings.parser.is_none() && buffer_path.is_none() {
-                            log::error!("Formatting unsaved file with prettier failed. No prettier parser configured for language");
+                        let prettier_parser = prettier_settings.parser.as_deref().or_else(|| buffer_language.and_then(|language| language.prettier_parser_name()));
+
+                        if prettier_parser.is_none() && buffer_path.is_none() {
+                            log::error!("Formatting unsaved file with prettier failed. No prettier parser configured for language {buffer_language:?}");
                             return Err(anyhow!("Cannot determine prettier parser for unsaved file"));
                         }
 
@@ -331,7 +333,7 @@ impl Prettier {
                         anyhow::Ok(FormatParams {
                             text: buffer.text(),
                             options: FormatOptions {
-                                parser: prettier_settings.parser.clone(),
+                                parser: prettier_parser.map(ToOwned::to_owned),
                                 plugins,
                                 path: buffer_path,
                                 prettier_options,