diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index c84e6206024f5..082c29e1a7bc1 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+* text=auto eol=lf
 # treat patches as files that should not be modified
 *.patch -text