diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index a6bcaf8ce1b..ee4d109ca57 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,2 +1,10 @@
+# Default to text
+* text eol=lf
+
+# True text
+*.md text eol=auto
+LICENSE text eol=auto
+
+# Binary assets
 assets/init-doc/*          binary
 core/coreunix/test_data/** binary