diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 2e62a4e59..06b76c6c8 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
+# Forces all files which git considers text files to use LF line endings
+* text=auto eol=lf
+
 *.cpp diff=cpp
 *.h diff=cpp