diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 19ec14be6d..ede6b0b239 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
-*.ptl linguist-language=PatEL
\ No newline at end of file
+# Use LF line endings; do not normlize to CRLF
+* text eol=lf
+
+# Recognize PatEL files for GitHub language stats
+*.ptl linguist-language=PatEL