diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 720e5f6254..4bfb9596f5 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# Auto detect text files and perform LF normalization
+*        text=auto
 VERSION merge=ours
 Dangerfile gitlab-language=ruby
 *.pdf filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text