diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index b86ed5df7..8df0f39d9 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
+# Set default behaviour, in case users don't have core.autocrlf set.
+* text=auto
+
 src/api/dotnet/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs text eol=crlf