diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 31ff9dfc..8cb51a8f 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Set the default behavior, in case people don't have core.autocrlf set.
+# See https://help.github.com/en/articles/dealing-with-line-endings
+* text=auto
+
 winlib/*  linguist-vendored
 src/lib/* linguist-vendored
 resources/icons/icon.inl linguist-vendored