diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 8de47a5d5..885a62db3 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# Set the default behavior, in case people don't have core.autocrlf set.
-* text=auto
+# Normalize line endings to CRLF on checkout
+* text eol=crlf
 
 # Denote all files that are truly binary and should not be modified.
 *.bmp binary