diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 0178b8a8f..e58996311 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 *.odin linguist-language=Odin
-* text=auto
\ No newline at end of file
+* text=auto
+
+# These files must always have *nix line-endings
+Makefile text eol=lf
+*.sh text eol=lf
\ No newline at end of file