diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 4821411509b718b8e625054999ebc55c17a3e7a0..deeee5e25c014dd5aa774552cc9854aac1fa3d9a 100755
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+*.c linguist-language=C
+*.C linguist-language=C
+*.h linguist-language=C
+*.H linguist-language=C
+
 * text=auto
 
 *.S text