diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 4821411509..deeee5e25c 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