diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index e749e1dc98..4cd50e4810 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 * text=auto eol=lf
 crates/ra_syntax/test_data/** -text eof=LF
+# Older git versions try to fix line endings on images, this prevents it.
+*.png binary
+*.jpg binary
+*.ico binary