diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..5be9ced5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Auto-LF line endings for this file, CRLF will cause errors
+autogen.sh text eol=lf
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index dd7b88bf..88eec8be 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ if test -z "${NOCONFIGURE}"; then
     set -x
     ./configure --prefix=/usr "$@"
     make clean
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi