diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 5a0d4bb45..c05d446a8 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 rc.* text
 *.sql text
 *.mk text
+*.po text
+*.pot text
 
 # Files that will always have CRLF line endings on checkout. (Not sure we have any of these)
 # *.dos text eol=crlf
@@ -43,4 +45,4 @@ rc.* text
 *.zip binary
 *.uzip binary
 *.tar binary
-*.ttf binary
\ No newline at end of file
+*.ttf binary