diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b8da604dbf43bd720dae99d9603412bffc6166d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Singularity.* linguist-language=Singularity