diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 4821411509..b689c5b468 100755
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -40,3 +40,8 @@ COPYING text
 *.sct -text
 *.xsd -text
 Jamfile -text
+
+*.c linguist-language=C
+*.C linguist-language=C
+*.h linguist-language=C
+*.H linguist-language=C