diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 00934f6efe..0966454ca4 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 *.vcxproj merge=union
 *.sln text eol=crlf
 *.bat text eol=crlf
+athena-start text eol=lf
 configure text eol=lf
 configure.in text eol=lf
 Makefile text eol=lf