diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 3b45561a0..6eb1a23ae 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -6,3 +6,9 @@ spec/fixtures/**/*.less text eol=lf
 spec/fixtures/**/*.css text eol=lf
 spec/fixtures/**/*.txt text eol=lf
 spec/fixtures/dir/**/* text eol=lf
+
+# Git 1.7 does not support **/* patterns
+spec/fixtures/css.css text eol=lf
+spec/fixtures/sample.js text eol=lf
+spec/fixtures/sample.less text eol=lf
+spec/fixtures/sample.txt text eol=lf