diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ff0c4230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+###############################################################################
+# Set default behavior to automatically normalize line endings.
+###############################################################################
+* text=auto
+
+###############################################################################
+# Set default behavior for command prompt diff.
+#
+# This is need for earlier builds of msysgit that does not have it on by
+# default for csharp files.
+# Note: This is only used by command line
+###############################################################################
+#*.cs     diff=csharp
+
+###############################################################################
+# Set the merge driver for project and solution files
+#
+# Merging from the command prompt will add diff markers to the files if there
+# are conflicts (Merging from VS is not affected by the settings below, in VS
+# the diff markers are never inserted). Diff markers may cause the following 
+# file extensions to fail to load in VS. An alternative would be to treat
+# these files as binary and thus will always conflict and require user
+# intervention with every merge. To do so, just uncomment the entries below
+###############################################################################
+#*.sln       merge=binary
+#*.csproj    merge=binary
+#*.vbproj    merge=binary
+#*.vcxproj   merge=binary
+#*.vcproj    merge=binary
+#*.dbproj    merge=binary
+#*.fsproj    merge=binary
+#*.lsproj    merge=binary
+#*.wixproj   merge=binary
+#*.modelproj merge=binary
+#*.sqlproj   merge=binary
+#*.wwaproj   merge=binary
+
+###############################################################################
+# behavior for image files
+#
+# image files are treated as binary by default.
+###############################################################################
+#*.jpg   binary
+#*.png   binary
+#*.gif   binary
+
+###############################################################################
+# diff behavior for common document formats
+# 
+# Convert binary document formats to text before diffing them. This feature
+# is only available from the command line. Turn it on by uncommenting the 
+# entries below.
+###############################################################################
+#*.doc   diff=astextplain
+#*.DOC   diff=astextplain
+#*.docx  diff=astextplain
+#*.DOCX  diff=astextplain
+#*.dot   diff=astextplain
+#*.DOT   diff=astextplain
+#*.pdf   diff=astextplain
+#*.PDF   diff=astextplain
+#*.rtf   diff=astextplain
+#*.RTF   diff=astextplain
diff --git a/Discord.Net.sln b/Discord.Net.sln
index c1cd9bfcb..0eac29c74 100644
--- a/Discord.Net.sln
+++ b/Discord.Net.sln
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Discord.Net", "Discord.Net\
 EndProject
 Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Solution Items", "Solution Items", "{1DDC89B5-2A88-45E5-A743-7A43E6B5C4B3}"
 	ProjectSection(SolutionItems) = preProject
+		.gitattributes = .gitattributes
 		.gitignore = .gitignore
 		LICENSE = LICENSE
 		README.md = README.md