diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 8f1234fea..6cc32a6ac 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@
 * text=auto eol=lf
 # Enforce Windows newlines for .bat files
 *.bat text eol=crlf
+
+*.py linguist-detectable=true
 *.nb linguist-detectable=false