diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 07cff8b95e8..2a27378b1c4 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@
 *.pgm binary
 *.png binary
 *.ppm binary
+
+# Prevent port patches from being normalized
+/Ports/**/patches/* -text