diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 31f93a9ac..102ed8bdb 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+.licenses linguist-vendored
 test/fixtures linguist-vendored
 test/repos linguist-vendored
 vendor linguist-vendored