diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index ed7c1989f..597f9b1d4 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 # Do not change line endings on test data, it will change the MD5
-/tests/data/*/** binary
+/tests/data/*/** -text
+# Test data generation files are fine though
+/tests/data/**/data.py text