diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index cc485d43d2..9d092449fa 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Denote all files that are truly binary and should not be modified
 *.7z binary
 *.a binary
-*.bz2
+*.bz2 binary
 *.dll binary
 *.exe binary
 *.gz binary