diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 4abc1c90b..7ea33e5c1 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 *.cpp NHSUBST
 *.sh NHSUBST
 *.pl NHSUBST
+*.md NHSUBST
 Porting NHSUBST
 README NHSUBST
 * text=auto