diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index ce3f7b234f..3453133fc9 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 * text=auto eol=lf
-patches/*.patch text eol=lf
+patches/*.patch text eol=lf whitespace=-space-before-tab