diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index cfe818449..b5d19a16f 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 *.go.tmpl linguist-language=Go
+Dockerfile_fips linguist-language=Dockerfile
 generated/** linguist-generated