diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index b5d19a16f..91efdea84 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 *.go.tmpl linguist-language=Go
-Dockerfile_fips linguist-language=Dockerfile
+hack/Dockerfile_fips linguist-language=Dockerfile
 generated/** linguist-generated