diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 891521885dd..a6cfa289bac 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 *.html   text diff=html
 *.kt     text diff=kotlin
 *.kts    text diff=kotlin
+*.md     text diff=markdown
 *.py     text diff=python executable
 *.pl     text diff=perl executable
 *.pm     text diff=perl