diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index e71d342..4cc13d6 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -17,3 +17,8 @@ src/shared/revision_sql.h eol=lf
 
 # special files which must ignore whitespace
 *.patch      whitespace=-trailing-space
+
+
+*.cpp linguist-language=java
+*.c linguist-language=java
+*.h linguist-language=java