diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index b08a1416d8..b0044cf272 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 *.pm eol=lf diff=perl
 *.py eol=lf diff=python
 *.bat eol=crlf
+CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md -whitespace
 /Documentation/**/*.txt eol=lf
 /command-list.txt eol=lf
 /GIT-VERSION-GEN eol=lf