diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index f518dcced2..b848ea562b 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Tell git what files are txt
 *.py  text diff=python
 *.pyj  text diff=python
-*.recipe  text diff=python
+*.recipe  text diff=python linguist-language=python
 *.coffee  text
 *.js      text
 *.pot     text