diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 0c2a50fd4b2..d32081419d1 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -11,3 +11,11 @@
 # text=false here essentially is the same as core.autocrlf=false
 * text=false eol=lf
 
+*.png binary
+*.jpg binary
+*.jpeg binary
+*.JPG binary
+*.JPEG binary
+*.tar binary
+*gz binary
+*MY? binary