diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index dfdb8b771..9ad1ee25e 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
 *.sh text eol=lf
+# Treat minified or packed JS/CSS files as binary, as they're not meant to be human-readable
+*.min.* binary
+*.map binary
+*.pack.js binary