diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 17e94531..07392c5c 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 * text=auto eol=lf
+*.yml.j2 linguist-language=YAML
+*.yaml.j2 linguist-language=YAML
 *.sops.* diff=sopsdiffer
 *.sops.toml linguist-language=JSON