diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 7ee2aba..6bc71f0 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -27,3 +27,6 @@
 
 # Vendored third-party files stay byte for byte as published (checksums in vendor/README.md)
 src/ClawdDotNet.Manager.Web/wwwroot/vendor/** -text
+
+# systemd reads 
 as part of the value - unit files stay LF, also in a Windows checkout (#795).
+*.service text eol=lf