diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index d56abbf30..11f09c731 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 # Set the default behavior, in case people don't have core.autocrlf set.
 * text=auto eol=lf
+*.docx binary
+*.odt binary