diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# So GitLab doesn't think we're using tons of Perl
+*.t -linguist-detectable
diff --git a/tests/test-check-code.t b/tests/test-check-code.t
--- a/tests/test-check-code.t
+++ b/tests/test-check-code.t
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Prevent adding new files in the root dir
   .arcconfig
   .clang-format
   .editorconfig
+  .gitattributes
   .hgignore
   .hgsigs
   .hgtags