diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index cd3fde9545..691da62282 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -6,3 +6,9 @@ configure.ac eol=lf
 *.am eol=lf
 *.sh eol=lf
 *.[ch] whitespace=tab-in-indent
+
+# Batch files (bat,btm,cmd) must be run with CRLF line endings.
+# Refer to https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/6442
+*.bat text eol=crlf
+*.btm text eol=crlf
+*.cmd text eol=crlf