diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 4dc0456..7ae3d52 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 # Bash scripts must stay LF — CRLF breaks the shebang on Linux/macOS/WSL.
 bash/** text eol=lf
 
+# The bats suites are bash too, and they live outside bash/ — without this a
+# Windows checkout gets CRLF and `bats tests/bash` fails there (including when
+# run through WSL against the Windows working copy).
+tests/bash/** text eol=lf
+*.bats text eol=lf
+
 # PowerShell/cmd are happiest with CRLF on Windows.
 *.ps1 text eol=crlf
 *.cmd text eol=crlf