diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 52926b77bf..6d5dea4e32 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-*.ckan linguist-language=JSON
-*.netkan linguist-language=JSON
-*.frozen linguist-language=JSON
+*.ckan linguist-language=JSON linguist-detectable=true
+*.netkan linguist-language=JSON linguist-detectable=true
+*.frozen linguist-language=JSON linguist-detectable=true