diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 170bbc2b54..2c9770c278 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@
 tests/staticfiles_tests/apps/test/static/test/*txt text eol=lf
 tests/staticfiles_tests/project/documents/test/*txt text eol=lf
 docs/releases/*.txt merge=union
+# Make GitHub syntax-highlight .html files as Django templates
+*.html linguist-language=django