diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index ed57b52969..95b62b81a5 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
 *.sln.in eol=crlf
 *.vcxproj.in eol=crlf
 *.vcxproj.filters.in eol=crlf
+
+.gitignore			 export-ignore
+/conftools			 export-ignore
+/doc/design			 export-ignore
+/doc/dev			 export-ignore
+/util/**			 export-ignore
+/util/bindkeys.pl		-export-ignore
+/util/mksymtbl.pl		-export-ignore