diff --git a/local-cli/generator/index.js b/local-cli/generator/index.js
index 800e3b2506c..1899b35fe47 100644
--- a/local-cli/generator/index.js
+++ b/local-cli/generator/index.js
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ module.exports = yeoman.generators.NamedBase.extend({
       this.templatePath('_gitignore'),
       this.destinationPath('.gitignore')
     );
+    this.fs.copy(
+      this.templatePath('_gitattributes'),
+      this.destinationPath('.gitattributes')
+    );
     this.fs.copy(
       this.templatePath('_watchmanconfig'),
       this.destinationPath('.watchmanconfig')
diff --git a/local-cli/generator/templates/_gitattributes b/local-cli/generator/templates/_gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d895c194714
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-cli/generator/templates/_gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.pbxproj binary