diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 01d363cbb1c1..32cd96ef9e2c 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ nixos/doc/default.nix linguist-documentation=false
 
 nixos/modules/module-list.nix merge=union
 # pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix merge=union
+
+ci/OWNERS linguist-language=CODEOWNERS