diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index fd394480f15c3..ba72ee9592231 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Set the default behavior, in case people don't have core.autocrlf set.
 * text=auto eol=lf
 
+# git grep shouldn't match entries in huge minified javascript
+*.min.js binary
+
 # Older git versions try to fix line endings on images, this prevents it.
 *.png binary
 *.jpg binary