diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 91ac9a6159..8e888c73c8 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ ee/backend/** linguist-vendored
 /backend/testing/** linguist-vendored
 /backend/development/** linguist-vendored
 /backend/security/** linguist-vendored
+/backend/data/** linguist-vendored