diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a67c738e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Auto detect text files and perform LF normalization
+* text=auto
+
+# Treat test fixture files as binary (prevent CRLF conversion on Windows)
+test/files/*.dat binary
+test/files/*.jpg binary
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/functionality.js b/test/functionality.js
index a4db245a..ec351173 100644
--- a/test/functionality.js
+++ b/test/functionality.js
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ describe('Functionality', function () {
     util.submitForm(parser, form, function (err, req) {
       assert.ifError(err)
       assert.strictEqual(req.files.length, 2)
-      assert.ok(req.files[0].path.indexOf('/testforme-') >= 0)
-      assert.ok(req.files[1].path.indexOf('/testforme-') >= 0)
+      assert.ok(req.files[0].path.indexOf('testforme-') >= 0)
+      assert.ok(req.files[1].path.indexOf('testforme-') >= 0)
       done()
     })
   })