diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index ab2f18f220fbc1f6951723c74811def8ad372457..7c959a54377b7031548f822e13a495ee97184bb7 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 **/dataset/* filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 *.xlsx diff=ssdiff merge=binary
 **/dataset/**/* filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
+*.fq.gz filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text