1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c
index 303751f6c2..b52efb55a0 100644
--- a/attr.c
+++ b/attr.c
@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ static int git_attr_system(void)
 static void bootstrap_attr_stack(void)
 {
 	struct attr_stack *elem;
+	char *xdg_attributes_file;
 
 	if (attr_stack)
 		return;
@@ -515,6 +516,10 @@ static void bootstrap_attr_stack(void)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (!git_attributes_file) {
+		home_config_paths(NULL, &xdg_attributes_file, "attributes");
+		git_attributes_file = xdg_attributes_file;
+	}
 	if (git_attributes_file) {
 		elem = read_attr_from_file(git_attributes_file, 1);
 		if (elem) {