diff --git a/config/subversion/config b/config/subversion/config
index 4702e5904c4018d77825b184c9f32e1a5002f813..a7fe58f33d218d0c3d38d6ac5be2291cb85e781f 100644
--- a/config/subversion/config
+++ b/config/subversion/config
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ enable-auto-props = yes
 *.pm = svn:eol-style=native
 *.flex = svn:eol-style=native
 Makefile* = svn:eol-style=native
-*.properties = svn:mime-type=text/plain;svn:eol-style=native
+*.properties = svn:mime-type=text/plain;svn:eol-style=LF
 
 # HTML / XML stuff