diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 3bb3b5ea..ccd9f864 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@
 *.css    text
 *.js     text
 *.sql    text
+
+# some files require the correct eol for proper testing
+*-DOS.xml  text eol=crlf
+*-UNIX.xml text eol=lf
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/xml/pull/MXParserTest.java b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/xml/pull/MXParserTest.java
index 6fc6e9c6..27ba5f8c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/xml/pull/MXParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/xml/pull/MXParserTest.java
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ public void testCustomEntityNotFoundInAttrTokenize() throws Exception
     public void testDocdeclTextWithEntitiesUnix()
         throws IOException
     {
-        testDocdeclTextWithEntities( "test-entities.xml" );
+        testDocdeclTextWithEntities( "test-entities-UNIX.xml" );
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ public void testDocdeclTextWithEntitiesUnix()
     public void testDocdeclTextWithEntitiesDOS()
         throws IOException
     {
-        testDocdeclTextWithEntities( "test-entities-dos.xml" );
+        testDocdeclTextWithEntities( "test-entities-DOS.xml" );
     }
 
     private void testDocdeclTextWithEntities( String filename )
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ private void testDocdeclTextWithEntities( String filename )
     public void testDocdeclTextWithEntitiesInAttributesUnix()
         throws IOException
     {
-        testDocdeclTextWithEntitiesInAttributes( "test-entities-in-attr.xml" );
+        testDocdeclTextWithEntitiesInAttributes( "test-entities-in-attr-UNIX.xml" );
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ public void testDocdeclTextWithEntitiesInAttributesUnix()
     public void testDocdeclTextWithEntitiesInAttributesDOS()
         throws IOException
     {
-        testDocdeclTextWithEntitiesInAttributes( "test-entities-in-attr-dos.xml" );
+        testDocdeclTextWithEntitiesInAttributes( "test-entities-in-attr-DOS.xml" );
     }
 
     private void testDocdeclTextWithEntitiesInAttributes( String filename )
diff --git a/src/test/resources/xml/test-entities-dos.xml b/src/test/resources/xml/test-entities-DOS.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from src/test/resources/xml/test-entities-dos.xml
rename to src/test/resources/xml/test-entities-DOS.xml
diff --git a/src/test/resources/xml/test-entities.xml b/src/test/resources/xml/test-entities-UNIX.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from src/test/resources/xml/test-entities.xml
rename to src/test/resources/xml/test-entities-UNIX.xml
diff --git a/src/test/resources/xml/test-entities-in-attr-dos.xml b/src/test/resources/xml/test-entities-in-attr-DOS.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from src/test/resources/xml/test-entities-in-attr-dos.xml
rename to src/test/resources/xml/test-entities-in-attr-DOS.xml
diff --git a/src/test/resources/xml/test-entities-in-attr.xml b/src/test/resources/xml/test-entities-in-attr-UNIX.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from src/test/resources/xml/test-entities-in-attr.xml
rename to src/test/resources/xml/test-entities-in-attr-UNIX.xml