diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 1f031677aab..2f291d4d627 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 # runs `git apply` on one must force `-c core.autocrlf=input` rather than trust
 # the host's setting. See config/scripts/windows-process-tree-gyp-rebuild.mjs.
 /config/patches/*.patch -text
+# Same reason, and pnpm parses these too: a CRLF checkout makes the mobile
+# patches unparseable, so Windows packaging dies on ERR_PNPM_INVALID_PATCH.
+/mobile/patches/*.patch -text
 # The xterm bundle hunks also make a diff nobody can read; review the hand-written
 # source patch under xterm-src/ instead. The sibling patches stay diffable.
 /config/patches/@xterm__xterm@*.patch -diff