diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c
index 06484c2e0e..8d70623cb8 100644
--- a/builtin/blame.c
+++ b/builtin/blame.c
@@ -2348,6 +2348,7 @@ static struct commit *fake_working_tree_commit(struct diff_options *opt,
 		if (strbuf_read(&buf, 0, 0) < 0)
 			die_errno("failed to read from stdin");
 	}
+	convert_to_git(path, buf.buf, buf.len, &buf, 0);
 	origin->file.ptr = buf.buf;
 	origin->file.size = buf.len;
 	pretend_sha1_file(buf.buf, buf.len, OBJ_BLOB, origin->blob_sha1);
diff --git a/t/t8003-blame-corner-cases.sh b/t/t8003-blame-corner-cases.sh
index 32895e5acb..16f1442c1e 100755
--- a/t/t8003-blame-corner-cases.sh
+++ b/t/t8003-blame-corner-cases.sh
@@ -191,12 +191,24 @@ test_expect_success 'indent of line numbers, ten lines' '
 	test $(grep -c "  " actual) = 9
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'blaming files with CRLF newlines' '
+test_expect_success 'setup file with CRLF newlines' '
 	git config core.autocrlf false &&
-	printf "testcase\r\n" >crlffile &&
+	printf "testcase\n" >crlffile &&
 	git add crlffile &&
 	git commit -m testcase &&
-	git -c core.autocrlf=input blame crlffile >actual &&
+	printf "testcase\r\n" >crlffile
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'blame file with CRLF core.autocrlf true' '
+	git config core.autocrlf true &&
+	git blame crlffile >actual &&
+	grep "A U Thor" actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'blame file with CRLF attributes text' '
+	git config core.autocrlf false &&
+	echo "crlffile text" >.gitattributes &&
+	git blame crlffile >actual &&
 	grep "A U Thor" actual
 '