diff --git a/builtin-blame.c b/builtin-blame.c
index e3112a2d5b..8432b823e6 100644
--- a/builtin-blame.c
+++ b/builtin-blame.c
@@ -2059,6 +2059,7 @@ static struct commit *fake_working_tree_commit(const char *path, const char *con
 		if (strbuf_read(&buf, 0, 0) < 0)
 			die("read error %s from stdin", strerror(errno));
 	}
+	convert_to_git(path, buf.buf, buf.len, &buf);
 	origin->file.ptr = buf.buf;
 	origin->file.size = buf.len;
 	pretend_sha1_file(buf.buf, buf.len, OBJ_BLOB, origin->blob_sha1);