diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index bc3ba064e4..c5965c9aaf 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ sub do_git_init_db {
 		command_noisy(@init_db);
 		$_repository = Git->repository(Repository => ".git");
 	}
+	command_noisy('config', 'core.autocrlf', 'false');
 	my $set;
 	my $pfx = "svn-remote.$Git::SVN::default_repo_id";
 	foreach my $i (keys %icv) {