diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f087b42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.tar.gz filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
diff --git a/.tito/tito.props b/.tito/tito.props
index 25f32cd..fb351a8 100644
--- a/.tito/tito.props
+++ b/.tito/tito.props
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [buildconfig]
-builder = tito.builder.GitAnnexBuilder
+builder = fws.builder.GitLfsBuilder
 tagger = tito.tagger.ReleaseTagger
 changelog_do_not_remove_cherrypick = 0
 changelog_format = %s (%ae)