diff --git a/build/gulpfile.hygiene.js b/build/gulpfile.hygiene.js
index b064276a58b..ff2b745d94c 100644
--- a/build/gulpfile.hygiene.js
+++ b/build/gulpfile.hygiene.js
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ gulp.task('tslint', function () {
 		.pipe(gulptslint.report(reporter, options));
 });
 
-var hygiene = exports.hygiene = function (some) {
+var hygiene = exports.hygiene = function (some, options) {
 	var errorCount = 0;
 
 	var eol = es.through(function (file) {
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ var hygiene = exports.hygiene = function (some) {
 	return gulp.src(some || all, { base: '.' })
 		.pipe(filter(function (f) { return !f.stat.isDirectory(); }))
 		.pipe(filter(eolFilter))
-		.pipe(eol)
+		.pipe(options.skipEOL ? es.through() : eol)
 		.pipe(filter(indentationFilter))
 		.pipe(indentation)
 		.pipe(filter(copyrightFilter))
@@ -204,21 +204,25 @@ gulp.task('hygiene', function () {
 // this allows us to run this as a git pre-commit hook
 if (require.main === module) {
 	var cp = require('child_process');
-	cp.exec('git diff --cached --name-only', function (err, out) {
-		if (err) {
-			console.error();
-			console.error(err);
-			process.exit(1);
-		}
+	cp.exec('git config core.autocrlf', function (err, out) {
+		var skipEOL = out.trim() === 'true';
 
-		var some = out
-			.split(/\r?\n/)
-			.filter(function (l) { return !!l; });
+		cp.exec('git diff --cached --name-only', function (err, out) {
+			if (err) {
+				console.error();
+				console.error(err);
+				process.exit(1);
+			}
 
-		hygiene(some).on('error', function (err) {
-			console.error();
-			console.error(err);
-			process.exit(1);
+			var some = out
+				.split(/\r?\n/)
+				.filter(function (l) { return !!l; });
+
+			hygiene(some, { skipEOL: skipEOL }).on('error', function (err) {
+				console.error();
+				console.error(err);
+				process.exit(1);
+			});
 		});
 	});
 }