diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 1e7af5e..f25d91f 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ src/h5/attribs.c -text
 src/h5/attribs.h -text
 src/h5/errorhandling.c -text
 src/h5/errorhandling.h -text
+src/h5/h5.h -text
 src/h5/h5_private.h -text
 src/h5/h5_types.h -text
 src/h5/openclose.c -text
diff --git a/src/h5/h5.h b/src/h5/h5.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43cbafe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/h5/h5.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#ifndef __H5_H
+#define __H5_H
+
+#include "h5_types.h"
+
+#include "attribs.h"
+#include "errorhandling.h"
+#include "openclose.h"
+#include "readwrite.h"
+#include "t_openclose.h"
+#include "t_readwrite.h"
+#include "u_readwrite.h"
+
+#endif