diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index 8f0c87a10c53..163eb75c8525 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+root = true
+
 [*.cr]
 charset = utf-8
 end_of_line = lf
diff --git a/spec/compiler/crystal/tools/init_spec.cr b/spec/compiler/crystal/tools/init_spec.cr
index 4678b68e000c..01e9c49e0be8 100644
--- a/spec/compiler/crystal/tools/init_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/compiler/crystal/tools/init_spec.cr
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ module Crystal
       {"example", "example_app", "example-lib", "camel_example-camel_lib"}.each do |name|
         describe_file "#{name}/.editorconfig" do |editorconfig|
           parsed = INI.parse(editorconfig)
+          parsed[""]["root"].should eq("true")
           cr_ext = parsed["*.cr"]
           cr_ext["charset"].should eq("utf-8")
           cr_ext["end_of_line"].should eq("lf")
diff --git a/src/compiler/crystal/tools/init/template/editorconfig.ecr b/src/compiler/crystal/tools/init/template/editorconfig.ecr
index 8f0c87a10c53..163eb75c8525 100644
--- a/src/compiler/crystal/tools/init/template/editorconfig.ecr
+++ b/src/compiler/crystal/tools/init/template/editorconfig.ecr
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+root = true
+
 [*.cr]
 charset = utf-8
 end_of_line = lf