diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index f875d863af..b53a162a28 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ charset=utf-8
 [*]
 end_of_line = LF
 insert_final_newline = true
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
 
 ; 4-column tab indentation
 [*.cs]