diff --git a/gwenview/lib/mimetypeutils.cpp b/gwenview/lib/mimetypeutils.cpp
index f1b9ca4b..b1e5239e 100644
--- a/gwenview/lib/mimetypeutils.cpp
+++ b/gwenview/lib/mimetypeutils.cpp
@@ -76,8 +76,11 @@ QString urlMimeType(const KUrl& url)
 
 Kind mimeTypeKind(const QString& mimeType)
 {
-    if (imageMimeTypes().contains(mimeType)) {
-        return KIND_IMAGE;
+    foreach (const QString &imageMimeType, imageMimeTypes()) {
+        KMimeType::Ptr imageMimeTypePtr = KMimeType::mimeType(imageMimeType);
+        if (imageMimeTypePtr && imageMimeTypePtr->is(mimeType)) {
+            return KIND_IMAGE;
+        }
     }
     // if it is image but it is not one of the static MIME types attempt to open it anyway
     if (mimeType.startsWith(QLatin1String("image/"))) {