diff --git a/data/midori.desktop.in b/data/midori.desktop.in
index 82357c5f..f0598b4d 100644
--- a/data/midori.desktop.in
+++ b/data/midori.desktop.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _Name=Midori
 _GenericName=Web Browser
 _Comment=Lightweight web browser
 Categories=GTK;Network;WebBrowser;
-MimeType=text/html;application/xhtml+xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/geo;
+MimeType=text/html;application/xhtml+xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/geo;image/svg+xml;
 Exec=midori %U
 Icon=midori
 Terminal=false