diff --git a/libavformat/matroskadec.c b/libavformat/matroskadec.c
index 01c9a7b3ce..af5532bde3 100644
--- a/libavformat/matroskadec.c
+++ b/libavformat/matroskadec.c
@@ -1555,6 +1555,7 @@ static int matroska_read_header(AVFormatContext *s, AVFormatParameters *ap)
             if (st == NULL)
                 break;
             av_dict_set(&st->metadata, "filename",attachements[j].filename, 0);
+            av_dict_set(&st->metadata, "mimetype", attachements[j].mime, 0);
             st->codec->codec_id = CODEC_ID_NONE;
             st->codec->codec_type = AVMEDIA_TYPE_ATTACHMENT;
             st->codec->extradata  = av_malloc(attachements[j].bin.size);