diff --git a/debian/mime b/debian/mime
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5138e44ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/mime
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+video/x-msvideo; mplayer %s
+video/mpeg; mplayer %s
+video/quicktime; mplayer %s
+video/x-ms-asf; mplayer %s
+video/x-ms-wmv; mplayer %s
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index e64347f94a..a455ca171e 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ binary-arch: build
 	dh_installdocs --exclude=CVS --exclude=mplayer.1 DOCS/*
 	dh_installexamples etc/example.conf etc/dvb-menu.conf etc/input.conf etc/menu.conf
 	dh_installmenu
-#	dh_installmime
+	dh_installmime
 	dh_installinfo
 	dh_installchangelogs
 	#ChangeLog