diff --git a/icons/openscad.desktop b/icons/openscad.desktop
index 46150a21..e43faea2 100644
--- a/icons/openscad.desktop
+++ b/icons/openscad.desktop
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ Version=1.0
 Name=OpenSCAD
 Icon=openscad
 Exec=openscad %f
+MimeType=application/x-openscad
 Categories=Graphics;3DGraphics;Engineering;Development;
diff --git a/icons/openscad.xml b/icons/openscad.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ca56071
--- /dev/null
+++ b/icons/openscad.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<mime-info xmlns="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info">
+   <mime-type type="application/x-openscad">
+     <comment>OpenSCAD Model</comment>
+     <glob pattern="*.scad"/>
+     <icon name="openscad"/>
+   </mime-type>
+</mime-info>