diff --git a/misc/Makefile b/misc/Makefile
index 335e40b5..59aad24a 100644
--- a/misc/Makefile
+++ b/misc/Makefile
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ all:
 
 install:
 	install -m 755 -d $(destdir)$(prefix)/share/xca/ \
-		$(destdir)$(prefix)/share/applications
+		$(destdir)$(prefix)/share/applications \
+		$(destdir)$(prefix)/share/mime/packages
 	install -m 644 *.txt *.xca $(destdir)$(prefix)/share/xca
 	install -m 644 xca.desktop $(destdir)$(prefix)/share/applications
+	install -m 644 xca.xml $(destdir)$(prefix)/share/mime/packages
 
 app:
 	mkdir -p $(APPDIR)/Resources
diff --git a/misc/xca.xml b/misc/xca.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b1e3a58e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/xca.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<mime-info xmlns='http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info'>
+	<mime-type type="application/x-xca-database">
+		<comment>XCA database</comment>
+		<glob pattern="*.xdb"/>
+	</mime-type>
+</mime-info>