diff --git a/src/bin/edi_debugpanel.c b/src/bin/edi_debugpanel.c
index 1361c64..54914f8 100644
--- a/src/bin/edi_debugpanel.c
+++ b/src/bin/edi_debugpanel.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ void edi_debugpanel_start(const char *name)
         return;
      }
 
-   mime = efreet_mime_type_get(_edi_project_config->launch.path);
+   mime = edi_mime_type_get(_edi_project_config->launch.path);
    if (mime && !strcmp(mime, "application/x-shellscript"))
      snprintf(debug->cmd, sizeof(debug->cmd), LIBTOOL_COMMAND " --mode execute %s %s", debug->tool->exec, _edi_project_config->launch.path);
    else if (debug->tool->arguments)
diff --git a/src/bin/edi_filepanel.c b/src/bin/edi_filepanel.c
index 7d188b5..e822873 100644
--- a/src/bin/edi_filepanel.c
+++ b/src/bin/edi_filepanel.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ _get_provider_from_hashset(const char *filename)
    const char *mime = eina_hash_find(mime_entries, filename);
    if ( !mime )
      {
-       mime = efreet_mime_type_get(filename);
+       mime = edi_mime_type_get(filename);
 
        if (mime)
          eina_hash_add(mime_entries, filename, strdup(mime));
diff --git a/src/bin/edi_main.c b/src/bin/edi_main.c
index 8ffb285..6788203 100644
--- a/src/bin/edi_main.c
+++ b/src/bin/edi_main.c
@@ -1801,7 +1801,7 @@ elm_main(int argc EINA_UNUSED, char **argv EINA_UNUSED)
      {
         const char *mime;
 
-        mime = efreet_mime_type_get(project_path);
+        mime = edi_mime_type_get(project_path);
         if (!edi_content_provider_for_mime_get(mime))
           {
              fprintf(stderr, _("Could not open file of unsupported mime type (%s)\n"), mime);
diff --git a/src/bin/edi_scm_ui.c b/src/bin/edi_scm_ui.c
index 9f74a34..258e8db 100644
--- a/src/bin/edi_scm_ui.c
+++ b/src/bin/edi_scm_ui.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ _content_get(void *data, Evas_Object *obj, const char *source)
 
    status = (Edi_Scm_Status *) data;
 
-   mime = efreet_mime_type_get(status->fullpath);
+   mime = edi_mime_type_get(status->fullpath);
    if (mime)
      icon_file = efreet_mime_type_icon_get(mime, elm_config_icon_theme_get(), 32);
 
diff --git a/src/bin/edi_searchpanel.c b/src/bin/edi_searchpanel.c
index cbcd5c0..19feb8d 100644
--- a/src/bin/edi_searchpanel.c
+++ b/src/bin/edi_searchpanel.c
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ _edi_searchpanel_search_project_file(const char *path, const char *search_term,
 
    // If the file looks big, check if it is a text file first.
    if (eina_file_size_get(f) > 1 * 1024 * 1024 &&
-       strncmp(efreet_mime_type_get(path), "text/", 5))
+       strncmp(edi_mime_type_get(path), "text/", 5))
      {
         eina_file_close(f);
         return ;
diff --git a/src/bin/mainview/edi_mainview.c b/src/bin/mainview/edi_mainview.c
index 67a65f7..39cd61a 100644
--- a/src/bin/mainview/edi_mainview.c
+++ b/src/bin/mainview/edi_mainview.c
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ _edi_mainview_win_stat_done(void *data, Eio_File *handler EINA_UNUSED, const Ein
    if (!S_ISREG(stat->mode))
      return;
 
-   mime = efreet_mime_type_get(options->path);
+   mime = edi_mime_type_get(options->path);
    provider = edi_content_provider_for_mime_get(mime);
    if (!provider)
      {
diff --git a/src/bin/mainview/edi_mainview_panel.c b/src/bin/mainview/edi_mainview_panel.c
index c4ae9f6..629f7ee 100644
--- a/src/bin/mainview/edi_mainview_panel.c
+++ b/src/bin/mainview/edi_mainview_panel.c
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ _edi_mainview_panel_tab_stat_done(void *data, Eio_File *handler EINA_UNUSED, con
    if (!S_ISREG(stat->mode))
      return;
 
-   mime = efreet_mime_type_get(options->path);
+   mime = edi_mime_type_get(options->path);
    provider = edi_content_provider_for_mime_get(mime);
    if (!provider)
      {
diff --git a/src/lib/.edi_mime.c.swp b/src/lib/.edi_mime.c.swp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da3048f
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/lib/.edi_mime.c.swp differ
diff --git a/src/lib/Edi.h b/src/lib/Edi.h
index eaf9d82..9d42fd3 100644
--- a/src/lib/Edi.h
+++ b/src/lib/Edi.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <edi_path.h>
 #include <edi_exe.h>
 #include <edi_scm.h>
+#include <edi_mime.h>
 
 /**
  * @file
diff --git a/src/lib/edi_mime.c b/src/lib/edi_mime.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9808bf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/edi_mime.c
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG
+# include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <Efreet_Mime.h>
+#include <Ecore_File.h>
+#include <Eina.h>
+
+#include "Edi.h"
+#include "edi_mime.h"
+
+#include "edi_private.h"
+
+EAPI const char *
+edi_mime_type_get(const char *path)
+{
+   Eina_File *f;
+   const char *mime;
+   char *map;
+   unsigned long long len;
+   Eina_Bool likely_text = EINA_TRUE;
+
+   f = eina_file_open(path, EINA_FALSE);
+   if (!f) return efreet_mime_type_get(path);
+
+   map = eina_file_map_all(f, EINA_FILE_POPULATE);
+   if (!map)
+     {
+        eina_file_close(f);
+        return efreet_mime_type_get(path);
+     }
+
+   len = eina_file_size_get(f);
+   if (!len)
+     {
+        eina_file_map_free(f, map);
+        eina_file_close(f);
+        return "text/plain";
+     }
+
+   if (len > 2048) len = 2048;
+
+   for (int i = 0; i < (int) len; i++)
+     {
+        if (map[i] == '\0')
+          {
+             likely_text = EINA_FALSE;
+             break;
+          }
+     }
+
+   eina_file_map_free(f, map);
+   eina_file_close(f);
+
+   mime = efreet_mime_type_get(path);
+   if ((strncmp(mime, "text/", 5)) && likely_text)
+     {
+        return "text/plain";
+     }
+
+   return mime;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/lib/edi_mime.h b/src/lib/edi_mime.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..805705e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/edi_mime.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#ifndef EDI_MIME_H_
+# define EDI_MIME_H_
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * @brief These routines are used for Edi mime handling
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Return the mime type of a file
+ *
+ * @param path The path of the file to return the mime type of.
+ *
+ * @return A pointer to the mime type as a const character string.
+ *
+ */
+EAPI const char *edi_mime_type_get(const char *path);
+
+/**
+ * @}
+ */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* EDI_MIME_H_ */
diff --git a/src/lib/meson.build b/src/lib/meson.build
index 9d948cd..dcd2600 100644
--- a/src/lib/meson.build
+++ b/src/lib/meson.build
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ src = files([
   'edi_create.h',
   'edi_exe.c',
   'edi_exe.h',
+  'edi_mime.c',
+  'edi_mime.h',
   'edi_path.c',
   'edi_path.h',
   'edi_process.c',