diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 610f8f2a5..323703686 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(E, [
   eet
   embryo
   efreet
+  efreet-mime
 ])
 
 # ecore-txt is really only needed by the temperature module,
diff --git a/src/bin/e.h b/src/bin/e.h
index 5acc5352a..bbb73bda1 100644
--- a/src/bin/e.h
+++ b/src/bin/e.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 #include <Eet.h>
 #include <Edje.h>
 #include <Efreet.h>
+#include <Efreet_Mime.h>
 
 #if HAVE___ATTRIBUTE__
 #define __UNUSED__ __attribute__((unused))
diff --git a/src/bin/e_fm.c b/src/bin/e_fm.c
index 1513196ec..a9f86f73a 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_fm.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_fm.c
@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ e_fm2_init(void)
 				 NULL); /* data*/
 //   _e_fm2_client_spawn();
    e_fm2_custom_file_init();
+   efreet_mime_init();
    return 1;
 }
 
@@ -394,6 +395,7 @@ e_fm2_shutdown(void)
    E_FREE(_e_fm2_meta_path);
    e_fm2_custom_file_shutdown();
    _e_storage_volume_edd_shutdown();
+   efreet_mime_shutdown();
    return 1;
 }
 
@@ -3600,7 +3602,7 @@ _e_fm2_icon_fill(E_Fm2_Icon *ic, E_Fm2_Finfo *finf)
    
    if (S_ISDIR(ic->info.statinfo.st_mode))
      {
-       ic->info.mime = evas_stringshare_add("x-directory/normal");
+       ic->info.mime = evas_stringshare_add("inode/directory");
      }
    if (!ic->info.mime)
      {
diff --git a/src/bin/e_fm_mime.c b/src/bin/e_fm_mime.c
index 52ee88c2a..53876f904 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_fm_mime.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_fm_mime.c
@@ -3,21 +3,8 @@
  */
 #include "e.h"
 
-typedef struct _E_Mime E_Mime;
-
-struct _E_Mime
-{
-   const char *glob;
-   const char *mime;
-};
-
 /* local subsystem functions */
 static Evas_Bool _e_fm_mime_icon_foreach(Evas_Hash *hash, const char *key, void *data, void *fdata);
-static void _e_fm_mime_all_free(void);
-static void _e_fm_mime_update(void);
-static int _e_fm_mime_glob_remove(const char *glob);
-static void _e_fm_mime_mime_types_load(char *file);
-static void _e_fm_mime_shared_mimeinfo_globs_load(char *file);
 
 static Evas_List *mimes = NULL;
 static Evas_Hash *icon_map = NULL;
@@ -26,33 +13,7 @@ static Evas_Hash *icon_map = NULL;
 EAPI const char *
 e_fm_mime_filename_get(const char *fname)
 {
-   Evas_List *l;
-   E_Mime *mime;
-   
-   _e_fm_mime_update();
-   /* case senstive match first */
-   for (l = mimes; l; l = l->next)
-     {
-	mime = l->data;
-	if (e_util_glob_match(fname, mime->glob))
-	  {
-	     mimes = evas_list_remove_list(mimes, l);
-	     mimes = evas_list_prepend(mimes, mime);
-	     return mime->mime;
-	  }
-     }
-   /* case insenstive match second */
-   for (l = mimes; l; l = l->next)
-     {
-	mime = l->data;
-	if (e_util_glob_case_match(fname, mime->glob))
-	  {
-	     mimes = evas_list_remove_list(mimes, l);
-	     mimes = evas_list_prepend(mimes, mime);
-	     return mime->mime;
-	  }
-     }
-   return NULL;
+   return efreet_mime_globs_type_get(fname);
 }
 
 /* returns:
@@ -166,228 +127,3 @@ _e_fm_mime_icon_foreach(Evas_Hash *hash, const char *key, void *data, void *fdat
    *freelist = evas_list_append(*freelist, data);
    return 1;
 }
-
-static void
-_e_fm_mime_all_free(void)
-{
-   E_Mime *mime;
-	
-   while (mimes)
-     {
-	mime = mimes->data;
-	mimes = evas_list_remove_list(mimes, mimes);
-	evas_stringshare_del(mime->glob);
-	evas_stringshare_del(mime->mime);
-	free(mime);
-     }
-}
-
-static void
-_e_fm_mime_update(void)
-{
-   static double last_t = 0.0, t;
-   char buf[4096];
-   const char *homedir;
-   int reload = 0;
-   time_t ch_times[6] = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
-   time_t ch;
-   
-   /* load /etc/mime.types
-    * load /usr/share/mime/
-    * 
-    * load ~/.mime.types
-    * load ~/.local/share/mime/
-    */
-   t = ecore_time_get();
-   if ((t - last_t) < 1.0) return;
-   last_t = t;
-   
-   homedir = e_user_homedir_get();
-  
-   snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "usr/local/etc/mime.types");
-   ch = ecore_file_mod_time(buf);
-   if (ch != ch_times[0]) reload = 1;
-   ch_times[0] = ch;
-   snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "/etc/mime.types");
-   ch = ecore_file_mod_time(buf);
-   if (ch != ch_times[1]) reload = 1;
-   ch_times[1] = ch;
-   snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "/usr/local/share/mime/globs");
-   ch = ecore_file_mod_time(buf);
-   if (ch != ch_times[2]) reload = 1;
-   ch_times[2] = ch;
-   snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "/usr/share/mime/globs");
-   ch = ecore_file_mod_time(buf);
-   if (ch != ch_times[3]) reload = 1;
-   ch_times[3] = ch;
-   snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s/.mime.types", homedir);
-   ch = ecore_file_mod_time(buf);
-   if (ch != ch_times[4]) reload = 1;
-   ch_times[4] = ch;
-   snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s/.local/share/mime/globs", homedir);
-   ch = ecore_file_mod_time(buf);
-   if (ch != ch_times[5]) reload = 1;
-   ch_times[5] = ch;
-   
-   if (!reload) return;
-
-   _e_fm_mime_all_free();
-   snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "/usr/local/etc/mime.types");
-   _e_fm_mime_mime_types_load(buf);
-   snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "/etc/mime.types");
-   _e_fm_mime_mime_types_load(buf);
-   snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "/usr/local/share/mime/globs");
-   _e_fm_mime_shared_mimeinfo_globs_load(buf);
-   snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "/usr/share/mime/globs");
-   _e_fm_mime_shared_mimeinfo_globs_load(buf);
-   snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s/.mime.types", homedir);
-   _e_fm_mime_mime_types_load(buf);
-   snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s/.local/share/mime/globs", homedir);
-   _e_fm_mime_shared_mimeinfo_globs_load(buf);
-}
-
-static int
-_e_fm_mime_glob_remove(const char *glob)
-{
-   Evas_List *l;
-   E_Mime *mime;
-   
-   for (l = mimes; l; l = l->next)
-     {
-	mime = l->data;
-	if (!strcmp(glob, mime->glob))
-	  {
-	     mimes = evas_list_remove_list(mimes, l);
-	     evas_stringshare_del(mime->glob);
-	     evas_stringshare_del(mime->mime);
-	     free(mime);
-	     return 1;
-	  }
-     }
-   return 0;
-}
-
-static void
-_e_fm_mime_mime_types_load(char *file)
-{
-   /* format:
-
-    #  type of encoding.
-    #
-    ###############################################################################
-
-    application/msaccess                            mdb
-    application/msword                              doc dot
-    application/news-message-id
-
-    */
-   FILE *f;
-   char buf[4096], buf2[4096], mimetype[4096], ext[4096], *p, *pp;
-   E_Mime *mime;
-   
-   f = fopen(file, "rb");
-   if (!f) return;
-   while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f))
-     {
-	p = buf;
-	while (isblank(*p) && (*p != 0) && (*p != '\n')) p++;
-	if (*p == '#') continue;
-	if ((*p == '\n') || (*p == 0)) continue;
-	pp = p;
-	while (!isblank(*p) && (*p != 0) && (*p != '\n')) p++;
-	if ((*p == '\n') || (*p == 0)) continue;
-	strncpy(mimetype, pp, (p - pp));
-	mimetype[p - pp] = 0;
-	do
-	  {
-	     while (isblank(*p) && (*p != 0) && (*p != '\n')) p++;
-	     if ((*p == '\n') || (*p == 0)) break;
-	     pp = p;
-	     while (!isblank(*p) && (*p != 0) && (*p != '\n')) p++;
-	     strncpy(ext, pp, (p - pp));
-	     ext[p - pp] = 0;
-	     
-	     mime = E_NEW(E_Mime, 1);
-	     if (mime)
-	       {
-		  mime->mime = evas_stringshare_add(mimetype);
-		  snprintf(buf2, sizeof(buf2), "*.%s", ext);
-		  mime->glob = evas_stringshare_add(buf2);
-		  if ((!mime->mime) || (!mime->glob))
-		    {
-		       if (mime->mime) evas_stringshare_del(mime->mime);
-		       if (mime->glob) evas_stringshare_del(mime->glob);
-		       free(mime);
-		    }
-		  else
-		    {
-		       _e_fm_mime_glob_remove(buf2);
-		       mimes = evas_list_append(mimes, mime);
-		    }
-	       }
-	  }
-	while ((*p != '\n') && (*p != 0));
-     }
-   fclose(f);
-}
-
-static void
-_e_fm_mime_shared_mimeinfo_globs_load(char *file)
-{
-   /* format:
-
-    # This file was automatically generated by the
-    # update-mime-database command. DO NOT EDIT!
-    text/vnd.wap.wml:*.wml
-    application/x-7z-compressed:*.7z
-    application/vnd.corel-draw:*.cdr
-    text/spreadsheet:*.sylk
-
-    */
-   FILE *f;
-   char buf[4096], mimetype[4096], ext[4096], *p, *pp;
-   E_Mime *mime;
-   
-   f = fopen(file, "rb");
-   if (!f) return;
-   while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f))
-     {
-	p = buf;
-	while (isblank(*p) && (*p != 0) && (*p != '\n')) p++;
-	if (*p == '#') continue;
-	if ((*p == '\n') || (*p == 0)) continue;
-	pp = p;
-	while ((*p != ':') && (*p != 0) && (*p != '\n')) p++;
-	if ((*p == '\n') || (*p == 0)) continue;
-	strncpy(mimetype, pp, (p - pp));
-	mimetype[p - pp] = 0;
-	p++;
-	pp = ext;
-	while ((*p != 0) && (*p != '\n'))
-	  {
-	     *pp = *p;
-	     pp++;
-	     p++;
-	  }
-	*pp = 0;
-	
-	mime = E_NEW(E_Mime, 1);
-	if (mime)
-	  {
-	     mime->mime = evas_stringshare_add(mimetype);
-	     mime->glob = evas_stringshare_add(ext);
-	     if ((!mime->mime) || (!mime->glob))
-	       {
-		  if (mime->mime) evas_stringshare_del(mime->mime);
-		  if (mime->glob) evas_stringshare_del(mime->glob);
-		  free(mime);
-	       }
-	     else
-	       {
-		  _e_fm_mime_glob_remove(ext);
-		  mimes = evas_list_append(mimes, mime);
-	       }
-	  }
-     }
-   fclose(f);
-}