diff --git a/src/bin/e_fm.c b/src/bin/e_fm.c
index 5083d69f3..44033ba10 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_fm.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_fm.c
@@ -2153,17 +2153,22 @@ e_fm2_icon_get(Evas *evas, E_Fm2_Icon *ic,
      }
 
 
-   if (eina_str_has_extension(ic->info.file, ".avi") ||
-       eina_str_has_extension(ic->info.file, ".mpg") ||
-       eina_str_has_extension(ic->info.file, ".mpeg") ||
-       eina_str_has_extension(ic->info.file, ".mkv") ||
-       (ic->info.statinfo.st_size >= (ic->sd->config->icon.max_thumb_size ?: 5) * 1024 * 1024))
+   if (ic->info.mime)
      {
-        /* block movie thumbnails, which we can't do, and large file previews,
-         * which we won't do
-         */
-        ic->thumb_failed = EINA_TRUE;
+        if (!strncasecmp(ic->info.mime, "video/", 6))
+          ic->thumb_failed = EINA_TRUE;
      }
+   else if (eina_str_has_extension(ic->info.file, ".avi") ||
+             eina_str_has_extension(ic->info.file, ".mpg") ||
+             eina_str_has_extension(ic->info.file, ".mpeg") ||
+             eina_str_has_extension(ic->info.file, ".mkv")
+            )
+     ic->thumb_failed = EINA_TRUE;
+   else if (ic->info.statinfo.st_size >= (ic->sd->config->icon.max_thumb_size ?: 5) * 1024 * 1024)
+     /* block movie thumbnails, which we can't do, and large file previews,
+      * which we won't do
+      */
+     ic->thumb_failed = EINA_TRUE;
 
    /* create thumbnails for edje files */
    if (_e_fm2_file_is_edje(ic->info.file))