diff --git a/legacy/edje/data/Makefile.am b/legacy/edje/data/Makefile.am
index eac54ce66d..bd673a041c 100644
--- a/legacy/edje/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/legacy/edje/data/Makefile.am
@@ -3,5 +3,8 @@ MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
 
 SUBDIRS = include
 
-EXTRA_DIST = edc.vim edje-mode.el
+mimedir = $(datadir)/mime/packages
+mime_DATA = edje.xml
+
+EXTRA_DIST = edc.vim edje-mode.el $(mime_DATA)
 
diff --git a/legacy/edje/data/edje.xml b/legacy/edje/data/edje.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb299e7021
--- /dev/null
+++ b/legacy/edje/data/edje.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<mime-info xmlns="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info">
+	<mime-type type="text/edje">
+		<comment>Edje source file</comment>
+		<glob pattern="*.edc"/>
+	</mime-type>
+	<mime-type type="application/edje">
+		<comment>Edje file</comment>
+		<glob pattern="*.edj"/>
+	</mime-type>
+</mime-info>