diff --git a/pkgs/data/misc/mime-types/default.nix b/pkgs/data/misc/mime-types/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bce1c5d81d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/misc/mime-types/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "mime-types-${version}";
+  version = "9";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://mirrors.kernel.org/gentoo/distfiles/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0pib8v0f5xwwm3xj2ygdi2dlxxvbq6p95l3fah5f66qj9xrqlqxl";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+    install -Dm644 -t $out/etc mime.types
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A database of common mappings of file extensions to MIME types";
+    homepage = https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/app-misc/mime-types;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 13df874194e..64c99d79274 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13539,6 +13539,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   shaderc = callPackage ../development/compilers/shaderc { };
 
+  mime_types = callPackage ../data/misc/mime-types { };
+
   shared_mime_info = callPackage ../data/misc/shared-mime-info { };
 
   shared_desktop_ontologies = callPackage ../data/misc/shared-desktop-ontologies { };