diff --git a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
index 81d5d4eac..0136c120e 100644
--- a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ macro(createPackage)
 
         install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/licenses/imhex)
         install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/dist/imhex.desktop DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/applications)
+        install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/dist/imhex.mime.xml DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/mime/packages RENAME imhex.xml)
         install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources/icon.png DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/pixmaps RENAME imhex.png)
         downloadImHexPatternsFiles("./share/imhex")
 
diff --git a/dist/Arch/PKGBUILD b/dist/Arch/PKGBUILD
index 59bc3a7ec..8acc2a483 100644
--- a/dist/Arch/PKGBUILD
+++ b/dist/Arch/PKGBUILD
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ package() {
 
     install -d "$pkgdir/usr/share/imhex"
     cp -r "$srcdir/usr/share/imhex/"{constants,encodings,includes,magic,patterns} "$pkgdir/usr/share/imhex"
-    cp -r "$srcdir/usr/share/"{applications,licenses,pixmaps} "$pkgdir/usr/share"
+    cp -r "$srcdir/usr/share/"{applications,licenses,pixmaps,mime} "$pkgdir/usr/share"
 }
diff --git a/dist/imhex.desktop b/dist/imhex.desktop
index 5e02c8ace..d02f96f11 100644
--- a/dist/imhex.desktop
+++ b/dist/imhex.desktop
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ StartupNotify=true
 Categories=Development;IDE;
 StartupWMClass=imhex
 Keywords=static-analysis;reverse-engineering;disassembler;disassembly;hacking;forensics;hex-editor;cybersecurity;security;binary-analysis;
+MimeType=application/vnd.imhex.proj;
diff --git a/dist/imhex.mime.xml b/dist/imhex.mime.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cddc55494
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/imhex.mime.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<mime-info xmlns="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info">
+    <mime-type type="application/vnd.imhex.proj">
+        <comment>ImHex Project</comment>
+        <glob pattern="*.hexproj"/>
+    </mime-type>
+</mime-info>
diff --git a/dist/rpm/imhex.spec b/dist/rpm/imhex.spec
index 17ce0ad97..56c67ee75 100644
--- a/dist/rpm/imhex.spec
+++ b/dist/rpm/imhex.spec
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ cp -a lib/third_party/xdgpp/LICENSE                                  %{buildroot
 %{_bindir}/imhex-updater
 %{_datadir}/pixmaps/%{name}.png
 %{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
+%{_datadir}/mime/packages/%{name}.xml
 %{_libdir}/libimhex.so*
 %{_libdir}/%{name}/
 %{_metainfodir}/net.werwolv.%{name}.metainfo.xml
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