diff --git a/client/equo.py b/client/equo.py
index dd2090554..cf1233f60 100644
--- a/client/equo.py
+++ b/client/equo.py
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ help_opts = [
         (2, 'list', 2, _('list packages based on the chosen parameter below')),
             (3, 'installed', 2, _('list installed packages')),
             (3, 'available [repos]', 1, _('list available packages')),
+        (2, 'mimetype', 2, _('search packages able to handle given mimetypes')),
+            (3, '--installed', 2, _('search among installed packages')),
         (2, 'needed', 2, _('show runtime libraries needed by the provided atoms')),
         (2, 'orphans', 1, _('search files that do not belong to any package')),
         (2, 'removal', 1, _('show the removal tree for the specified atoms')),
diff --git a/client/text_query.py b/client/text_query.py
index 785de93a1..cd2a718b6 100644
--- a/client/text_query.py
+++ b/client/text_query.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def query(options):
             multi_match = True
         elif (opt == "--multirepo") and (first_opt == "match"):
             multi_repo = True
-        elif (opt == "--installed") and (first_opt == "match"):
+        elif (opt == "--installed") and (first_opt in ("match", "mimetype",)):
             match_installed = True
         elif (opt == "--showrepo") and (first_opt == "match"):
             show_repo = True
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ def query(options):
     elif myopts[0] == "needed":
         rc_status = search_needed_libraries(myopts[1:])
 
+    elif myopts[0] == "mimetype":
+        rc_status = search_mimetype(myopts[1:], installed = match_installed)
+
     elif myopts[0] == "required":
         rc_status = search_required_libraries(myopts[1:])
 
@@ -1211,6 +1214,47 @@ def search_package(packages, Equo = None, get_results = False,
         return rc_results
     return 0
 
+def search_mimetype(mimetypes, Equo = None, installed = False):
+
+    if Equo is None:
+        Equo = EquoInterface()
+
+    if not etpUi['quiet']:
+        print_info(darkred(" @@ ") + darkgreen("%s..." % (_("Searching mimetype"),) ),
+            back = True)
+    found = False
+
+    for mimetype in mimetypes:
+
+        if not etpUi['quiet']:
+            print_info("%s: %s" % (blue("  # "), bold(mimetype),))
+
+        if installed:
+            matches = [(x, etpConst['clientdbid']) for x in \
+                Equo.search_installed_mimetype(mimetype)]
+        else:
+            matches = Equo.search_available_mimetype(mimetype)
+
+        if matches:
+            found = True
+
+        for match in matches:
+            dbconn = Equo.open_repository(match[1])
+            print_package_info(match[0], dbconn, Equo = Equo,
+                extended = etpUi['verbose'])
+
+        if not etpUi['quiet']:
+            toc = []
+            toc.append(("%s:" % (blue(_("Keyword")),), purple(mimetype)))
+            toc.append(("%s:" % (blue(_("Found")),), "%s %s" % (
+                len(matches), brown(_("entries")),)))
+            print_table(toc)
+
+    if not etpUi['quiet'] and not found:
+        print_info(darkred(" @@ ") + darkgreen("%s." % (_("No matches"),) ))
+
+    return 0
+
 def match_package(packages, multiMatch = False, multiRepo = False,
     showRepo = False, showDesc = False, Equo = None, get_results = False,
     installed = False):
diff --git a/docs/man/equo.pod b/docs/man/equo.pod
index 326551a30..287b61916 100644
--- a/docs/man/equo.pod
+++ b/docs/man/equo.pod
@@ -570,6 +570,18 @@ list installed packages
 
 =back
 
+=item B<mimetype>
+
+search packages able to handle given mimetypes
+
+=over
+
+=item B<--installed>
+
+search inside installed packages
+
+=back
+
 =item B<needed>
 
 show runtime libraries needed by the provided atoms
diff --git a/docs/man/man1/equo.1 b/docs/man/man1/equo.1
index 62c474297..e80a4deaf 100644
--- a/docs/man/man1/equo.1
+++ b/docs/man/man1/equo.1
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 .\" ========================================================================
 .\"
 .IX Title "EQUO 1"
-.TH EQUO 1 "2010-04-16" "perl v5.10.1" "Entropy"
+.TH EQUO 1 "2010-05-02" "perl v5.10.1" "Entropy"
 .\" For nroff, turn off justification.  Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
 .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
 .if n .ad l
@@ -575,6 +575,16 @@ list installed packages
 .RE
 .RS 4
 .RE
+.IP "\fBmimetype\fR" 4
+.IX Item "mimetype"
+search packages able to handle given mimetypes
+.RS 4
+.IP "\fB\-\-installed\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--installed"
+search inside installed packages
+.RE
+.RS 4
+.RE
 .IP "\fBneeded\fR" 4
 .IX Item "needed"
 show runtime libraries needed by the provided atoms
@@ -1160,6 +1170,6 @@ Fabio Erculiani <lxnay@sabayon.org>
 .SH "POD ERRORS"
 .IX Header "POD ERRORS"
 Hey! \fBThe above document had some coding errors, which are explained below:\fR
-.IP "Around line 1320:" 4
-.IX Item "Around line 1320:"
+.IP "Around line 1332:" 4
+.IX Item "Around line 1332:"
 You forgot a '=back' before '=head1'
diff --git a/libraries/entropy/client/interfaces/methods.py b/libraries/entropy/client/interfaces/methods.py
index 37839b66e..4174e3ae3 100644
--- a/libraries/entropy/client/interfaces/methods.py
+++ b/libraries/entropy/client/interfaces/methods.py
@@ -1731,3 +1731,32 @@ class MatchMixin:
             except OSError:
                 shutil.copy2(tmp_path, mask_file)
                 os.remove(tmp_path)
+
+    def search_installed_mimetype(self, mimetype):
+        """
+        Given a mimetype, return list of installed package identifiers
+        belonging to packages that can handle it.
+
+        @param mimetype: mimetype string
+        @type mimetype: string
+        @return: list of installed package identifiers
+        @rtype: list
+        """
+        return self._installed_repository.searchProvidedMime(mimetype)
+
+    def search_available_mimetype(self, mimetype):
+        """
+        Given a mimetype, return list of available package matches
+        belonging to packages that can handle it.
+
+        @param mimetype: mimetype string
+        @type mimetype: string
+        @return: list of available package matches
+        @rtype: list
+        """
+        packages = []
+        for repo in self._enabled_repos:
+            repo_db = self.open_repository(repo)
+            packages += [(x, repo) for x in \
+                repo_db.searchProvidedMime(mimetype)]
+        return packages