diff --git a/debian/qgis.menu b/debian/qgis.menu
index 9ee7a08158b..23a509d2463 100644
--- a/debian/qgis.menu
+++ b/debian/qgis.menu
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-?package(qgis):needs="X11" section="Apps/Science"\
+?package(qgis):needs="X11" section="Apps"\
   icon="/usr/share/pixmaps/qgis-icon.png" title="QGIS"\
   command="/usr/bin/qgis"
diff --git a/debian/qgis.mime b/debian/qgis.mime
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b3d74e6ff01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/qgis.mime
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+application/shp; qgis '%s'; edit=qgis '%s'; test=test "$DISPLAY" != ""; priority=2
+application/mif; qgis '%s'; edit=qgis '%s'; test=test "$DISPLAY" != ""; priority=2
+application/jpg; qgis '%s'; edit=qgis '%s'; test=test "$DISPLAY" != ""; priority=2
+application/tif; qgis '%s'; edit=qgis '%s'; test=test "$DISPLAY" != ""; priority=2
+application/aig; qgis '%s'; edit=qgis '%s'; test=test "$DISPLAY" != ""; priority=2
+application/ecw; qgis '%s'; edit=qgis '%s'; test=test "$DISPLAY" != ""; priority=2
+application/sid; qgis '%s'; edit=qgis '%s'; test=test "$DISPLAY" != ""; priority=2
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index e4961530a75..4f3734c920f 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ binary-arch: build install
 	dh_desktop
 	dh_installman -pqgis debian/gridmaker.1
 	dh_installman -plibqgis1-dev debian/qgis-config.1
+	dh_installmime -pqgis
 	dh_link
 	dh_strip
 	dh_compress --exclude=pdf