diff --git a/python/core/qgsmaplayer.sip.in b/python/core/qgsmaplayer.sip.in
index 3843c049960..b87409f1eee 100644
--- a/python/core/qgsmaplayer.sip.in
+++ b/python/core/qgsmaplayer.sip.in
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 
 
+
 class QgsMapLayer : QObject
 {
 %Docstring
diff --git a/src/core/qgsmaplayer.h b/src/core/qgsmaplayer.h
index 1a506697a02..3563b92a01a 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsmaplayer.h
+++ b/src/core/qgsmaplayer.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class QPainter;
 /*
  * Constants used to describe copy-paste MIME types
  */
-#define QGSCLIPBOARD_MAPLAYER_MIME "application/qgis.layer"
+#define QGSCLIPBOARD_MAPLAYER_MIME "application/qgis.maplayer"
 
 /**
  * \ingroup core