diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/CMakeProject.mimetypes.xml b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/CMakeProject.mimetypes.xml
index d3c8f41b8d5..82894649952 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/CMakeProject.mimetypes.xml
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/CMakeProject.mimetypes.xml
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
     <sub-class-of type="text/plain"/>
     <comment>CMake Project file</comment>
     <glob pattern="CMakeLists.txt"/>
+    <glob pattern="*.cmake"/>
   </mime-type>
 </mime-info>