diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/QmlJSEditor.mimetypes.xml b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/QmlJSEditor.mimetypes.xml
index 4f17f907ecf..044d71fbf64 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/QmlJSEditor.mimetypes.xml
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/QmlJSEditor.mimetypes.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <mime-info xmlns='http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info'>
     <mime-type type="application/x-qml">
+        <alias type="text/x-qml"/>
         <sub-class-of type="text/plain"/>
         <comment>QML file</comment>
         <glob pattern="*.qml"/>