diff --git a/mimetypes.prov b/mimetypes.prov
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d35a437
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mimetypes.prov
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Transform desktop mimetype info into RPM provides
+
+OLD_IFS="$IFS"
+while read instfile ; do
+	case "$instfile" in
+	*.desktop)
+		mime=`cat $instfile | grep MimeType | cut -d'=' -f2`
+                 IFS=';'
+ 		for type in $mime ; do
+ 		        echo 'mimetype('$type')'
+ 	        done
+ 		;;
+ 	esac
+ done
+ IFS=$OLD_IFS
+
diff --git a/update-desktop-files.changes b/update-desktop-files.changes
index 70dea06..18727b1 100644
--- a/update-desktop-files.changes
+++ b/update-desktop-files.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 25 16:56:23 CEST 2008 - sreeves@suse.de
+
+- add mimetype.prov to generate mime type rpm provides at build time
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep 19 16:40:27 CEST 2008 - ke@suse.de
 
diff --git a/update-desktop-files.spec b/update-desktop-files.spec
index 20b51c3..3ba4f2f 100644
--- a/update-desktop-files.spec
+++ b/update-desktop-files.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 Name:           update-desktop-files
 Version:        11.0
-Release:        53
+Release:        54
 Summary:        A Build Tool to Update Desktop Files
 License:        GPL v2 or later
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Source1:        map-desktop-category.sh
 Source4:        untranslate.pl
 Source10:       desktop-translations.tar.bz2
 Source99:       PREPARE_PACKAGE
+Source100:      mimetypes.prov
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 %description
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/rpm
 install -m 0755 %SOURCE0 %SOURCE1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/rpm
 popd
 %find_lang desktop_translations
+install -m0755 %SOURCE100 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/rpm
 
 %clean
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
@@ -108,6 +110,8 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Sep 25 2008 sreeves@suse.de
+- add mimetype.prov to generate mime type rpm provides at build time
 * Fri Sep 19 2008 ke@suse.de
 - update translations.
 * Mon Sep 01 2008 ke@suse.de