diff --git a/plugins/git/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/git/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/plugins/git/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/git/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,3 +32,6 @@
     add_subdirectory(tests)
 endif()
 add_subdirectory(icons)
+
+install(FILES kdevgit.xml DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_MIMEDIR})
+update_xdg_mimetypes(${KDE_INSTALL_MIMEDIR})
diff --git a/plugins/git/kdevgit.xml b/plugins/git/kdevgit.xml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/git/kdevgit.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<mime-info xmlns="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info">
+  <!-- TODO: find who else uses mimetypes for those files and which. See to push upstream -->
+  <mime-type type="application/x-gitignore">
+    <comment>Git Ignore Rules</comment>
+    <glob pattern=".gitignore"/>
+    <generic-icon name="git"/>
+    <sub-class-of type="text/plain"/>
+  </mime-type>
+  <mime-type type="application/x-gitattributes">
+    <comment>Git Attribute Rules</comment>
+    <glob pattern=".gitattributes"/>
+    <generic-icon name="git"/>
+    <sub-class-of type="text/plain"/>
+  </mime-type>
+</mime-info>