diff --git a/lib/middleware/common.js b/lib/middleware/common.js
index b13433e64..f7255ffbb 100644
--- a/lib/middleware/common.js
+++ b/lib/middleware/common.js
@@ -92,9 +92,20 @@ var setHeavyCacheHeaders = function (response) {
   response.setHeader('Cache-Control', 'public, max-age=31536000')
 }
 
+var initializeMimeTypes = function (config){
+  if(config && config.mime){
+    for (var mimeType in config.mime) {
+      var map = {}
+      map[mimeType] = config.mime[mimeType]
+      mime.define(map)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 // PUBLIC API
 exports.PromiseContainer = PromiseContainer
 exports.createServeFile = createServeFile
 exports.setNoCacheHeaders = setNoCacheHeaders
 exports.setHeavyCacheHeaders = setHeavyCacheHeaders
+exports.initializeMimeTypes = initializeMimeTypes
 exports.serve404 = serve404
diff --git a/lib/web-server.js b/lib/web-server.js
index fbb9c6eb4..a6ef00e5a 100644
--- a/lib/web-server.js
+++ b/lib/web-server.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ createCustomHandler.$inject = ['customFileHandlers', 'config.basePath']
 
 var createWebServer = function (injector, emitter, fileList) {
   var config = injector.get('config')
+  common.initializeMimeTypes(config);
   var serveStaticFile = common.createServeFile(fs, path.normalize(__dirname + '/../static'), config)
   var serveFile = common.createServeFile(fs, null, config)
   var filesPromise = new common.PromiseContainer()