diff --git a/lib/private/Files/Type/Detection.php b/lib/private/Files/Type/Detection.php
index 66ef0dd2aabfa..84d727ebb0e9a 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/Type/Detection.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/Type/Detection.php
@@ -166,9 +166,11 @@ public function getAllMappings() {
 	public function detectPath($path) {
 		$this->loadMappings();
 
-		if (strpos($path, '.')) {
+		$fileName = basename($path);
+		// note: leading dot doesn't qualify as extension
+		if (strpos($fileName, '.') > 0) {
 			//try to guess the type by the file extension
-			$extension = strtolower(strrchr(basename($path), "."));
+			$extension = strtolower(strrchr($fileName, '.'));
 			$extension = substr($extension, 1); //remove leading .
 			return (isset($this->mimetypes[$extension]) && isset($this->mimetypes[$extension][0]))
 				? $this->mimetypes[$extension][0]
diff --git a/tests/lib/Files/Type/DetectionTest.php b/tests/lib/Files/Type/DetectionTest.php
index 11267ee2e7dfc..87e0f94e3e275 100644
--- a/tests/lib/Files/Type/DetectionTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/Files/Type/DetectionTest.php
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ public function testDetectPath() {
 		$this->assertEquals('text/plain', $this->detection->detectPath('foo.txt'));
 		$this->assertEquals('image/png', $this->detection->detectPath('foo.png'));
 		$this->assertEquals('image/png', $this->detection->detectPath('foo.bar.png'));
+		$this->assertEquals('image/png', $this->detection->detectPath('.hidden/foo.png'));
+		$this->assertEquals('image/png', $this->detection->detectPath('test.jpg/foo.png'));
 		$this->assertEquals('application/octet-stream', $this->detection->detectPath('.png'));
 		$this->assertEquals('application/octet-stream', $this->detection->detectPath('foo'));
 		$this->assertEquals('application/octet-stream', $this->detection->detectPath(''));