diff --git a/src/Intervention/Image/Image.php b/src/Intervention/Image/Image.php
index cb55f554..1739603e 100644
--- a/src/Intervention/Image/Image.php
+++ b/src/Intervention/Image/Image.php
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ class Image
      */
     public $filename;
 
+    /**
+     * MIME type of image
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    public $mimetype;
+
     /**
      * Attributes of the original created image
      *
@@ -184,7 +191,11 @@ class Image
         $this->filename = $info['filename'];
 
         // set image info
-        list($this->width, $this->height, $this->type) = @getimagesize($path);
+        $info = getimagesize($path);
+        $this->width = $info[0];
+        $this->height = $info[1];
+        $this->type = $info[2];
+        $this->mimetype = $info['mime'];
 
         // set resource
         switch ($this->type) {
diff --git a/tests/ImageTest.php b/tests/ImageTest.php
index 2d909e64..eba2b14e 100644
--- a/tests/ImageTest.php
+++ b/tests/ImageTest.php
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class ImageTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_Testcase
         $this->assertEquals($img->basename, 'test.jpg');
         $this->assertEquals($img->extension, 'jpg');
         $this->assertEquals($img->filename, 'test');
+        $this->assertEquals($img->mimetype, 'image/jpeg');
 
         $img = new Image(null, 800, 600);
         $this->assertInstanceOf('Intervention\Image\Image', $img);
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ class ImageTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_Testcase
         $this->assertEquals($img->basename, 'test.jpg');
         $this->assertEquals($img->extension, 'jpg');
         $this->assertEquals($img->filename, 'test');
+        $this->assertEquals($img->mimetype, 'image/jpeg');
     }
 
     public function testCreationFromFile()
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ class ImageTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_Testcase
         $this->assertEquals($img->basename, 'test.jpg');
         $this->assertEquals($img->extension, 'jpg');
         $this->assertEquals($img->filename, 'test');
+        $this->assertEquals($img->mimetype, 'image/jpeg');
     }
 
     public function testResizeImage()
@@ -1074,6 +1077,7 @@ class ImageTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_Testcase
         $this->assertEquals($img->basename, 'test.jpg');
         $this->assertEquals($img->extension, 'jpg');
         $this->assertEquals($img->filename, 'test');
+        $this->assertEquals($img->mimetype, 'image/jpeg');
     }
 
     public function testStaticCallCanvas()