diff --git a/doc/changelog.txt b/doc/changelog.txt
index 869ba23..27ac54b 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.txt
+++ b/doc/changelog.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 0.13 "" (released xx.xx.xxxx)
 
   * Fix command argument order when extracting cpio archives.
+  * Added correct cpio MIME type on Debian systems.
 
 0.12 "Galaxy Quest" (released 20.11.2010)
 
diff --git a/patoolib/util.py b/patoolib/util.py
index 5d152fb..5db3c7a 100644
--- a/patoolib/util.py
+++ b/patoolib/util.py
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ FileText2Mime = {
     "ARJ archive data": "application/x-arj",
     "bzip2 compressed data": "application/x-bzip2",
     "cpio archive": "application/x-cpio",
+    "ASCII cpio archive": "application/x-cpio",
     "Debian binary package": "application/x-debian-package",
     "gzip compressed data": "application/x-gzip",
     "lzop compressed data": "application/x-lzop",