diff -puNr shared-mime-info.orig/freedesktop.org.xml.in shared-mime-info/freedesktop.org.xml.in
--- shared-mime-info.orig/freedesktop.org.xml.in	2007-08-29 22:02:10.000000000 +0200
+++ shared-mime-info/freedesktop.org.xml.in	2007-08-31 20:07:41.000000000 +0200
@@ -3520,6 +3520,14 @@ command to generate the output files.
       <match value="using" type="string" offset="0"/>
     </magic>
   </mime-type>
+  <mime-type type="text/x-vala">
+    <sub-class-of type="text/x-csrc"/>
+    <_comment>Vala source code</_comment>
+    <glob pattern="*.vala"/>
+    <magic priority="35">
+      <match value="using GLib" type="string" offset="0"/>
+    </magic>
+  </mime-type>
   <mime-type type="text/x-dcl">
     <sub-class-of type="text/plain"/>
     <_comment>DCL script</_comment>
diff -puNr shared-mime-info.orig/tests/list shared-mime-info/tests/list
--- shared-mime-info.orig/tests/list	2007-08-29 22:02:10.000000000 +0200
+++ shared-mime-info/tests/list	2007-08-31 19:53:15.000000000 +0200
@@ -52,3 +52,4 @@ text-utf8.txt text/plain ox
 text.pdf application/pdf
 project.glade application/x-glade
 text.ps application/postscript
+test.vala text/x-vala
diff -puNr shared-mime-info.orig/tests/test.vala shared-mime-info/tests/test.vala
--- shared-mime-info.orig/tests/test.vala	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ shared-mime-info/tests/test.vala	2007-08-31 20:46:11.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+using GLib;
+
+public class Sample : Object {
+	public Sample () {
+	}
+
+	public void run () {
+		stdout.printf ("Hello World\n");
+	}
+
+	static int main (string[] args) {
+		var sample = new Sample ();
+		sample.run ();
+		return 0;
+	}
+}