diff --git a/freedesktop.org.xml.in b/freedesktop.org.xml.in
index 315ecb5..1cc7dd4 100644
--- a/freedesktop.org.xml.in
+++ b/freedesktop.org.xml.in
@@ -4694,6 +4694,7 @@ command to generate the output files.
     <_comment>translation file</_comment>
     <sub-class-of type="text/plain"/>
     <glob pattern="*.po"/>
+    <alias type="application/x-gettext"/>
     <alias type="text/x-po"/>
   </mime-type>
   <mime-type type="text/x-gettext-translation-template">