diff --git a/plugins/thunar-sendto-email/main.c b/plugins/thunar-sendto-email/main.c
index a324470308468252466ef384f7a317aa16269d20..0b1ba23706962d5738631a0e96574b11b7401a50 100644
--- a/plugins/thunar-sendto-email/main.c
+++ b/plugins/thunar-sendto-email/main.c
@@ -608,7 +608,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
       info = g_file_query_info (file,
                                 G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_DISPLAY_NAME ","
                                 G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_SIZE ","
-                                G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_TYPE,
+                                G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_TYPE ","
+                                G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_CONTENT_TYPE,
                                 G_FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE, NULL, &error);
 
       /* check if we failed */