diff --git a/headers/private/storage/mime/TextSnifferAddon.h b/headers/private/storage/mime/TextSnifferAddon.h
index 4a0adb8cd2..7ef924e374 100644
--- a/headers/private/storage/mime/TextSnifferAddon.h
+++ b/headers/private/storage/mime/TextSnifferAddon.h
@@ -14,9 +14,13 @@ namespace Storage {
 namespace Mime {
 
 
+class DatabaseLocation;
+
+
 class TextSnifferAddon : public BMimeSnifferAddon {
 public:
-								TextSnifferAddon();
+								TextSnifferAddon(
+									DatabaseLocation* databaseLocation);
 	virtual						~TextSnifferAddon();
 
 	virtual	size_t				MinimalBufferSize();
@@ -26,6 +30,9 @@ public:
 	virtual	float				GuessMimeType(BFile* file,
 									const void* buffer, int32 length,
 									BMimeType* type);
+
+private:
+			DatabaseLocation*	fDatabaseLocation;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/kits/storage/mime/TextSnifferAddon.cpp b/src/kits/storage/mime/TextSnifferAddon.cpp
index 9120c515cd..3dd02f510a 100644
--- a/src/kits/storage/mime/TextSnifferAddon.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/storage/mime/TextSnifferAddon.cpp
@@ -8,18 +8,22 @@
 
 #include <MimeType.h>
 
+#include <mime/DatabaseLocation.h>
+
 
 namespace BPrivate {
 namespace Storage {
 namespace Mime {
 
 
-static int file_ascmagic(const unsigned char *buf, size_t nbytes,
-	BMimeType* mimeType);
+static int file_ascmagic(DatabaseLocation* databaseLocation,
+	const unsigned char *buf, size_t nbytes, BMimeType* mimeType);
 
 
 // constructor
-TextSnifferAddon::TextSnifferAddon()
+TextSnifferAddon::TextSnifferAddon(DatabaseLocation* databaseLocation)
+	:
+	fDatabaseLocation(databaseLocation)
 {
 }
 
@@ -48,7 +52,8 @@ float
 TextSnifferAddon::GuessMimeType(BFile* file, const void* buffer, int32 length,
 	BMimeType* type)
 {
-	if (file_ascmagic((const unsigned char*)buffer, length, type)) {
+	if (file_ascmagic(fDatabaseLocation, (const unsigned char*)buffer, length,
+			type)) {
 		// If the buffer is very short, we return a lower priority. Maybe
 		// someone else knows better.
 		if (length < 20)
@@ -128,7 +133,8 @@ static int ascmatch(const unsigned char *, const my_unichar *, size_t);
 
 
 static int
-file_ascmagic(const unsigned char *buf, size_t nbytes, BMimeType* mimeType)
+file_ascmagic(DatabaseLocation* databaseLocation, const unsigned char *buf,
+	size_t nbytes, BMimeType* mimeType)
 {
 	size_t i;
 	unsigned char *nbuf = NULL;
@@ -330,14 +336,16 @@ done:
 
 		bool found = false;
 		if (subtypeMimeSpecific != NULL) {
-			mimeType->SetTo(subtypeMimeSpecific);
-			if (mimeType->IsInstalled())
-				found = true;			
+			if (databaseLocation->IsInstalled(subtypeMimeSpecific)) {
+				mimeType->SetTo(subtypeMimeSpecific);
+				found = true;
+			}
 		}
 		if (!found && subtypeMimeGeneric != NULL) {
-			mimeType->SetTo(subtypeMimeGeneric);
-			if (mimeType->IsInstalled())
-				found = true;			
+			if (databaseLocation->IsInstalled(subtypeMimeGeneric)) {
+				mimeType->SetTo(subtypeMimeGeneric);
+				found = true;
+			}
 		}
 		if (!found)
 			mimeType->SetTo("text/plain");
diff --git a/src/servers/registrar/MIMEManager.cpp b/src/servers/registrar/MIMEManager.cpp
index 20214488f9..7be789ba3c 100644
--- a/src/servers/registrar/MIMEManager.cpp
+++ b/src/servers/registrar/MIMEManager.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ init_mime_sniffer_add_on_manager()
 		return NULL;
 
 	MimeSnifferAddonManager* manager = MimeSnifferAddonManager::Default();
-	manager->AddMimeSnifferAddon(new(nothrow) TextSnifferAddon());
+	manager->AddMimeSnifferAddon(new(nothrow) TextSnifferAddon(
+		BPrivate::Storage::Mime::default_database_location()));
 	return manager;
 }