diff --git a/src/apps/text_search/FileIterator.cpp b/src/apps/text_search/FileIterator.cpp
index b46e862d56..8a4a945371 100644
--- a/src/apps/text_search/FileIterator.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/text_search/FileIterator.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ FileIterator::_ExamineFile(BEntry& entry, char* buffer, bool textFilesOnly)
 			return true;
 		}
 	}
+	// Make an exception for XHTML files
+	if (strcmp("application/xhtml+xml", mimeTypeString) == 0)
+		return true;
 
 	return false;
 }