diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index c77270c7cd..969c2de951 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -1197,7 +1197,7 @@ sub mimetype_guess_file {
 	}
 	close(MIME);
 
-	$filename =~ /\.(.*?)$/;
+	$filename =~ /\.([^.]*)$/;
 	return $mimemap{$1};
 }