diff --git a/files/copr/lighttpd/mime.conf b/files/copr/lighttpd/mime.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3101edce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/copr/lighttpd/mime.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#######################################################################
+##
+##  MimeType handling
+## -------------------
+##
+## http://www.lighttpd.net/documentation/configuration.html#mimetypes
+##
+## Use the "Content-Type" extended attribute to obtain mime type if
+## possible
+##
+mimetype.use-xattr        = "disable"
+
+##
+## mimetype mapping
+##
+mimetype.assign             = (
+  ".pdf"          =>      "application/pdf",
+  ".sig"          =>      "application/pgp-signature",
+  ".spl"          =>      "application/futuresplash",
+  ".class"        =>      "application/octet-stream",
+  ".ps"           =>      "application/postscript",
+  ".torrent"      =>      "application/x-bittorrent",
+  ".dvi"          =>      "application/x-dvi",
+  ".gz"           =>      "application/x-gzip",
+  ".pac"          =>      "application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig",
+  ".swf"          =>      "application/x-shockwave-flash",
+  ".tar.gz"       =>      "application/x-tgz",
+  ".tgz"          =>      "application/x-tgz",
+  ".tar"          =>      "application/x-tar",
+  ".zip"          =>      "application/zip",
+  ".mp3"          =>      "audio/mpeg",
+  ".m3u"          =>      "audio/x-mpegurl",
+  ".wma"          =>      "audio/x-ms-wma",
+  ".wax"          =>      "audio/x-ms-wax",
+  ".ogg"          =>      "application/ogg",
+  ".wav"          =>      "audio/x-wav",
+  ".gif"          =>      "image/gif",
+  ".jpg"          =>      "image/jpeg",
+  ".jpeg"         =>      "image/jpeg",
+  ".png"          =>      "image/png",
+  ".xbm"          =>      "image/x-xbitmap",
+  ".xpm"          =>      "image/x-xpixmap",
+  ".xwd"          =>      "image/x-xwindowdump",
+  ".css"          =>      "text/css",
+  ".html"         =>      "text/html",
+  ".htm"          =>      "text/html",
+  ".js"           =>      "text/javascript",
+  ".asc"          =>      "text/plain",
+  ".c"            =>      "text/plain",
+  ".cpp"          =>      "text/plain",
+  ".log"          =>      "text/plain",
+  ".conf"         =>      "text/plain",
+  ".text"         =>      "text/plain",
+  ".txt"          =>      "text/plain",
+  ".spec"         =>      "text/plain",
+  ".dtd"          =>      "text/xml",
+  ".xml"          =>      "text/xml",
+  ".mpeg"         =>      "video/mpeg",
+  ".mpg"          =>      "video/mpeg",
+  ".mov"          =>      "video/quicktime",
+  ".qt"           =>      "video/quicktime",
+  ".avi"          =>      "video/x-msvideo",
+  ".asf"          =>      "video/x-ms-asf",
+  ".asx"          =>      "video/x-ms-asf",
+  ".wmv"          =>      "video/x-ms-wmv",
+  ".bz2"          =>      "application/x-bzip",
+  ".tbz"          =>      "application/x-bzip-compressed-tar",
+  ".tar.bz2"      =>      "application/x-bzip-compressed-tar",
+  ".rpm"          =>      "application/x-rpm",
+  # make the default mime type application/octet-stream.
+  ""              =>      "text/plain",
+ )
+
+
+#
+#######################################################################
+
diff --git a/playbooks/hosts/copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml b/playbooks/hosts/copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
index 4e29355478..970b19723f 100644
--- a/playbooks/hosts/copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
+++ b/playbooks/hosts/copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
@@ -58,8 +58,12 @@
     notify: 
     - restart lighttpd
 
-  - name: turn on dirlisting
-    action: copy src=$files/copr/lighttpd/dirlisting.conf dest=/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/dirlisting.conf owner=root group=root mode=0644
+  # mime default to text/plain and enable dirlisting for indexes
+  - name: update lighttpd configs
+    action: copy src=$files/copr/lighttpd/$item dest=/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/$item owner=root group=root mode=0644
+    with_items:
+    - dirlisting.conf
+    - mime.conf
     notify: 
     - restart lighttpd