Index: Makefile
==================================================================
--- Makefile
+++ Makefile
@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@
 filed: filed.o
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o "$@" $^ $(LIBS)
 
 filed.o: filed.c filed-mime-types.h
 
-filed-mime-types.h: generate-mime-types
-	./generate-mime-types "$(MIMETYPES)" > filed-mime-types.h.new
+filed-mime-types.h: generate-mime-types mime.types
+	./generate-mime-types "$(MIMETYPES)" > filed-mime-types.h.new || \
+		./generate-mime-types mime.types > filed-mime-types.h.new
 	mv filed-mime-types.h.new filed-mime-types.h
 
 install: filed filed.1
 	test -d "$(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1" || mkdir -p "$(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1"
 	test -d "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)" || mkdir -p "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)"

Index: generate-mime-types
==================================================================
--- generate-mime-types
+++ generate-mime-types
@@ -42,13 +42,23 @@
 	return $retval
 
 }
 
 # Read contents of mime types file
-set fd [open $mimeinfofile]
-set mimeinfo [read $fd]
-close $fd
+catch {
+	set fd [open $mimeinfofile]
+	set mimeinfo [read $fd]
+	close $fd
+}
+
+if {![info exists mimeinfo]} {
+	puts stderr "Not using $mimeinfofile, unreadable."
+
+	exit 1
+}
+
+puts stderr "Using $mimeinfofile as mime.types"
 
 # Parse into type and extensions pairs
 foreach line [split $mimeinfo "\n"] {
 	regsub {#.*} $line {} line
 	set line [string trim $line]

ADDED   mime.types
Index: mime.types
==================================================================
--- mime.types
+++ mime.types
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+text/html html htm
+test/plain txt text
+video/mp4 mp4 mpg4
+audio/mpeg mp3 mpg3
+application/zip zip