diff --git a/src/corelib/mimetypes/qmimeprovider.cpp b/src/corelib/mimetypes/qmimeprovider.cpp
index dab5bb81c9..887db51e5c 100644
--- a/src/corelib/mimetypes/qmimeprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/mimetypes/qmimeprovider.cpp
@@ -560,10 +560,13 @@ void QMimeBinaryProvider::loadMimeTypePrivate(QMimeTypePrivate &data)
     // load comment and globPatterns
 
     const QString file = data.name + QLatin1String(".xml");
-    const QStringList mimeFiles = QStandardPaths::locateAll(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, QString::fromLatin1("mime/") + file);
+    // shared-mime-info since 1.3 lowercases the xml files
+    QStringList mimeFiles = QStandardPaths::locateAll(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, QString::fromLatin1("mime/") + file.toLower());
     if (mimeFiles.isEmpty()) {
-        // TODO: ask Thiago about this
-        qWarning() << "No file found for" << file << ", even though the file appeared in a directory listing.";
+        mimeFiles = QStandardPaths::locateAll(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, QString::fromLatin1("mime/") + file); // pre-1.3
+    }
+    if (mimeFiles.isEmpty()) {
+        qWarning() << "No file found for" << file << ", even though update-mime-info said it would exist.";
         qWarning() << "Either it was just removed, or the directory doesn't have executable permission...";
         qWarning() << QStandardPaths::locateAll(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, QLatin1String("mime"), QStandardPaths::LocateDirectory);
         return;
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/mimetypes/qmimedatabase/tst_qmimedatabase.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/mimetypes/qmimedatabase/tst_qmimedatabase.cpp
index a7ec12b758..8bc90d917e 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/mimetypes/qmimedatabase/tst_qmimedatabase.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/mimetypes/qmimedatabase/tst_qmimedatabase.cpp
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ void tst_QMimeDatabase::installNewGlobalMimeType()
         QSKIP("shared-mime-info not found, skipping mime.cache test");
 
     QCOMPARE(db.mimeTypeForFile(QLatin1String("foo.ymu"), QMimeDatabase::MatchExtension).name(),
-             QString::fromLatin1("text/x-suse-ymu"));
+             QString::fromLatin1("text/x-SuSE-ymu"));
     QVERIFY(db.mimeTypeForName(QLatin1String("text/x-suse-ymp")).isValid());
     checkHasMimeType("text/x-suse-ymp");
 
@@ -954,8 +954,9 @@ void tst_QMimeDatabase::installNewLocalMimeType()
     }
 
     QCOMPARE(db.mimeTypeForFile(QLatin1String("foo.ymu"), QMimeDatabase::MatchExtension).name(),
-             QString::fromLatin1("text/x-suse-ymu"));
+             QString::fromLatin1("text/x-SuSE-ymu"));
     QVERIFY(db.mimeTypeForName(QLatin1String("text/x-suse-ymp")).isValid());
+    QCOMPARE(db.mimeTypeForName(QLatin1String("text/x-SuSE-ymu")).comment(), QString("URL of a YaST Meta Package"));
     checkHasMimeType("text/x-suse-ymp");
 
     // Test that a double-definition of a mimetype doesn't lead to sniffing ("conflicting globs").
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/mimetypes/qmimedatabase/yast2-metapackage-handler-mimetypes.xml b/tests/auto/corelib/mimetypes/qmimedatabase/yast2-metapackage-handler-mimetypes.xml
index ef3035ef4a..bb352b7ba2 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/mimetypes/qmimedatabase/yast2-metapackage-handler-mimetypes.xml
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/mimetypes/qmimedatabase/yast2-metapackage-handler-mimetypes.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <glob pattern="*.ymp"/>
   </mime-type>
 
-  <mime-type type="text/x-suse-ymu">
+  <mime-type type="text/x-SuSE-ymu">
     <comment>URL of a YaST Meta Package</comment>
     <glob pattern="*.ymu"/>
   </mime-type>