--- contrib/file/apprentice.c.org	2013-06-18 18:14:45.000000000 +0200
+++ contrib/file/apprentice.c	2013-08-26 12:01:20.000000000 +0200
@@ -2231,7 +2231,7 @@
 	if (ms->flags & MAGIC_MIME) {
 		asprintf(&buf, "%.*s.mime%s", (int)(q - fn), fn, ext);
 		if (access(buf, R_OK) != -1) {
-			ms->flags &= MAGIC_MIME_TYPE;
+			ms->flags &= MAGIC_MIME_TYPE | MAGIC_SYMLINK;
 			return buf;
 		}
 		free(buf);
@@ -2240,7 +2240,7 @@
 
 	/* Compatibility with old code that looked in .mime */
 	if (strstr(p, ".mime") != NULL)
-		ms->flags &= MAGIC_MIME_TYPE;
+		ms->flags &= MAGIC_MIME_TYPE | MAGIC_SYMLINK;
 	return buf;
 }