1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/shared-mime-info/shared-mime-info.inc b/meta/recipes-support/shared-mime-info/shared-mime-info.inc
index c8cab291da..57e829c114 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/shared-mime-info/shared-mime-info.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/shared-mime-info/shared-mime-info.inc
@@ -17,13 +17,16 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-update-mimedb"
 FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/mime"
 FILES_${PN}-dev += "${datadir}/pkgconfig/shared-mime-info.pc"
 
+# freedesktop.org.xml is only required when updating the mime database,
+# package it separately
+PACKAGES += "shared-mime-info-data"
+FILES_shared-mime-info-data = "${datadir}/mime/packages/freedesktop.org.xml"
+RDEPENDS_shared-mime-info-data = "shared-mime-info"
+
 do_install () {
         autotools_do_install
 
         update-mime-database ${D}${datadir}/mime
-
-        # we do not need it on device and it is huge
-        rm ${D}${datadir}/mime/packages/freedesktop.org.xml
 }
 
 do_install_virtclass-native () {