diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index 366274094..4655f9f87 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Version UNRELEASED - 2012-XX-XX
  * Fix $copy not preserving multi-value variables as documented (PICARD-138)
  * Load/save free-text tags for ID3 as TXXX frames (PICARD-148)
  * Fix writing of MusicBrainz Work Id / musicbrainz_workid to tags (PICARD-88)
+ * Handle mimetype for embedding cover art from EXIF jpegs (PICARD-27)
 
 Version 0.16 - 2011-10-23
  * Added AcoustID support.
diff --git a/picard/util/mimetype.py b/picard/util/mimetype.py
index ae53ebe9a..e3325067d 100644
--- a/picard/util/mimetype.py
+++ b/picard/util/mimetype.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ EXTENSION_MIME_TYPE_MAP = dict([(b, a) for a, b in MIME_TYPE_EXTENSION_MAP.items
 
 def get_from_data(data, filename=None, default=None):
     """Tries to determine the mime type from the given data."""
-    if data.startswith('\xff\xd8\xff\xe0'):
+    if data.startswith('\xff\xd8\xff'):
         return 'image/jpeg'
     elif data.startswith('\x89PNG\x0d\x0a\x1a\x0a'):
         return 'image/png'