@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ class Config(object):

     bucket_location = "US"

     default_mime_type = "binary/octet-stream"

     guess_mime_type = True

+    use_mime_magic = True

     mime_type = ""

     enable_multipart = True

     multipart_chunk_size_mb = 15    # MB

@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ class S3(object):

         content_type = self.config.mime_type

         content_encoding = None

         if filename != "-" and not content_type and self.config.guess_mime_type:

-            (content_type, content_encoding) = mime_magic(filename)

+            (content_type, content_encoding) = mime_magic(filename) if self.config.use_mime_magic else mimetypes.guess_type(filename)

         if not content_type:

             content_type = self.config.default_mime_type

@@ -1863,6 +1863,7 @@ def main():

     optparser.add_option(      "--default-mime-type", dest="default_mime_type", action="store_true", help="Default MIME-type for stored objects. Application default is binary/octet-stream.")

     optparser.add_option("-M", "--guess-mime-type", dest="guess_mime_type", action="store_true", help="Guess MIME-type of files by their extension or mime magic. Fall back to default MIME-Type as specified by --default-mime-type option")

     optparser.add_option(      "--no-guess-mime-type", dest="guess_mime_type", action="store_false", help="Don't guess MIME-type and use the default type instead.")

+    optparser.add_option(      "--no-mime-magic", dest="use_mime_magic", action="store_false", help="Don't use mime magic when guessing MIME-type.")

     optparser.add_option("-m", "--mime-type", dest="mime_type", type="mimetype", metavar="MIME/TYPE", help="Force MIME-type. Override both --default-mime-type and --guess-mime-type.")

     optparser.add_option(      "--add-header", dest="add_header", action="append", metavar="NAME:VALUE", help="Add a given HTTP header to the upload request. Can be used multiple times. For instance set 'Expires' or 'Cache-Control' headers (or both) using this options if you like.")

@@ -253,6 +253,9 @@ Guess MIME-type of files by their extension or mime magic. Fall back to default

 \fB\-\-no\-guess\-mime\-type\fR

 Don't guess MIME-type and use the default type instead.

 .TP

+\fB\-\-no\-mime\-magic\fR

+Don't use mime magic when guessing MIME-type.

+.TP

 \fB\-m\fR MIME/TYPE, \fB\-\-mime\-type\fR=MIME/TYPE

 Force MIME-type. Override both \fB--default-mime-type\fR and \fB--guess-mime-type\fR.

 .TP