diff --git a/classes/File.php b/classes/File.php
index f4d0a3a488..96a4de6e8e 100644
--- a/classes/File.php
+++ b/classes/File.php
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class File extends Memcached_DataObject
         $file_id = $x->insert();
 
         if (isset($redir_data['type'])
-            && ('text/html' === substr($redir_data['type'], 0, 9))
+            && (('text/html' === substr($redir_data['type'], 0, 9) || 'application/xhtml+xml' === substr($redir_data['type'], 0, 21)))
             && ($oembed_data = File_oembed::_getOembed($given_url))) {
                 File_oembed::saveNew($oembed_data, $file_id);
         }