diff --git a/config.php.sample b/config.php.sample
index b8852dc672..5c5fb5b539 100644
--- a/config.php.sample
+++ b/config.php.sample
@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ $config['sphinx']['port'] = 3312;
 // Support for file uploads (attachments),
 // select supported mimetypes and quotas (in bytes)
 // $config['attachments']['supported'] = array('image/png', 'application/ogg');
+// $config['attachments']['supported'] = true; //allow all file types to be uploaded
+
 // $config['attachments']['file_quota'] = 5000000;
 // $config['attachments']['user_quota'] = 50000000;
 // $config['attachments']['monthly_quota'] = 15000000;
diff --git a/lib/mediafile.php b/lib/mediafile.php
index e3d5b1dbcc..10d90d0081 100644
--- a/lib/mediafile.php
+++ b/lib/mediafile.php
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ class MediaFile
             $filetype = MIME_Type::autoDetect($stream['uri']);
         }
 
-        if (in_array($filetype, common_config('attachments', 'supported'))) {
+        if (common_config('attachments', 'supported') === true || in_array($filetype, common_config('attachments', 'supported'))) {
             return $filetype;
         }
         $media = MIME_Type::getMedia($filetype);