diff --git a/Lib/mimetypes.py b/Lib/mimetypes.py
index bee2ff75347..b0d2f181728 100644
--- a/Lib/mimetypes.py
+++ b/Lib/mimetypes.py
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ __all__ = [
 
 knownfiles = [
     "/etc/mime.types",
+    "/etc/httpd/mime.types",                    # Mac OS X
+    "/etc/httpd/conf/mime.types",               # Apache
+    "/etc/apache/mime.types",                   # Apache 1
+    "/etc/apache2/mime.types",                  # Apache 2
     "/usr/local/etc/httpd/conf/mime.types",
     "/usr/local/lib/netscape/mime.types",
     "/usr/local/etc/httpd/conf/mime.types",     # Apache 1.2