Index: C:/Development/Projekte/JackRabbit/jackrabbit-jcr-server/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/server/io/DefaultHandler.java
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--- C:/Development/Projekte/JackRabbit/jackrabbit-jcr-server/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/server/io/DefaultHandler.java	(revision 619439)
+++ C:/Development/Projekte/JackRabbit/jackrabbit-jcr-server/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/server/io/DefaultHandler.java	(working copy)
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@
         if (isCollection) {
             contentNode = parentNode;
         } else {
+            String orgMimeType = null;
             if (parentNode.hasNode(JcrConstants.JCR_CONTENT)) {
                 contentNode = parentNode.getNode(JcrConstants.JCR_CONTENT);
                 // check if nodetype is compatible (might be update of an existing file)
@@ -303,12 +304,19 @@
                         }
                     }
                 } else {
+                	//if we find a mimetype, set it again on the created content node see http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCR-1393
+                	if (contentNode.hasProperty(JcrConstants.JCR_MIMETYPE)) {
+                    	orgMimeType = contentNode.getProperty(JcrConstants.JCR_MIMETYPE).getString();
+                	}
                     contentNode.remove();
                     contentNode = null;
                 }
             }
             if (contentNode == null) {
                 contentNode = parentNode.addNode(JcrConstants.JCR_CONTENT, getContentNodeType());
+                if (orgMimeType != null) {
+                	contentNode.setProperty(JcrConstants.JCR_MIMETYPE, orgMimeType);
+                }
             }
         }
         return contentNode;