diff --git a/src/macosx/lib/flavormap.properties b/src/macosx/lib/flavormap.properties
index 4a9f5fe3ffe194e9c7eeed7b366498ca68ef81c3..b00f2c2c3a644ef069e042dc3a4ac5ecb4d3578d 100644
--- a/src/macosx/lib/flavormap.properties
+++ b/src/macosx/lib/flavormap.properties
@@ -76,5 +76,6 @@ FILE_NAME=application/x-java-file-list;class=java.util.List
 text/uri-list=application/x-java-file-list;class=java.util.List
 PNG=image/x-java-image;class=java.awt.Image
 JFIF=image/x-java-image;class=java.awt.Image
+TIFF=image/x-java-image;class=java.awt.Image
 RICH_TEXT=text/rtf
 HTML=text/html;charset=utf-8;eoln="\r\n";terminators=1