diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 81dacf2b6a..50a835a5bf 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -6129,7 +6129,16 @@ sub git_blob_plain {
 	# want to be sure not to break that by serving the image as an
 	# attachment (though Firefox 3 doesn't seem to care).
 	my $sandbox = $prevent_xss &&
-		$type !~ m!^(?:text/plain|image/(?:gif|png|jpeg))(?:[ ;]|$)!;
+		$type !~ m!^(?:text/[a-z]+|image/(?:gif|png|jpeg))(?:[ ;]|$)!;
+
+	# serve text/* as text/plain
+	if ($prevent_xss &&
+	    ($type =~ m!^text/[a-z]+\b(.*)$! ||
+	     ($type =~ m!^[a-z]+/[a-z]\+xml\b(.*)$! && -T $fd))) {
+		my $rest = $1;
+		$rest = defined $rest ? $rest : '';
+		$type = "text/plain$rest";
+	}
 
 	print $cgi->header(
 		-type => $type,