diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/shared-mime-info/shared-mime-info.inc b/meta/recipes-support/shared-mime-info/shared-mime-info.inc
index c8cab29..57e829c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/shared-mime-info/shared-mime-info.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/shared-mime-info/shared-mime-info.inc
@@ -17,13 +17,16 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-update-mimedb"
 FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/mime"
 FILES_${PN}-dev += "${datadir}/pkgconfig/shared-mime-info.pc"
 
+# freedesktop.org.xml is only required when updating the mime database,
+# package it separately
+PACKAGES += "shared-mime-info-data"
+FILES_shared-mime-info-data = "${datadir}/mime/packages/freedesktop.org.xml"
+RDEPENDS_shared-mime-info-data = "shared-mime-info"
+
 do_install () {
 	autotools_do_install
 
 	update-mime-database ${D}${datadir}/mime
-
-	# we do not need it on device and it is huge
-	rm ${D}${datadir}/mime/packages/freedesktop.org.xml
 }
 
 do_install_virtclass-native () {
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/shared-mime-info/shared-mime-info_0.91.bb b/meta/recipes-support/shared-mime-info/shared-mime-info_0.91.bb
index 0c3b01c..bc4a8f7 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/shared-mime-info/shared-mime-info_0.91.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/shared-mime-info/shared-mime-info_0.91.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require shared-mime-info.inc
-PR = "r1"
+PR = "r2"
 
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "982a211560ba4c47dc791ccff34e8fbc"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "98cfebe1d809afb24934e634373821e2a1dfa86fc6462cab230589a1c80988bd"