diff --git a/components/ILIAS/FileUpload/src/MimeType.php b/components/ILIAS/FileUpload/src/MimeType.php
index 727a5d0027a3..e9f70e6eeae2 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/FileUpload/src/MimeType.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/FileUpload/src/MimeType.php
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ class MimeType
     public const IMAGE__VND_RN_REALPIX = 'image/vnd.rn-realpix';
     public const IMAGE__VND_WAP_WBMP = 'image/vnd.wap.wbmp';
     public const IMAGE__VND_XIFF = 'image/vnd.xiff';
+    public const IMAGE__WEBP = 'image/webp';
     public const IMAGE__XBM = 'image/xbm';
     public const IMAGE__XPM = 'image/xpm';
     public const IMAGE__X_ADOBE_DNG = 'image/x-adobe-dng';
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/FileUpload/src/mime_type_map.php b/components/ILIAS/FileUpload/src/mime_type_map.php
index 91d1be0f8d32..9699262b7dc3 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/FileUpload/src/mime_type_map.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/FileUpload/src/mime_type_map.php
@@ -849,6 +849,7 @@
     'wbmp' => ILIAS\FileUpload\MimeType::IMAGE__VND_WAP_WBMP,
     'web' => ILIAS\FileUpload\MimeType::APPLICATION__VND_XARA,
     'webm' => ILIAS\FileUpload\MimeType::VIDEO__WEBM,
+    'webp' => ILIAS\FileUpload\MimeType::IMAGE__WEBP,
     'wiz' => ILIAS\FileUpload\MimeType::APPLICATION__MSWORD,
     'wk1' => ILIAS\FileUpload\MimeType::APPLICATION__X_123,
     'wm' => ILIAS\FileUpload\MimeType::VIDEO__X_MS_WM,