diff --git a/examples/ezmlmwebrc.dist b/examples/ezmlmwebrc.dist
index c55f70f..20517a5 100644
--- a/examples/ezmlmwebrc.dist
+++ b/examples/ezmlmwebrc.dist
@@ -122,3 +122,7 @@ $HTML_CSS_COLOR = "/ezmlm-web/color-red-blue.css";
 # setting individually
 $HTML_LANGUAGE = "en";
 
+# turn support for encrypted mailing lists on or off - defaults to 0 (off) 
+# see https://systemausfall.org/toolforge/gpgpy-ezmlm for details 
+#$GPG_SUPPORT = 0; 
+
diff --git a/ezmlm-web.cgi b/ezmlm-web.cgi
index c56b76b..ad0d218 100755
--- a/ezmlm-web.cgi
+++ b/ezmlm-web.cgi
@@ -1926,7 +1926,7 @@ sub gnupg_import_key {
 		# Sanity check
 		my $fileinfo = $q->uploadInfo($upload_file);
 		my $filetype = $fileinfo->{'Content-Type'};
-		unless($filetype =~ m{^text/}i) {
+		unless (($filetype =~ m{^text/}i) || ($filetype eq 'application/pgp-encrypted')) {
 			$warning = 'InvalidFileFormat';
 			warn "[ezmlm-web] mime type of uploaded file rejected: $filetype";
 			return (1==0);