diff --git a/epub.py b/epub.py
index e9c8618..8c7453a 100644
--- a/epub.py
+++ b/epub.py
@@ -11,12 +11,18 @@ from html.parser import HTMLParser
 try:
     import magic
     have_magic = True
+    have_filetype = False
 except ImportError:
     have_magic = False
-    print('Warning: python-magic not found. The mimetype in EPUB file may wrong.')  # noqa: E501
-    import platform
-    if platform.system() == "Windows":
-        print('python-magic-bin is also needed on Windows.')
+    try:
+        import filetype
+        have_filetype = True
+    except ImportError:
+        have_filetype = False
+        print('Warning: python-magic or filetype not found. The mimetype in EPUB file may wrong.')  # noqa: E501
+        import platform
+        if platform.system() == "Windows":
+            print('python-magic-bin is also needed on Windows if you use magic.')  # noqa: E501
 
 
 # Add fallback property to ebooklib
@@ -155,6 +161,10 @@ class HTMLImage:
             with open(self.path, 'rb') as f:
                 mime = magic.from_buffer(f.read(4096), True)
             self.epub_path = os.path.splitext(self.epub_path)[0] + get_extension(mime)  # noqa: E501
+        if have_filetype:
+            with open(self.path, 'rb') as f:
+                mime = filetype.guess_mime(f.read(4096))
+            self.epub_path = os.path.splitext(self.epub_path)[0] + get_extension(mime)  # noqa: E501
         d = {'src': self.epub_path}
         if self.alt:
             d['alt'] = self.alt
@@ -281,6 +291,9 @@ class EpubFile:
         if have_magic:
             mime_type = magic.from_buffer(cover, mime=True)
             file_name = 'cover' + get_extension(mime_type)
+        elif have_filetype:
+            mime_type = filetype.guess_mime(cover)
+            file_name = 'cover' + get_extension(mime_type)
         else:
             file_name = 'cover.png'
         self.epub.set_cover(file_name, cover)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 54a34ce..3bcbef1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ lxml
 python-magic
 python-magic-bin ; sys_platform == 'win32'
 requests
+filetype