diff --git a/file_entity.module b/file_entity.module
index e9dcd26..b60904a 100644
--- a/file_entity.module
+++ b/file_entity.module
@@ -805,3 +805,21 @@ function theme_file_entity_file_link($variables) {
 
   return '<span class="file">' . $icon . ' ' . l($link_text, $url, $options) . '</span>';
 }
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_entity_property_info().
+ */
+function file_entity_entity_property_info() {
+  $info['file']['properties']['type'] = array(
+    'label' => t("File type"),
+    'type' => 'token',
+    'description' => t("The type of the file."),
+    'setter callback' => 'entity_property_verbatim_set',
+    'setter permission' => 'administer files',
+    'options list' => 'file_type_get_names',
+    'required' => TRUE,
+    'schema field' => 'type',
+  );
+
+  return $info;
+}