diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/ImageUploader.php b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/ImageUploader.php
index 7599e46f76e30..7f047327460ca 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/ImageUploader.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/ImageUploader.php
@@ -69,14 +69,9 @@ class ImageUploader
     /**
      * List of allowed image mime types
      *
-     * @var array
+     * @var string[]
      */
-    private $allowedMimeTypes = [
-        'image/jpg',
-        'image/jpeg',
-        'image/gif',
-        'image/png'
-    ];
+    private $allowedMimeTypes;
 
     /**
      * ImageUploader constructor
@@ -89,6 +84,7 @@ class ImageUploader
      * @param string $baseTmpPath
      * @param string $basePath
      * @param string[] $allowedExtensions
+     * @param string[] $allowedMimeTypes
      */
     public function __construct(
         \Magento\MediaStorage\Helper\File\Storage\Database $coreFileStorageDatabase,
@@ -98,7 +94,8 @@ public function __construct(
         \Psr\Log\LoggerInterface $logger,
         $baseTmpPath,
         $basePath,
-        $allowedExtensions
+        $allowedExtensions,
+        $allowedMimeTypes = []
     ) {
         $this->coreFileStorageDatabase = $coreFileStorageDatabase;
         $this->mediaDirectory = $filesystem->getDirectoryWrite(\Magento\Framework\App\Filesystem\DirectoryList::MEDIA);
@@ -108,6 +105,7 @@ public function __construct(
         $this->baseTmpPath = $baseTmpPath;
         $this->basePath = $basePath;
         $this->allowedExtensions = $allowedExtensions;
+        $this->allowedMimeTypes = $allowedMimeTypes;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -167,7 +165,7 @@ public function getBasePath()
     }
 
     /**
-     * Retrieve base path
+     * Retrieve allowed extensions
      *
      * @return string[]
      */
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Test/Unit/Model/ImageUploaderTest.php b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Test/Unit/Model/ImageUploaderTest.php
index bd8871c21de9e..4435446f77bfb 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Test/Unit/Model/ImageUploaderTest.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Test/Unit/Model/ImageUploaderTest.php
@@ -69,10 +69,17 @@ class ImageUploaderTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
     /**
      * Allowed extensions
      *
-     * @var string
+     * @var array
      */
     private $allowedExtensions;
 
+    /**
+     * Allowed mime types
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    private $allowedMimeTypes;
+
     protected function setUp()
     {
         $this->coreFileStorageDatabaseMock = $this->createMock(
@@ -97,6 +104,7 @@ protected function setUp()
         $this->baseTmpPath = 'base/tmp/';
         $this->basePath =  'base/real/';
         $this->allowedExtensions = ['.jpg'];
+        $this->allowedMimeTypes = ['image/jpg', 'image/jpeg', 'image/gif', 'image/png'];
 
         $this->imageUploader =
             new \Magento\Catalog\Model\ImageUploader(
@@ -107,7 +115,8 @@ protected function setUp()
                 $this->loggerMock,
                 $this->baseTmpPath,
                 $this->basePath,
-                $this->allowedExtensions
+                $this->allowedExtensions,
+                $this->allowedMimeTypes
             );
     }
 
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/etc/di.xml b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/etc/di.xml
index 3eecfb3c7453a..4d3a8a452ead9 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/etc/di.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/etc/di.xml
@@ -211,6 +211,12 @@
                 <item name="gif" xsi:type="string">gif</item>
                 <item name="png" xsi:type="string">png</item>
             </argument>
+            <argument name="allowedMimeTypes" xsi:type="array">
+                <item name="jpg" xsi:type="string">image/jpg</item>
+                <item name="jpeg" xsi:type="string">image/jpeg</item>
+                <item name="gif" xsi:type="string">image/gif</item>
+                <item name="png" xsi:type="string">image/png</item>
+            </argument>
         </arguments>
     </virtualType>
     <type name="Magento\Catalog\Controller\Adminhtml\Category\Image\Upload">
diff --git a/dev/tests/integration/testsuite/Magento/Catalog/Model/ImageUploaderTest.php b/dev/tests/integration/testsuite/Magento/Catalog/Model/ImageUploaderTest.php
index 723ff963e2bfc..ea151c2f68750 100644
--- a/dev/tests/integration/testsuite/Magento/Catalog/Model/ImageUploaderTest.php
+++ b/dev/tests/integration/testsuite/Magento/Catalog/Model/ImageUploaderTest.php
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ protected function setUp()
             [
                 'baseTmpPath' => $this->mediaDirectory->getRelativePath('tmp'),
                 'basePath' => __DIR__,
-                'allowedExtensions' => ['jpg', 'jpeg', 'gif', 'png']
+                'allowedExtensions' => ['jpg', 'jpeg', 'gif', 'png'],
+                'allowedMimeTypes' => ['image/jpg', 'image/jpeg', 'image/gif', 'image/png']
             ]
         );
     }