diff --git a/common/filetype.c b/common/filetype.c
index a04fbdd..5d6a544 100644
--- a/common/filetype.c
+++ b/common/filetype.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 	[filetype_ch_image] = { "TI OMAP CH boot image", "ch-image" },
 	[filetype_ch_image_be] = {
 			"TI OMAP CH boot image (big endian)", "ch-image-be" },
+	[filetype_exe] = { "MS-DOS executable", "exe" },
 };
 
 const char *file_type_to_string(enum filetype f)
@@ -236,6 +237,9 @@
 	if (bufsize < 64)
 		return filetype_unknown;
 
+	if (buf8[0] == 'M' && buf8[1] == 'Z')
+		return filetype_exe;
+
 	if (is_barebox_arm_head(_buf))
 		return filetype_arm_barebox;
 	if (buf[9] == 0x016f2818 || buf[9] == 0x18286f01)
diff --git a/include/filetype.h b/include/filetype.h
index fc3140c..eedf4b4 100644
--- a/include/filetype.h
+++ b/include/filetype.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 	filetype_barebox_env,
 	filetype_ch_image,
 	filetype_ch_image_be,
+	filetype_exe,
 	filetype_max,
 };