diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index cfd9f32..0cc7d7c 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ install_requires =
     sphinx
     bs4
     lxml
+    python-magic
     importlib-metadata; python_version<"3.8"
 
 [options.entry_points]
diff --git a/zundler/embed.py b/zundler/embed.py
index feff2d7..ba006a7 100644
--- a/zundler/embed.py
+++ b/zundler/embed.py
@@ -249,9 +249,13 @@ def embed_css_resources(css, filename):
 
 
 def mime_type_from_bytes(buffer):
-    from io import BytesIO
-    from sphinx.util.images import guess_mimetype_for_stream
-    mime_type = guess_mimetype_for_stream(BytesIO(buffer))
+    try:
+        import magic
+        mime_type = magic.Magic(mime=True).from_buffer(buffer)
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error("Error while guessing mime type: " + str(buffer[:10]) + '...')
+        logger.error(str(e))
+        return 'application/octet-stream'
     return mime_type