diff --git a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/repository/MetadataBitstreamRestRepository.java b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/repository/MetadataBitstreamRestRepository.java
index 4f4ca065cdaa..8208a662ce79 100644
--- a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/repository/MetadataBitstreamRestRepository.java
+++ b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/repository/MetadataBitstreamRestRepository.java
@@ -226,7 +226,8 @@ private List<FileInfo> getFilePreviewContent(Context context, Bitstream bitstrea
     private List<FileInfo> processInputStreamToFilePreview(Context context, Bitstream bitstream,
                                                            List<FileInfo> fileInfos, InputStream inputStream)
             throws IOException, SQLException, ParserConfigurationException, SAXException, ArchiveException {
-        if (bitstream.getFormat(context).getMIMEType().equals("text/plain")) {
+        String bitstreamMimeType = bitstream.getFormat(context).getMIMEType();
+        if (bitstreamMimeType.equals("text/plain") || bitstreamMimeType.equals("text/html")) {
             String data = getFileContent(inputStream);
             fileInfos.add(new FileInfo(data, false));
         } else {