diff --git a/api/funkwhale_api/music/utils.py b/api/funkwhale_api/music/utils.py
index 571bc4ddd..84f55dda7 100644
--- a/api/funkwhale_api/music/utils.py
+++ b/api/funkwhale_api/music/utils.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ def compute_status(jobs):
 
 AUDIO_EXTENSIONS_AND_MIMETYPE = [
     ("ogg", "audio/ogg"),
+    ("opus", "audio/opus"),
     ("mp3", "audio/mpeg"),
     ("flac", "audio/x-flac"),
     ("flac", "audio/flac"),
diff --git a/changes/changelog.d/868.enhancement b/changes/changelog.d/868.enhancement
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13fc39530
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/changelog.d/868.enhancement
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added opus to the list of supported mimetypes and extensions (#868)