diff --git a/geonode/qgis_server/tests/test_views.py b/geonode/qgis_server/tests/test_views.py
index 0b8d3bfa718..f1e0fe10e1e 100644
--- a/geonode/qgis_server/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/geonode/qgis_server/tests/test_views.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ def test_ogc_specific_layer(self):
                 'style_name': 'default'
             }))
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
-        self.assertEqual(response.get('Content-Type'), 'text/xml')
+        self.assertEqual(response.get('Content-Type'), 'text/vnd.qt.qml')
 
         # Set thumbnail from viewed bbox
         response = self.client.get(
diff --git a/geonode/qgis_server/views.py b/geonode/qgis_server/views.py
index cd18b40bfe9..fc10b8e6f3f 100644
--- a/geonode/qgis_server/views.py
+++ b/geonode/qgis_server/views.py
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ def qml_style(request, layername, style_name=None):
         response = requests.get(style_url)
         if response.status_code == 200:
             response = HttpResponse(
-                response.content, content_type='text/xml')
+                response.content, content_type='text/vnd.qt.qml')
             response[
                 'Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename=%s.qml' % (
                 style_name, )