diff --git a/config/alfresco/subsystems/Transformers/default/transformers.properties b/config/alfresco/subsystems/Transformers/default/transformers.properties
index 3436636ab7..042adb6acb 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/subsystems/Transformers/default/transformers.properties
+++ b/config/alfresco/subsystems/Transformers/default/transformers.properties
@@ -62,14 +62,14 @@ content.transformer.complex.Any.Image.priority=400
 
 content.transformer.complex.Text.Image.pipeline=*|pdf|complex.PDF.Image
 content.transformer.complex.Text.Image.priority=350
+content.transformer.complex.Text.Image.extensions.csv.*.supported=true
+content.transformer.complex.Text.Image.extensions.dita.*.supported=true
+content.transformer.complex.Text.Image.extensions.xml.*.supported=true
+content.transformer.complex.Text.Image.extensions.txt.*.supported=true
 
 content.transformer.OOXMLThumbnail.extensions.dotx.jpg.priority=50
 content.transformer.OOXMLThumbnail.extensions.potx.jpg.priority=50
 
-content.transformer.complex.Text.Image.extensions.csv.*.supported=true
-content.transformer.complex.Text.Image.extensions.xml.*.supported=true
-content.transformer.complex.Text.Image.extensions.txt.*.supported=true
-
 content.transformer.iWorksQuicklooks.extensions.key.jpg.priority=50
 content.transformer.iWorksQuicklooks.extensions.pages.jpg.priority=50
 content.transformer.iWorksQuicklooks.extensions.numbers.jpg.priority=50
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ content.transformer.PdfBox.priority=110
 content.transformer.PdfBox.extensions.pdf.txt.priority=50
 
 content.transformer.PdfBox.TextToPdf.extensions.csv.pdf.supported=true
+content.transformer.PdfBox.TextToPdf.extensions.dita.pdf.supported=true
 content.transformer.PdfBox.TextToPdf.extensions.xml.pdf.supported=true
 content.transformer.PdfBox.TextToPdf.maxSourceSizeKBytes=10240
 
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/content/transform/StringExtractingContentTransformer.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/content/transform/StringExtractingContentTransformer.java
index bdbb81aae1..a4479ca616 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/content/transform/StringExtractingContentTransformer.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/content/transform/StringExtractingContentTransformer.java
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ public class StringExtractingContentTransformer extends AbstractContentTransform
             // conversions from any plain text format are very reliable
             return true;
         }
-        else if (sourceMimetype.startsWith(PREFIX_TEXT))
+        else if (sourceMimetype.startsWith(PREFIX_TEXT) ||
+                 sourceMimetype.equals(MimetypeMap.MIMETYPE_DITA))
         {
             // the source is text, but probably with some kind of markup
             return true;
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ public class StringExtractingContentTransformer extends AbstractContentTransform
     {
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
         sb.append(super.getComments(available));
-        sb.append("# Only supports transformation of js and mimetypes starting with \"");
+        sb.append("# Only supports transformation of js, dita and mimetypes starting with \"");
         sb.append(PREFIX_TEXT);
         sb.append("\" to txt.\n");
         return sb.toString();
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/content/transform/TextToPdfContentTransformer.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/content/transform/TextToPdfContentTransformer.java
index a0a25ca5de..57bcb69d8c 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/content/transform/TextToPdfContentTransformer.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/content/transform/TextToPdfContentTransformer.java
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ public class TextToPdfContentTransformer extends AbstractContentTransformer2
     {
         if ( (!MimetypeMap.MIMETYPE_TEXT_PLAIN.equals(sourceMimetype) &&
               !MimetypeMap.MIMETYPE_TEXT_CSV.equals(sourceMimetype) &&
+              !MimetypeMap.MIMETYPE_DITA.equals(sourceMimetype) &&
               !MimetypeMap.MIMETYPE_XML.equals(sourceMimetype) ) ||
             !MimetypeMap.MIMETYPE_PDF.equals(targetMimetype))
         {
@@ -129,7 +130,8 @@ public class TextToPdfContentTransformer extends AbstractContentTransformer2
     public String getComments(boolean available)
     {
         return getCommentsOnlySupports(
-                Arrays.asList(new String[] {MimetypeMap.MIMETYPE_TEXT_PLAIN, MimetypeMap.MIMETYPE_TEXT_CSV, MimetypeMap.MIMETYPE_XML}),
+                Arrays.asList(new String[] {MimetypeMap.MIMETYPE_TEXT_PLAIN, MimetypeMap.MIMETYPE_TEXT_CSV,
+                                            MimetypeMap.MIMETYPE_DITA, MimetypeMap.MIMETYPE_XML}),
                 Arrays.asList(new String[] {MimetypeMap.MIMETYPE_PDF}), available);
     }