diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/content/transform/AbstractContentTransformer2.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/content/transform/AbstractContentTransformer2.java
index e48f8e192b..a5c81fbbf2 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/content/transform/AbstractContentTransformer2.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/content/transform/AbstractContentTransformer2.java
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 
 import org.alfresco.api.AlfrescoPublicApi;   
 import org.alfresco.error.AlfrescoRuntimeException;
-import org.alfresco.repo.content.AbstractStreamAwareProxy;
+import org.alfresco.repo.content.AbstractStreamAwareProxy;
+import org.alfresco.repo.content.MimetypeMap;
 import org.alfresco.repo.content.StreamAwareContentReaderProxy;
 import org.alfresco.repo.content.StreamAwareContentWriterProxy;
 import org.alfresco.repo.content.metadata.AbstractMappingMetadataExtracter;
@@ -252,7 +253,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractContentTransformer2 extends AbstractContentTransfo
                 // MNT-16381: check the mimetype of the file supplied by the user
                 // matches the sourceMimetype of the reader. Intermediate files are
                 // not checked.
-                strictMimeTypeCheck(reader, options);
+                strictMimeTypeCheck(reader, options, sourceMimetype);
 
                 // Check the transformability
                 checkTransformable(reader, writer, options);
@@ -438,13 +439,17 @@ public abstract class AbstractContentTransformer2 extends AbstractContentTransfo
         }
     }
 
-    private void strictMimeTypeCheck(ContentReader reader, TransformationOptions options)
+    private void strictMimeTypeCheck(ContentReader reader, TransformationOptions options, String sourceMimetype)
         throws UnsupportedTransformationException
     {
         if (strictMimeTypeCheck && depth.get() == 1)
         {
             String differentType = getMimetypeService().getMimetypeIfNotMatches(reader.getReader());
-            if (differentType != null)
+            if (differentType != null &&
+                // Known problematic mimetypes for Tika to identify
+                !(MimetypeMap.MIMETYPE_APPLICATION_EPS.equals(sourceMimetype) &&
+                  MimetypeMap.MIMETYPE_APPLICATION_PS.equals(differentType))
+                )
             {
                 String fileName = transformerDebug.getFileName(options, true, 0);
                 String readerSourceMimetype = reader.getMimetype();
diff --git a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/content/transform/DifferrentMimeTypeTest.java b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/content/transform/DifferrentMimeTypeTest.java
index c236dd03ac..d683ae8f03 100644
--- a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/content/transform/DifferrentMimeTypeTest.java
+++ b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/content/transform/DifferrentMimeTypeTest.java
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ public class DifferrentMimeTypeTest extends TestCase
         }
 
         // Try to transform file with accurate MIME type
+        contentReader = contentReader.getReader();
         contentReader.setMimetype(actualSourceMimetype);
         actualTransformer.transform(contentReader, outputWriter, options);
     }