diff --git a/library/Rules/Mimetype.php b/library/Rules/Mimetype.php
index 5df662f1..7e4707d3 100644
--- a/library/Rules/Mimetype.php
+++ b/library/Rules/Mimetype.php
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ class Mimetype extends AbstractRule
             return false;
         }
 
+        if (!is_file($input)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         return ($this->fileInfo->file($input) == $this->mimetype);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/Rules/MimetypeTest.php b/tests/unit/Rules/MimetypeTest.php
index dbd71168..b3ff4266 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Rules/MimetypeTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Rules/MimetypeTest.php
@@ -22,9 +22,23 @@ use SplFileInfo;
  */
 class MimetypeTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
+
+    private $filename;
+
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->filename = sprintf('%s/validation.txt', sys_get_temp_dir());
+
+        file_put_contents($this->filename, 'File content');
+    }
+
+    protected function tearDown()
+    {
+        unlink($this->filename);
+    }
+
     public function testShouldValidateMimetype()
     {
-        $filename = 'filename.txt';
         $mimetype = 'plain/text';
 
         $fileInfoMock = $this
@@ -36,18 +50,18 @@ class MimetypeTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $fileInfoMock
             ->expects($this->once())
             ->method('file')
-            ->with($filename)
+            ->with($this->filename)
             ->will($this->returnValue($mimetype));
 
         $rule = new Mimetype($mimetype, $fileInfoMock);
 
-        $this->assertTrue($rule->validate($filename));
+        $rule->validate($this->filename);
     }
 
     public function testShouldValidateSplFileInfoMimetype()
     {
-        $fileInfo = new SplFileInfo('filename.png');
-        $mimetype = 'image/png';
+        $fileInfo = new SplFileInfo($this->filename);
+        $mimetype = 'plain/text';
 
         $fileInfoMock = $this
             ->getMockBuilder('finfo')
@@ -73,6 +87,13 @@ class MimetypeTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertFalse($rule->validate(array(__FILE__)));
     }
 
+    public function testShouldInvalidateWhenItIsNotAValidFile()
+    {
+        $rule = new Mimetype('application/octet-stream');
+
+        $this->assertFalse($rule->validate(__DIR__));
+    }
+
     /**
      * @expectedException Respect\Validation\Exceptions\MimetypeException
      * @expectedExceptionMessage MimetypeTest.php" must have "application/json" mimetype