diff --git a/lib/mail/message.rb b/lib/mail/message.rb
index 73eb1e3e4..74656df82 100644
--- a/lib/mail/message.rb
+++ b/lib/mail/message.rb
@@ -1771,7 +1771,7 @@ def add_file(values)
     private_constant :MULTIPART_CONVERSION_CONTENT_FIELDS if respond_to?(:private_constant)
 
     def convert_to_multipart
-      text_part = Mail::Part.new(:body => body.decoded)
+      text_part = Mail::Part.new(:content_type => 'text/plain;', :body => body.decoded)
 
       MULTIPART_CONVERSION_CONTENT_FIELDS.each do |field_name|
         if value = send(field_name)
diff --git a/spec/mail/message_spec.rb b/spec/mail/message_spec.rb
index e2405cf58..6b7d834bc 100644
--- a/spec/mail/message_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/mail/message_spec.rb
@@ -1507,6 +1507,28 @@ def message_headers_should_match(message, other)
         end
       end
 
+      describe "add_file sets content_type from attachment" do
+        it "should work if set before body" do
+          m = Mail.new
+          m.add_file :filename=>'a.txt', :content=>'b'
+          m.body 'c'
+          expect(m.parts.first.content_type).to match(/text\/plain/)
+          expect(m.parts.first.body.encoded).to eq('b')
+          expect(m.parts.last.content_type).to match(/text\/plain/)
+          expect(m.parts.last.body.encoded).to eq('c')
+        end
+
+        it "should work if set after body" do
+          m = Mail.new
+          m.body 'c'
+          m.add_file :filename=>'a.txt', :content=>'b'
+          expect(m.parts.first.content_type).to match(/text\/plain/)
+          expect(m.parts.first.body.encoded).to eq('c')
+          expect(m.parts.last.content_type).to match(/text\/plain/)
+          expect(m.parts.last.body.encoded).to eq('b')
+        end
+      end
+
       describe "content-transfer-encoding" do
 
         it "should use 7bit for only US-ASCII chars" do