diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c941fc478..8b17936a8 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
         git \
         ssh-client \
+        libmagic1 \
         gnupg \
         ca-certificates \
     && apt-get clean \
diff --git a/kapitan/utils.py b/kapitan/utils.py
index a0745d1ce..14067cdba 100644
--- a/kapitan/utils.py
+++ b/kapitan/utils.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import collections
 import json
 import logging
+import magic
 import math
 import os
 import re
@@ -530,6 +531,11 @@ def make_request(source):
 
 def unpack_downloaded_file(file_path, output_path, content_type):
     """unpacks files of various MIME type and stores it to the output_path"""
+
+    if (content_type == None or content_type == "application/octet-stream"):
+        if re.search(r"^Zip archive data.*", magic.from_file(file_path)):
+            content_type = 'application/zip'
+
     if content_type == "application/x-tar":
         tar = tarfile.open(file_path)
         tar.extractall(path=output_path)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a7a3a5e62..3a11561cf 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ python-dateutil==2.8.2
     #   botocore
 python-gnupg==0.4.7
     # via -r requirements.txt
+python-magic==0.4.27
+    # via -r requirements.txt
 pytz==2021.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements.txt