diff --git a/src/filters/rclwpd b/src/filters/rclwpd
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..fdf940b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/filters/rclwpd
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# @(#$Id: rclwpd,v 1.1 2007-08-26 13:34:59 dockes Exp $  (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes
+# Some inspiration from estraier
+#================================================================
+# rclwpd
+# convert wordperfect documents to html, by  executing the wpd2html program:
+#    http://libwpd.sourceforge.net/download.html
+#================================================================
+
+# set variables
+LANG=C ; export LANG
+LC_ALL=C ; export LC_ALL
+progname="rclwpd"
+filetype=wpd
+
+
+#RECFILTCOMMONCODE
+##############################################################################
+# !! Leave the previous line unmodified!! Code imported from the
+# recfiltcommon file
+
+# Utility code common to all shell filters. This could be sourced at run
+# time, but it's slightly more efficient to include the code in the
+# filters at build time (with a sed script).
+
+# Describe error in a way that can be interpreted by our caller
+senderror()
+{
+    echo RECFILTERROR $*
+    # Also alert on stderr just in case
+    echo ":2:$progname::: $*" 1>&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+iscmd()
+{
+    cmd=$1
+    case $cmd in
+    */*)
+	if test -x $cmd ; then return 0; else return 1; fi ;;
+    *)
+      oldifs=$IFS; IFS=":"; set -- $PATH; IFS=$oldifs
+      for d in $*;do test -x $d/$cmd && return 0;done
+      return 1 ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+checkcmds()
+{
+    for cmd in $*;do
+      if iscmd $cmd 
+      then 
+        a=1
+      else 
+        senderror HELPERNOTFOUND $cmd
+      fi
+    done
+}
+
+# show help message
+if test $# -ne 1 -o "$1" = "--help" 
+then
+  echo "Convert a $filetype file to HTML text for Recoll indexing."
+  echo "Usage: $progname [infile]"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+infile="$1"
+
+# check the input file existence (may be '-' for stdin)
+if test "X$infile" != X- -a ! -f "$infile"
+then
+  senderror INPUTNOSUCHFILE "$infile"
+fi
+
+# protect access to our temp files and directories
+umask 77
+
+##############################################################################
+# !! Leave the following line unmodified !
+#ENDRECFILTCOMMONCODE
+
+checkcmds wpd2html
+
+# output the result. wpd2html output doesn't seem to need any adjustment?
+
+wpd2html  "$infile" 2> /dev/null 
diff --git a/src/sampleconf/mimeconf b/src/sampleconf/mimeconf
index 6a14ff41..659ccd14 100644
--- a/src/sampleconf/mimeconf
+++ b/src/sampleconf/mimeconf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#$Id: mimeconf,v 1.32 2007-07-01 06:52:21 dockes Exp $  (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes
+# @(#$Id: mimeconf,v 1.33 2007-08-26 13:34:59 dockes Exp $  (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes
 
 # Recoll : associations of mime types to processing filters.
 # There are different sections for decompression, 'interning' for indexing
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ application/vnd.sun.xml.math = exec rclsoff
 application/vnd.sun.xml.writer = exec rclsoff
 application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.global = exec rclsoff
 application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.template = exec rclsoff
+application/vnd.wordperfect = exec rclwpd
 application/x-abiword = exec rclabw
 application/x-dvi = exec rcldvi
 application/x-flac = exec rclflac
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ application/vnd.sun.xml.impress.template = presentation
 application/vnd.sun.xml.writer = wordprocessing
 application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.global = wordprocessing
 application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.template = wordprocessing
+application/vnd.wordperfect = wordprocessing
 application/x-abiword = wordprocessing
 application/x-dvi = document
 application/x-flac = sownd
@@ -102,6 +104,7 @@ text = \
       application/vnd.sun.xml.writer \
       application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.global \
       application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.template \
+      application/vnd.wordperfect \
       application/x-abiword \
       application/x-dvi \
       application/x-kword \
diff --git a/src/sampleconf/mimemap b/src/sampleconf/mimemap
index a66d0fb9..354a30d1 100644
--- a/src/sampleconf/mimemap
+++ b/src/sampleconf/mimemap
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#$Id: mimemap,v 1.24 2007-07-01 06:52:21 dockes Exp $  (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes
+# @(#$Id: mimemap,v 1.25 2007-08-26 13:34:59 dockes Exp $  (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes
 # Recoll: associations of file name extensions to mime types
 
 .txt = text/plain
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@
 .kwd = application/x-kword
 
 .wpd = application/vnd.wordperfect
+.wpl = application/vnd.wordperfect
+.wpi = application/vnd.wordperfect
+.wpm = application/vnd.wordperfect
+.wp5 = application/vnd.wordperfect
+.wp6 = application/vnd.wordperfect
+.wp8 = application/vnd.wordperfect
+.mem = application/vnd.wordperfect
+
 .rtf = text/rtf
 
 .mp3 = audio/mpeg
diff --git a/src/sampleconf/mimeview b/src/sampleconf/mimeview
index b5824ace..6eb992b5 100644
--- a/src/sampleconf/mimeview
+++ b/src/sampleconf/mimeview
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#$Id: mimeview,v 1.7 2007-07-01 06:52:21 dockes Exp $  (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes
+# @(#$Id: mimeview,v 1.8 2007-08-26 13:34:59 dockes Exp $  (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes
 
 ## ##########################################
 # External viewers, launched by the recoll GUI when you click on a result
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ application/vnd.sun.xml.math = openoffice %f
 application/vnd.sun.xml.writer = openoffice %f
 application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.global = openoffice %f
 application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.template = openoffice %f
+application/vnd.wordperfect = openoffice %f
 application/x-fsdirectory = rox %f
 application/x-dvi = xdvi %f
 application/x-flac = xmms %f