diff --git a/pages/workspace/create/file.vue b/pages/workspace/create/file.vue
index 8b7d3a5..318b842 100644
--- a/pages/workspace/create/file.vue
+++ b/pages/workspace/create/file.vue
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ const complete = computed(() =>
     && projectGroupId.value !== null
     && datasetType.value !== null
     && datasetFile.value instanceof File
-    && datasetFile.value.name.endsWith('.zip')
+    && (datasetFile.value.name.endsWith('.zip')
+        || datasetFile.value.name.endsWith('.xml'))
 );
 
 function onFileChange(e) {
diff --git a/services/import/file.ts b/services/import/file.ts
index 4359774..1f2189c 100644
--- a/services/import/file.ts
+++ b/services/import/file.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { OsmApiClient, OsmApiClientError, osm2osc } from '~/services/osm';
 import { openTdeiPathwaysArchive, pathways2osc } from '~/services/pathways';
 import { TdeiClient, TdeiClientError, TdeiConversionError } from '~/services/tdei';
 import { WorkspacesClient, WorkspacesClientError } from '~/services/workspaces';
+import { isMimeXml } from '~/util/xml';
 
 const status = {
   idle: 'Idle',
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ export class FileImporter {
   }
 
   async _run(data: Blob, workspace): Promise<number> {
-    if (workspace.type === 'osw') {
+    if (workspace.type === 'osw' && !isMimeXml(data.type)) {
       this._context.status = status.convertOsm;
       data = await this._tdeiClient.convertDataset(data, 'osw', 'osm', workspace.tdeiProjectGroupId);
     }
diff --git a/util/xml.ts b/util/xml.ts
index 2c13b61..fadbb19 100644
--- a/util/xml.ts
+++ b/util/xml.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 const xmlParser = new DOMParser();
 const xmlSerializer = new XMLSerializer();
 
+export function isMimeXml(mimeType: string): boolean {
+  return mimeType === 'text/xml'
+    || mimeType === 'application/xml'
+    || mimeType.startsWith('application/') && mimeType.endsWith('+xml');
+}
+
 export function parse(input: string): XMLDocument {
   return xmlParser.parseFromString(input, 'application/xml');
 }