diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index abd3efa6dfbf3f86b9adb518f4a350b9b7c32e28..4924401c7c56d18467a3569d1d0bf87d5b4f9557 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -276,6 +276,9 @@ gem 'charlock_holmes', '~> 0.7.7'
 # Detect mime content type from content
 gem 'ruby-magic', '~> 0.3'
 
+# Fake version of the gem to trick bundler
+gem 'mimemagic', '0.3.5', path: 'vendor/shims/mimemagic', require: false
+
 # Faster blank
 gem 'fast_blank'
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index ef184e94bf15d6d4ec3fba7558de3c9dbb15ca0e..7a4101d538200918b456590cb547cab9fda280e9 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+PATH
+  remote: vendor/shims/mimemagic
+  specs:
+    mimemagic (0.3.5)
+
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
@@ -728,7 +733,6 @@ GEM
     mime-types (3.3.1)
       mime-types-data (~> 3.2015)
     mime-types-data (3.2020.0512)
-    mimemagic (0.3.5)
     mini_histogram (0.3.1)
     mini_magick (4.10.1)
     mini_mime (1.0.2)
@@ -1482,6 +1486,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   marginalia (~> 1.10.0)
   memory_profiler (~> 0.9)
   method_source (~> 1.0)
+  mimemagic (= 0.3.5)!
   mini_magick (~> 4.10.1)
   minitest (~> 5.11.0)
   multi_json (~> 1.14.1)
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/mimemagic_shim.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/mimemagic_shim.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0376122f0ce83c7d62654543730cdda577feff9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/mimemagic_shim.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Switch to using a fake mimemagic gem
+merge_request: 57443
+author:
+type: other
diff --git a/vendor/shims/mimemagic/Gemfile b/vendor/shims/mimemagic/Gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ef48903d334444c2406286b404e071f31781b3da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/shims/mimemagic/Gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+source "https://rubygems.org"
+
+# Specify your gem's dependencies in mimemagic.gemspec
+gemspec
+
+gem "rake", "~> 12.0"
diff --git a/vendor/shims/mimemagic/LICENSE.txt b/vendor/shims/mimemagic/LICENSE.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..568df6132bc97bcd35cce56d082980f29c97d8a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/shims/mimemagic/LICENSE.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2021 GitLab B.V.
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/vendor/shims/mimemagic/README.md b/vendor/shims/mimemagic/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..57ef8dc41e1e17c74aed8dd2e2adcf271fe98231
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/shims/mimemagic/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This is a fake gem to prevent mimemagic from being included into GitLab.
diff --git a/vendor/shims/mimemagic/Rakefile b/vendor/shims/mimemagic/Rakefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..43022f711e20ed55baf2470278eb8e428a04856f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/shims/mimemagic/Rakefile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+require "bundler/gem_tasks"
+task :default => :spec
diff --git a/vendor/shims/mimemagic/lib/mimemagic.rb b/vendor/shims/mimemagic/lib/mimemagic.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1deab5d90a7b96c656b88a3d1cb2635979595cd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/shims/mimemagic/lib/mimemagic.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+require "mimemagic/version"
+
+module MimeMagic
+  class Error < StandardError; end
+  raise Error, 'This gem should never be required'
+end
diff --git a/vendor/shims/mimemagic/lib/mimemagic/version.rb b/vendor/shims/mimemagic/lib/mimemagic/version.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fb46494748a6979e45e17db1eb3e665dabeeec60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/shims/mimemagic/lib/mimemagic/version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module MimeMagic
+  VERSION = "0.3.5"
+end
diff --git a/vendor/shims/mimemagic/mimemagic.gemspec b/vendor/shims/mimemagic/mimemagic.gemspec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3b92efd621908649c8ebd35d5a85ca78940bc407
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/shims/mimemagic/mimemagic.gemspec
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+require_relative 'lib/mimemagic/version'
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
+  spec.name          = "mimemagic"
+  spec.version       = MimeMagic::VERSION
+  spec.authors       = ["Marc Shaw"]
+  spec.email         = ["mshaw@gitlab.com"]
+
+  spec.summary       = %q{MimeMagic shim}
+  spec.description   = %q{A shim for mimemagic}
+  spec.license       = "MIT"
+  spec.required_ruby_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 2.3.0")
+
+  # Specify which files should be added to the gem when it is released.
+  # The `git ls-files -z` loads the files in the RubyGem that have been added into git.
+  spec.files         = Dir.chdir(File.expand_path('..', __FILE__)) do
+    `git ls-files -z`.split("\x0").reject { |f| f.match(%r{^(test|spec|features)/}) }
+  end
+  spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
+end