diff --git a/twitter/twitter_utils.py b/twitter/twitter_utils.py
index 1df3ad65..883d62b2 100644
--- a/twitter/twitter_utils.py
+++ b/twitter/twitter_utils.py
@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ def parse_media_file(passed_media):
                    'image/gif',
                    'image/bmp',
                    'image/webp']
-    video_formats = ['video/mp4']
+    video_formats = ['video/mp4',
+                     'video/quicktime']
 
     # If passed_media is a string, check if it points to a URL, otherwise,
     # it should point to local file. Create a reference to a file obj for