diff --git a/mimeparse.py b/mimeparse.py
index 8a486a9..8ed2cad 100644
--- a/mimeparse.py
+++ b/mimeparse.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 __credits__ = ''
 
 
-class MimeTypeParseException(Exception):
+class MimeTypeParseException(ValueError):
     pass