Index: twisted/web2/http_headers.py
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--- twisted/web2/http_headers.py        (revision 15014)
+++ twisted/web2/http_headers.py        (working copy)
@@ -281,6 +281,11 @@
 
 
 class MimeType:
+    def fromString(clazz, mimeTypeString):
+        return clazz(*mimeTypeString.lower().split("/"))
+
+    fromString = classmethod(fromString)
+
     def __init__(self, mediaType, mediaSubtype, params={}, **kwargs):
         self.mediaType = mediaType
         self.mediaSubtype = mediaSubtype