diff --git a/FileTypeId/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/filetypeid/FileTypeIdIngestModule.java b/FileTypeId/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/filetypeid/FileTypeIdIngestModule.java
index 39878ca1d6..9e50ec68bb 100644
--- a/FileTypeId/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/filetypeid/FileTypeIdIngestModule.java
+++ b/FileTypeId/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/filetypeid/FileTypeIdIngestModule.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ public class FileTypeIdIngestModule extends org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestM
     private static int messageId = 0;
     private static long numFiles = 0;
     private static boolean skipKnown = true;
+    private static long MIN_FILE_SIZE = 512;
     
     private FileTypeIdSimpleConfigPanel simpleConfigPanel;
     private IngestServices services;
@@ -92,6 +93,10 @@ public class FileTypeIdIngestModule extends org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestM
             return ProcessResult.OK;
         }
         
+        if (abstractFile.getSize() < MIN_FILE_SIZE) {
+             return ProcessResult.OK;        
+        }        
+        
         try 
         {
             long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();