diff --git a/src/providers/wms/qgswmscapabilities.cpp b/src/providers/wms/qgswmscapabilities.cpp
index 8097cff502b84..afe761c1f0ff7 100644
--- a/src/providers/wms/qgswmscapabilities.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/wms/qgswmscapabilities.cpp
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ bool QgsWmsCapabilities::parseResponse( const QByteArray &response, QgsWmsParser
       format = QgsRaster::IdentifyFormatFeature;
     else if ( f.contains( QLatin1String( "gml" ), Qt::CaseInsensitive ) )
       format = QgsRaster::IdentifyFormatFeature;
-    else if ( f == QLatin1String( "text/xml" ) )
+    else if ( f == QLatin1String( "text/xml" ) && !mBaseUrl.contains( "MapServer" ) ) // Don't accept text/xml for MapServer WMS, the response cannot be parsed
       format = QgsRaster::IdentifyFormatFeature;
 
     mIdentifyFormats.insert( format, f );