diff --git a/htroot/api/yacydoc.java b/htroot/api/yacydoc.java
index 5fbf31794..c4c3c1195 100644
--- a/htroot/api/yacydoc.java
+++ b/htroot/api/yacydoc.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import net.yacy.cora.date.ISO8601Formatter;
 import net.yacy.cora.document.ASCII;
 import net.yacy.cora.lod.JenaTripleStore;
 import net.yacy.cora.protocol.RequestHeader;
+import net.yacy.cora.protocol.RequestHeader.FileType;
 import net.yacy.kelondro.data.meta.DigestURI;
 import net.yacy.kelondro.data.meta.URIMetadataRow;
 import net.yacy.kelondro.data.word.Word;
@@ -129,7 +130,9 @@ public class yacydoc {
         prop.put("yacy_outbound", entry.lother());
 
         // extract the submodel from the triplestore
-        prop.putXML("triples", JenaTripleStore.getMetadataByURLHash(entry.hash()));
+        String rdf = JenaTripleStore.getMetadataByURLHash(entry.hash());
+        prop.putXML("triples", rdf);
+        prop.put("rdf", header.fileType() == FileType.XML ? rdf : "");
 
         // return rewrite properties
         return prop;
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/cora/protocol/RequestHeader.java b/source/net/yacy/cora/protocol/RequestHeader.java
index 24dd640f8..86b01256a 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/cora/protocol/RequestHeader.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/cora/protocol/RequestHeader.java
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ public class RequestHeader extends HeaderFramework {
         path = path.toLowerCase();
         if (path.endsWith(".json")) return FileType.JSON;
         if (path.endsWith(".xml")) return FileType.XML;
+        if (path.endsWith(".rdf")) return FileType.XML;
         if (path.endsWith(".rss")) return FileType.XML;
         return FileType.HTML;
     }