diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e144a0924b..3ec4ff9f17 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Thanks to the following contributors who worked on this release:
 - Improved support for `.ora` files
   - Hidden layers are now round-tripped correctly for `.ora` files ([#1377566](https://bugs.launchpad.net/pinta/+bug/1377566))
   - When saving a `.ora` file, a flattened image (`mergedimage.png`) is now included in the archive. This is required by the spec to accomodate viewer software ([#1377566](https://bugs.launchpad.net/pinta/+bug/1377566))
+- Image or palette files that have an unknown extension but have valid contents can now be loaded ([#1679570](https://bugs.launchpad.net/pinta/+bug/1679570))
 
 ### Changed
 - Pinta now uses the standard GTK about dialog
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ Thanks to the following contributors who worked on this release:
 - Improved the zoom tool's rectangle zoom when working with smaller images
 - Fixed a potential crash when opening / adding an image after actions in the layer list panel ([#1959598](https://bugs.launchpad.net/pinta/+bug/1959598))
 - Fixed an issue where the "All Files" filter in the Open File dialog ignored files with no extension, and did not work in the macOS native file chooser ([#1958670](https://bugs.launchpad.net/pinta/+bug/1958670), [#1679570](https://bugs.launchpad.net/pinta/+bug/1679570))
-- Palette files that have an unknown extension but have valid contents can now be loaded ([#1679570](https://bugs.launchpad.net/pinta/+bug/1679570))
 
 ## [2.0.2](https://github.com/PintaProject/Pinta/compare/2.0.2...HEAD) - 2022/01/13
 
diff --git a/Pinta.Core/Managers/WorkspaceManager.cs b/Pinta.Core/Managers/WorkspaceManager.cs
index 3dbce79378..554614990a 100644
--- a/Pinta.Core/Managers/WorkspaceManager.cs
+++ b/Pinta.Core/Managers/WorkspaceManager.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
 using Cairo;
 using Gtk;
 
@@ -221,10 +222,35 @@ public bool OpenFile (GLib.IFile file, Window? parent = null)
 			try {
 				// Open the image and add it to the layers
 				IImageImporter? importer = PintaCore.System.ImageFormats.GetImporterByFile (file.GetDisplayName ());
-				if (importer == null)
-					throw new FormatException (Translations.GetString ("Unsupported file format"));
-
-				importer.Import (file, parent);
+				if (importer is not null) {
+					importer.Import (file, parent);
+				} else {
+					// Unknown extension, so try every loader.
+					var errors = new StringBuilder ();
+					bool loaded = false;
+					foreach (var format in PintaCore.System.ImageFormats.Formats.Where (f => !f.IsWriteOnly ())) {
+						try {
+							format.Importer!.Import (file, parent);
+							loaded = true;
+							break;
+						} catch (UnauthorizedAccessException) {
+							// If the file can't be accessed, don't retry for every format.
+							ShowFilePermissionErrorDialog (parent, file.ParsedName);
+							return false;
+						} catch (Exception e) {
+							// Record errors in case none of the formats work.
+							errors.AppendLine ($"Failed to load image as {format.Filter.Name}:");
+							errors.Append (e.ToString ());
+							errors.AppendLine ();
+						}
+					}
+
+					if (!loaded) {
+						ShowUnsupportedFormatDialog (parent, file.ParsedName,
+							Translations.GetString ("Unsupported file format"), errors.ToString ());
+						return false;
+					}
+				}
 
 				PintaCore.Workspace.ActiveWorkspace.History.PushNewItem (new BaseHistoryItem (Resources.StandardIcons.DocumentOpen, Translations.GetString ("Open Image")));
 				PintaCore.Workspace.ActiveDocument.History.SetClean ();
@@ -239,8 +265,6 @@ public bool OpenFile (GLib.IFile file, Window? parent = null)
 				fileOpened = true;
 			} catch (UnauthorizedAccessException) {
 				ShowFilePermissionErrorDialog (parent, file.ParsedName);
-			} catch (FormatException e) {
-				ShowUnsupportedFormatDialog (parent, file.ParsedName, e.Message, e.ToString ());
 			} catch (Exception e) {
 				ShowOpenFileErrorDialog (parent, file.ParsedName, e.Message, e.ToString ());
 			}