diff --git a/web/client/utils/mapinfo/__tests__/wmts-test.js b/web/client/utils/mapinfo/__tests__/wmts-test.js
index 72d1c043950..1bcbb840087 100644
--- a/web/client/utils/mapinfo/__tests__/wmts-test.js
+++ b/web/client/utils/mapinfo/__tests__/wmts-test.js
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ describe('mapinfo wmts utils', () => {
             request: 'GetFeatureInfo',
             layer: 'gs:us_states',
             infoformat: 'text/plain',
+            format: 'image/png',
             style: '',
             tilecol: 3,
             tilerow: 5,
diff --git a/web/client/utils/mapinfo/wmts.js b/web/client/utils/mapinfo/wmts.js
index 1834341c4dc..5a622dcee01 100644
--- a/web/client/utils/mapinfo/wmts.js
+++ b/web/client/utils/mapinfo/wmts.js
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ export default {
                 request: 'GetFeatureInfo',
                 layer: layer.name,
                 infoformat: props.format,
+                format: layer.format,
                 style: layer.style || '',
                 ...assign({}, params),
                 tilecol: tileCol,