diff --git a/lisp/doc-view.el b/lisp/doc-view.el
index 65ac6e00768..e7d7ed4a862 100644
--- a/lisp/doc-view.el
+++ b/lisp/doc-view.el
@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ is named like ODF with the extension turned to pdf."
   "Convert PDF-PS to PNG asynchronously."
   (funcall
    (pcase doc-view-doc-type
-     ((or 'pdf 'odf 'epub 'cbz 'fb2 'xps 'oxps)
+     ((or 'pdf 'odf 'epub 'cbz 'fb2 'xps 'oxps 'dvi)
       doc-view-pdf->png-converter-function)
      ('djvu #'doc-view-djvu->tiff-converter-ddjvu)
      (_ #'doc-view-ps->png-converter-ghostscript))