diff --git a/solrconfig.xml b/solrconfig.xml
index 2525202..fecb944 100644
--- a/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/solrconfig.xml
@@ -1340,6 +1340,17 @@
     </arr>
   </requestHandler>
 
+  <!-- An extract-only path for accessing the tika utility -->
+  <requestHandler name="/extract/tika" class="org.apache.solr.handler.extraction.ExtractingRequestHandler" startup="lazy">
+
+    <lst name="defaults">
+    </lst>
+    <!-- This path only extracts - never updates -->
+    <lst name="invariants">
+      <bool name="extractOnly">true</bool>
+    </lst>
+  </requestHandler>
+
   <!-- Highlighting Component
 
        http://wiki.apache.org/solr/HighlightingParameters