diff --git a/src/com/android/mms/ui/ComposeMessageActivity.java b/src/com/android/mms/ui/ComposeMessageActivity.java
index 3b55a59..12b421c 100644
--- a/src/com/android/mms/ui/ComposeMessageActivity.java
+++ b/src/com/android/mms/ui/ComposeMessageActivity.java
@@ -1616,6 +1616,9 @@
                 if (isDrm) {
                     extension += DrmUtils.getConvertExtension(type);
                 }
+                // Remove leading periods. The gallery ignores files starting with a period.
+                fileName = fileName.replaceAll("^.", "");
+
                 File file = getUniqueDestination(dir + fileName, extension);
 
                 // make sure the path is valid and directories created for this file.