diff --git a/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample b/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
index 7094fdcd949..95235fed99f 100644
--- a/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
+++ b/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
     </datatype>
     <datatype extension="toolshed.gz" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:Binary" mimetype="multipart/x-gzip" subclass="true" />
     <datatype extension="h5" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:H5" mimetype="application/octet-stream" display_in_upload="true"/>
+    <datatype extension="mz5" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:H5" subclass="true" mimetype="application/octet-stream" display_in_upload="true"/>
     <datatype extension="html" type="galaxy.datatypes.text:Html" mimetype="text/html"/>
     <datatype extension="interval" type="galaxy.datatypes.interval:Interval" display_in_upload="true" description="File must start with definition line in the following format (columns may be in any order)." >
       <converter file="interval_to_bed_converter.xml" target_datatype="bed"/>