diff --git a/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample b/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
index b8dd3802cb1..ac3fd9bc06a 100644
--- a/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
+++ b/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@
     <!-- Annotation Datatypes -->
     <datatype extension="snaphmm" type="galaxy.datatypes.annotation:SnapHmm" display_in_upload="true" />
     <datatype extension="augustus" type="galaxy.datatypes.annotation:Augustus" display_in_upload="true" />
+    <datatype extension="icm" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:ICM" display_in_upload="true"/>
     <!-- MSA Datatypes -->
     <datatype extension="hmm2" type="galaxy.datatypes.msa:Hmmer2" display_in_upload="true" />
     <datatype extension="hmm3" type="galaxy.datatypes.msa:Hmmer3" display_in_upload="true" />
@@ -682,6 +683,7 @@
     <sniffer type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:Fast5ArchiveGz" />
     <sniffer type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:Fast5ArchiveBz2" />
     <sniffer type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:Fast5Archive" />
+    <sniffer type="galaxy.datatypes.annotation:ICM" />
     <sniffer type="galaxy.datatypes.annotation:Augustus" />
     <sniffer type="galaxy.datatypes.triples:Rdf"/>
     <sniffer type="galaxy.datatypes.blast:BlastXml"/>
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/datatypes/binary.py b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/binary.py
index 87cf9aeee92..ac482bafb2a 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/datatypes/binary.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/binary.py
@@ -1792,6 +1792,32 @@ class DMND(Binary):
 Binary.register_sniffable_binary_format("dmnd", "dmnd", DMND)
 
 
+class ICM(Binary):
+    """
+    Class describing an ICM (interpolated context model) file, used by Glimmer
+    """
+    file_ext = "icm"
+    edam_data = "data_0950"
+
+    def set_peek(self, dataset, is_multi_byte=False):
+        if not dataset.dataset.purged:
+            dataset.peek = "Binary ICM (interpolated context model) file"
+            dataset.blurb = nice_size(dataset.get_size())
+        else:
+            dataset.peek = 'file does not exist'
+            dataset.blurb = 'file purged from disk'
+
+    def sniff(self, dataset):
+        line = open(dataset).readline()
+        if '>ver = ' in line and 'len = ' in line and 'depth = ' in line and 'periodicity =' in line and 'nodes = ' in line:
+            return True
+
+        return False
+
+
+Binary.register_sniffable_binary_ext("icm", "icm", ICM)
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     import doctest
     doctest.testmod(sys.modules[__name__])