diff --git a/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample b/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
index db44f9072dd..128ead09c8b 100644
--- a/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
+++ b/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
@@ -418,6 +418,8 @@
     <datatype extension="oxlist" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:OxliStopTags" mimetype="application/octet-stream" display_in_upload="true"/>
     <datatype extension="oxliss" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:OxliSubset" mimetype="application/octet-stream" display_in_upload="true"/>
     <datatype extension="oxligl" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:OxliGraphLabels" mimetype="application/octet-stream" display_in_upload="true"/>
+    <!-- Strand-specific Coordinate Count Datatype used by the Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation labs at Penn State -->
+    <datatype extension="scidx" type="galaxy.datatypes.interval:ScIdx" display_in_upload="true" />
   </registration>
   <sniffers>
     <!--
@@ -427,6 +429,7 @@
     defined format first, followed by next-most rigidly defined,
     and so on.
     -->
+    <sniffer type="galaxy.datatypes.interval:ScIdx"/>
     <sniffer type="galaxy.datatypes.tabular:Vcf"/>
     <sniffer type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:TwoBit"/>
     <sniffer type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:GeminiSQLite"/>