diff --git a/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample b/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
index 5339ceab7f4..802484d964b 100644
--- a/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
+++ b/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@
     <datatype extension="pbm" type="galaxy.datatypes.images:Pbm" mimetype="image/pbm"/>
     <datatype extension="pgm" type="galaxy.datatypes.images:Pgm" mimetype="image/pgm"/>
     <datatype extension="rna_eps" type="galaxy.datatypes.sequence:RNADotPlotMatrix" mimetype="image/eps" display_in_upload="True"/>
+    <datatype extension="zip" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:CompressedArchive" subclass="True" display_in_upload="True"/>
     <!-- Proteomics Datatypes -->
     <datatype extension="pepxml" type="galaxy.datatypes.proteomics:PepXml" mimetype="application/xml" display_in_upload="True"/>
     <datatype extension="raw_pepxml" type="galaxy.datatypes.proteomics:PepXml" mimetype="application/xml" subclass="True"/>