diff --git a/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample b/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
index da586143889..e11a7f2d435 100644
--- a/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
+++ b/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
@@ -503,6 +503,7 @@
     <datatype extension="cel" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:Cel" display_in_upload="true"/>
     <datatype extension="rdata" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:RData" display_in_upload="true" description="Stored data from an R session"/>
     <datatype extension="rdata.sce" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:RData" description="Stored RDS from a SingleCellObject" subclass="true" />
+    <datatype extension="rdata.seurat" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:RData" description="Stored RDS from a Seurat Object" subclass="true" />
     <datatype extension="oxlicg" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:OxliCountGraph" mimetype="application/octet-stream" display_in_upload="true"/>
     <datatype extension="oxling" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:OxliNodeGraph" mimetype="application/octet-stream" display_in_upload="true"/>
     <datatype extension="oxlits" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:OxliTagSet" mimetype="application/octet-stream" display_in_upload="true"/>