diff --git a/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample b/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
index 50b55b28cca..786c2fbabc7 100644
--- a/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
+++ b/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@
 	</datatype>
     <datatype extension="scf" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:Scf" mimetype="application/octet-stream" display_in_upload="true" description="A binary sequence file in 'scf' format with a '.scf' file extension.  You must manually select this 'File Format' when uploading the file." description_url="https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Learn/Datatypes#Scf"/>
     <datatype extension="Sequences" type="galaxy.datatypes.assembly:Sequences" display_in_upload="false"/>
+    <datatype extension="snpeffdb" type="galaxy.datatypes.snpeff:SnpEffDb" display_in_upload="True"/>
+    <datatype extension="snpeffdbv4" type="galaxy.datatypes.snpeff:SnpEffDb" subclass="True" display_in_upload="True"/>
     <datatype extension="sff" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:Sff" mimetype="application/octet-stream" display_in_upload="true" description="A binary file in 'Standard Flowgram Format' with a '.sff' file extension." description_url="https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Learn/Datatypes#Sff"/>
     <datatype extension="svg" type="galaxy.datatypes.images:Image" mimetype="image/svg+xml"/>
     <datatype extension="taxonomy" type="galaxy.datatypes.tabular:Taxonomy" display_in_upload="true"/>