diff --git a/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample b/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
index 6670935dc92..59ebe818189 100644
--- a/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
+++ b/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
@@ -656,6 +656,7 @@
     <sniffer type="galaxy.datatypes.proteomics:Mgf"/>
     <sniffer type="galaxy.datatypes.proteomics:ProtXML"/>
     <sniffer type="galaxy.datatypes.proteomics:MzXML"/>
+    <sniffer type="galaxy.datatypes.proteomics:MzData"/>
     <sniffer type="galaxy.datatypes.proteomics:TraML"/>
     <sniffer type="galaxy.datatypes.proteomics:MzIdentML"/>
     <sniffer type="galaxy.datatypes.proteomics:MzQuantML"/>