diff --git a/lib/galaxy/config/sample/datatypes_conf.xml.sample b/lib/galaxy/config/sample/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
index 7392118b503f..cb0778064906 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/config/sample/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
+++ b/lib/galaxy/config/sample/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@
     <datatype extension="memexml" type="galaxy.datatypes.xml:MEMEXml" mimetype="application/xml" display_in_upload="true"/>
     <datatype extension="cisml" type="galaxy.datatypes.xml:CisML" mimetype="application/xml" display_in_upload="true"/>
     <datatype extension="xml" type="galaxy.datatypes.xml:GenericXml" mimetype="application/xml" display_in_upload="true"/>
+    <datatype extension="xsd" type="galaxy.datatypes.xml:GenericXml" mimetype="application/xml" display_in_upload="true"/>
     <datatype extension="dzi" type="galaxy.datatypes.xml:Dzi" mimetype="application/xml" display_in_upload="true"/>
     <datatype extension="vcf" type="galaxy.datatypes.tabular:Vcf" display_in_upload="true">
       <converter file="interval_to_bgzip_converter.xml" target_datatype="bgzip"/>