diff --git a/lib/galaxy/config/sample/datatypes_conf.xml.sample b/lib/galaxy/config/sample/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
index 89024e5ace7b..9b30e4af2aca 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/config/sample/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
+++ b/lib/galaxy/config/sample/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
@@ -1017,6 +1017,7 @@
     <datatype extension="fits" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:FITS" mimetype="application/octet-stream" display_in_upload="true" description="Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) used in Astronomy"/>
     <datatype extension="chain" type="galaxy.datatypes.chain:Chain" display_in_upload="true" description_url="https://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/chain.html"/>
     <datatype extension="ucsc.net" type="galaxy.datatypes.chain:Net" display_in_upload="true" description_url="https://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/net.html"/>
+    <datatype extension="bcsp" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:bcsp" display_in_upload="true"/>
   </registration>
   <sniffers>
     <!--
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/datatypes/binary.py b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/binary.py
index f7c0aa365891..f0ea268aaa0d 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/datatypes/binary.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/binary.py
@@ -4747,3 +4747,8 @@ def display_peek(self, dataset: DatasetProtocol) -> str:
             return dataset.peek
         except Exception:
             return f"Binary numpy file ({nice_size(dataset.get_size())})"
+
+class bcsp(Binary):
+    """Class for a *.bscp file"""
+
+    file_ext = "bcsp"