diff --git a/src/registry.jl b/src/registry.jl
index cf89a428..0c95d5a0 100644
--- a/src/registry.jl
+++ b/src/registry.jl
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ add_format(format"CUR", UInt8[0x00,0x00,0x02,0x00],                     ".cur",
 add_format(format"DCX", UInt8[0xb1,0x68,0xde,0x3a],                     ".dcx", [idImageMagick])
 add_format(format"DOT", UInt8[0xd0,0xcf,0x11,0xe0,0xa1,0xb1,0x1a,0xe1], ".dot", [idImageMagick])
 add_format(format"EPS", UInt8[0x25,0x21,0x50,0x53,0x2d,0x41,0x64,0x6f], ".eps", [idImageMagick], [MimeWriter, SAVE])
+add_format(format"EXR", UInt8[0x76,0x2f,0x31,0x01],                     ".exr", [idImageIO])
 add_format(format"HDR", UInt8[0x23,0x3f,0x52,0x41,0x44,0x49,0x41,0x4e], ".hdr", [idImageMagick])
 add_format(format"ICO", UInt8[0x00,0x00,0x01,0x00],                     ".ico", [idImageMagick])
 add_format(format"INFO", UInt8[0x7a,0x62,0x65,0x78],                    ".info",[idImageMagick])
diff --git a/test/files/rand.exr b/test/files/rand.exr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..93c4976e
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diff --git a/test/query.jl b/test/query.jl
index b7cc8278..904283a0 100644
--- a/test/query.jl
+++ b/test/query.jl
@@ -457,6 +457,16 @@ let file_dir = joinpath(@__DIR__, "files"), file_path = Path(file_dir)
                 @test position(io) == 4
             end
         end
+        @testset "OpenEXR detection" begin
+            q = query(joinpath(file_dir, "rand.exr"))
+            @test typeof(q) <: File{format"EXR"}
+            @test magic(format"EXR") == UInt8[0x76, 0x2F, 0x31, 0x01]
+            open(q) do io
+                @test position(io) == 0
+                skipmagic(io)
+                @test position(io) == 4
+            end
+        end
         @testset "Sixel detection" begin
             q = query(joinpath(file_dir, "rand.six"))
             @test typeof(q) <: File{format"SIXEL"}