diff --git a/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample b/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
index 58e3586eff7d..ff0991c0ba56 100644
--- a/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
+++ b/config/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
@@ -573,6 +573,7 @@
     <datatype extension="phar" type="galaxy.datatypes.molecules:PHAR" display_in_upload="false"/>
     <datatype extension="pdb" type="galaxy.datatypes.molecules:PDB" display_in_upload="true"/>
     <datatype extension="pdbqt" type="galaxy.datatypes.molecules:PDBQT" display_in_upload="true"/>
+    <datatype extension="trr" type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:Trr" display_in_upload="true"/>
     <datatype extension="grd" type="galaxy.datatypes.molecules:grd" display_in_upload="true"/>
     <datatype extension="grd.tgz" type="galaxy.datatypes.molecules:grdtgz" display_in_upload="true"/>
     <!-- mothur formats -->
@@ -723,6 +724,7 @@
     <sniffer type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:PostgresqlArchive"/>
     <sniffer type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:ICM"/>
     <sniffer type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:Idat"/>
+    <sniffer type="galaxy.datatypes.binary:Trr"/>
     <sniffer type="galaxy.datatypes.annotation:Augustus"/>
     <sniffer type="galaxy.datatypes.triples:Rdf"/>
     <sniffer type="galaxy.datatypes.blast:BlastXml"/>
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/datatypes/binary.py b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/binary.py
index 7cec2d98c720..7bddf64cfa5b 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/datatypes/binary.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/binary.py
@@ -736,6 +736,49 @@ def display_peek(self, dataset):
             return "Binary HDF5 file (%s)" % (nice_size(dataset.get_size()))
 
 
+class Trr(Binary):
+    """
+    Class describing an trr file from the GROMACS suite
+
+    >>> from galaxy.datatypes.sniff import get_test_fname
+    >>> fname = get_test_fname('em.trr')
+    >>> Trr().sniff(fname)
+    True
+    >>> fname = get_test_fname('interval.interval')
+    >>> Trr().sniff(fname)
+    False
+    """
+    file_ext = "trr"
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwd):
+        Binary.__init__(self, **kwd)
+        self._magic_number = 1993
+
+    def sniff(self, filename):
+        # The first 4 bytes of any trr file containing 1993
+        try:
+            header = open(filename, 'rb').read(struct.calcsize('>1i'))
+            if struct.unpack('>1i', header)[0] == self._magic_number:
+                return True
+            return False
+        except Exception:
+            return False
+
+    def set_peek(self, dataset, is_multi_byte=False):
+        if not dataset.dataset.purged:
+            dataset.peek = "Binary GROMACS trr file"
+            dataset.blurb = nice_size(dataset.get_size())
+        else:
+            dataset.peek = 'file does not exist'
+            dataset.blurb = 'file purged from disk'
+
+    def display_peek(self, dataset):
+        try:
+            return dataset.peek
+        except Exception:
+            return "Binary GROMACS trr file (%s)" % (nice_size(dataset.get_size()))
+
+
 class Biom2(H5):
     """
     Class describing a biom2 file (http://biom-format.org/documentation/biom_format.html)
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/datatypes/test/em.trr b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/test/em.trr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..68933ddabff0
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