diff --git a/src/FileFormats/FileFormats.jl b/src/FileFormats/FileFormats.jl
index 6c1c748198..ae65675bcc 100644
--- a/src/FileFormats/FileFormats.jl
+++ b/src/FileFormats/FileFormats.jl
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ function Model(
             (".lp", LP.Model),
             (".mof.json", MOF.Model),
             (".mps", MPS.Model),
+            (".dat-s", SDPA.Model),
             (".sdpa", SDPA.Model)
         ]
             if endswith(filename, ext) || occursin("$(ext).", filename)
diff --git a/src/FileFormats/SDPA/SDPA.jl b/src/FileFormats/SDPA/SDPA.jl
index 01e46a74c3..9b9fe9278e 100644
--- a/src/FileFormats/SDPA/SDPA.jl
+++ b/src/FileFormats/SDPA/SDPA.jl
@@ -256,12 +256,16 @@ function Base.read!(io::IO, model::Model{T}) where T
                 continue
             end
             num_variables_read = true
-            MOI.add_variables(model, parse(Int, line))
+            # According to http://plato.asu.edu/ftp/sdpa_format.txt,
+            # additional text after the number of variables should be ignored.
+            MOI.add_variables(model, parse(Int, split(line)[1]))
         elseif num_blocks === nothing
             if isempty(line)
                 continue
             end
-            num_blocks = parse(Int, line)
+            # According to http://plato.asu.edu/ftp/sdpa_format.txt,
+            # additional text after the number of blocks should be ignored.
+            num_blocks = parse(Int, split(line)[1])
         elseif block_sets === nothing
             if isempty(line) && !iszero(num_blocks)
                 continue
diff --git a/test/FileFormats/SDPA/SDPA.jl b/test/FileFormats/SDPA/SDPA.jl
index f3cfb4cae2..59266b8e9e 100644
--- a/test/FileFormats/SDPA/SDPA.jl
+++ b/test/FileFormats/SDPA/SDPA.jl
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function test_write_then_read(model_string::String)
 end
 
 function test_read(filename::String, model_string::String)
-    model1 = SDPA.Model()
+    model1 = MOI.FileFormats.Model(filename = filename)
     MOIU.loadfromstring!(model1, model_string)
     (variable_names, constraint_names) = set_var_and_con_names(model1)
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ end
         MOI.add_variable(model)
         err = ErrorException("Cannot read in file because model is not empty.")
         @test_throws err MOI.read_from_file(model,
-            joinpath(SDPA_MODELS_DIR, "example_A.sdpa"))
+            joinpath(SDPA_MODELS_DIR, "example_A.dat-s"))
     end
 
     @testset "Bad number of blocks" begin
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ write_read_models = [
 end
 
 example_models = [
-    ("example_A.sdpa", """
+    ("example_A.dat-s", """
         variables: x, y
         minobjective: 10x + 20y
         c1: [x + -1, 0, x + -2] in PositiveSemidefiniteConeTriangle(2)
diff --git a/test/FileFormats/SDPA/models/example_A.sdpa b/test/FileFormats/SDPA/models/example_A.dat-s
similarity index 91%
rename from test/FileFormats/SDPA/models/example_A.sdpa
rename to test/FileFormats/SDPA/models/example_A.dat-s
index d760558969..0c0dbd40c2 100644
--- a/test/FileFormats/SDPA/models/example_A.sdpa
+++ b/test/FileFormats/SDPA/models/example_A.dat-s
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 "Example from http://plato.asu.edu/ftp/sdpa_format.txt
 "A sample problem.
-2
-2
+2 =mdim
+2 =nblocks
 2 2
 10.0 20.0
 0 1 1 1 1.0