diff --git a/src/_h5ai/conf/options.json b/src/_h5ai/conf/options.json
index ea181c42..4ae24bb0 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/conf/options.json
+++ b/src/_h5ai/conf/options.json
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ Options
             "txt-install": "fixed",
             "txt-log": "fixed",
             "txt-java": "java",
+            "txt-scala": "scala",
             "txt-js": "javascript",
             "txt-json": "javascript",
             "txt-makefile": "fixed",
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/conf/types.json b/src/_h5ai/conf/types.json
index 914eeb7f..59499881 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/conf/types.json
+++ b/src/_h5ai/conf/types.json
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ File types mapped to file extensions
     "txt-html":         ["*.htm", "*.html", "*.shtml", "*.xhtml"],
     "txt-hpp":          ["*.hpp"],
     "txt-java":         ["*.java"],
+    "txt-scala":        ["*.scala"],
     "txt-js":           ["*.js"],
     "txt-json":         ["*.json"],
     "txt-log":          ["*.log", "changelog*"],