diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/__init__.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/__init__.py
index 0ae640113a..c5bac936b5 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/__init__.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class DRMError(ValueError):
 class ParserError(ValueError):
     pass
 
-BOOK_EXTENSIONS = ['lrf', 'rar', 'zip', 'rtf', 'lit', 'txt', 'txtz', 'htm', 'xhtm',
+BOOK_EXTENSIONS = ['lrf', 'rar', 'zip', 'rtf', 'lit', 'txt', 'txtz', 'text', 'htm', 'xhtm',
                    'html', 'xhtml', 'pdf', 'pdb', 'pdr', 'prc', 'mobi', 'azw', 'doc',
                    'epub', 'fb2', 'djvu', 'lrx', 'cbr', 'cbz', 'cbc', 'oebzip',
                    'rb', 'imp', 'odt', 'chm', 'tpz', 'azw1', 'pml', 'pmlz', 'mbp', 'tan', 'snb']
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/input.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/input.py
index 1c49eb9b35..3c256fda7a 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/input.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class TXTInput(InputFormatPlugin):
     name        = 'TXT Input'
     author      = 'John Schember'
     description = 'Convert TXT files to HTML'
-    file_types  = set(['txt', 'txtz'])
+    file_types  = set(['txt', 'txtz', 'text'])
 
     options = set([
         OptionRecommendation(name='paragraph_type', recommended_value='auto',