diff --git a/src/components/data_search/DatasetFilterList.jsx b/src/components/data_search/DatasetFilterList.jsx
index 530776bb6..9dbfcd360 100644
--- a/src/components/data_search/DatasetFilterList.jsx
+++ b/src/components/data_search/DatasetFilterList.jsx
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export const DatasetFilterList = (props) => {
 
   const accessManagementFilters = uniq(compact(datasets.map((dataset) => dataset.accessManagement)));
   const dataUseFilters = uniq(compact(flatten(datasets.map((dataset) => dataset.dataUse?.primary))).map((dataUse) => dataUse.code));
+  const dataTypeFilters = uniq(flatten(datasets.map((dataset) => dataset.study.dataTypes)));
   const dacFilters = orderBy(uniq(compact(datasets.map((dataset) => dataset.dac?.dacName))), (dac) => dac.toLowerCase(), 'asc');
 
   return (
@@ -84,6 +85,15 @@ export const DatasetFilterList = (props) => {
         isFiltered={isFiltered}
         filterNameFn={(filter) => filter}
       />
+      <FilterItemHeader title="Data Type" />
+      <FilterItemList
+        category="dataType"
+        datasets={datasets}
+        filter={dataTypeFilters}
+        filterHandler={filterHandler}
+        isFiltered={isFiltered}
+        filterNameFn={(filter) => filter}
+      />
     </Box>
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/components/data_search/DatasetSearchTable.jsx b/src/components/data_search/DatasetSearchTable.jsx
index 362cc7573..b574dc9aa 100644
--- a/src/components/data_search/DatasetSearchTable.jsx
+++ b/src/components/data_search/DatasetSearchTable.jsx
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ const styles = {
 const defaultFilters = {
   accessManagement: [],
   dataUse: [],
+  dataType: [],
   dac: [],
   search: []
 };
@@ -133,6 +134,17 @@ export const DatasetSearchTable = (props) => {
         }
       });
 
+      filterTerms.push({
+        'bool': {
+          'should':
+              filters.dataType.map(term => ({
+                'match': {
+                  'study.dataTypes': term
+                }
+              }))
+        }
+      });
+
       filterTerms.push({
         'bool': {
           'should':