diff --git a/lib/galaxy/datatypes/sniff.py b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/sniff.py
index 12a6550bdf6d..0affcde217da 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/datatypes/sniff.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/sniff.py
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@
 )
 from galaxy.util.path import StrPath
 
-import pylibmagic  # noqa: F401  # isort:skip
+try:
+    import pylibmagic  # noqa: F401  # isort:skip
+except ImportError:
+    # Not available in conda, but docker image contains libmagic
+    pass
 import magic  # isort:skip