diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 97c3c5b..6fd58ff 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@
     "onLanguage:kml",
     "onLanguage:gml",
     "onLanguage:shp",
-    "onLanguage:wkt"
+    "onLanguage:wkt",
+    "onLanguage:wkb"
   ],
   "main": "./dist/extension.js",
   "contributes": {
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@
       "explorer/context": [
         {
           "command": "map.view",
-          "when": "resourceFilename =~ /.*\\.(csv|fgb|igc|gml|gpx|json|geojson|kgl|kml|shp|topojson|wkt)/",
+          "when": "resourceFilename =~ /.*\\.(csv|fgb|igc|gml|gpx|json|geojson|kgl|kml|shp|topojson|wkt|wkb)/",
           "group": "navigation"
         }
       ],
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 5c9e55f..892b8f9 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { LogLevel } from "./logger";
 // log level setting for prod. vs. dev run of this ext.
 export const logLevel: LogLevel = LogLevel.Info; // change to .Debug for dev ...
 
-export const supportedDataFiles: RegExp = /.*\.(csv|dbf|fgb|gpx|json|geojson|gml|kgl|kml|prj|shp|topojson|wkt)/;
+export const supportedDataFiles: RegExp = /.*\.(csv|dbf|fgb|gpx|json|geojson|gml|kgl|kml|prj|shp|topojson|wkt|wkb)/;
 
 export const mapboxToken: string = 'pk.eyJ1IjoiZGF0YXBpeHkiLCJhIjoiY2s1Mm10bHB1MThnbDNrdGVmemptd3J5eSJ9.xewq9dOWQLemerED1-qPXQ';
 
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export const openFileFilters: any = {
   'IGC': ['igc'],
   'Shapefile': ['shp'],
   'WKT': ['wkt'],
+  'WKB': ['wkb'],
   'FlatGeobuf': ['fgb']
 };
 
diff --git a/src/map.view.ts b/src/map.view.ts
index ee63d1e..203efe4 100644
--- a/src/map.view.ts
+++ b/src/map.view.ts
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ export class MapView {
         case '.igc':
         case '.gml':
         case '.wkt':
+        case '.wkb':
           // just pass through raw string content
           this._mapData = this._content;
           this.refreshMapView();
diff --git a/web/scripts/map.view.js b/web/scripts/map.view.js
index bbcc527..df98571 100644
--- a/web/scripts/map.view.js
+++ b/web/scripts/map.view.js
@@ -211,6 +211,15 @@ function initializeMap(keplerGl, store, config, data, dataType) {
       data = KeplerGl.processGeojson(data);
       tagData = true;
       break;
+    case '.wkb':
+      // read WKB data
+      const wkbFormat = new ol.format.WKB();
+      const wkbFeatures = wkbFormat.readFeatures(data, {hex: true});
+      geoDataFeatures = geoJsonFormat.writeFeatures(wkbFeatures);
+      data = JSON.parse(geoDataFeatures);
+      data = KeplerGl.processGeojson(data);
+      tagData = true;
+      break;
     case 'geo.json':
     case '.geojson':
     case '.gpx':