diff --git a/pxr/imaging/plugin/hioOiio/plugInfo.json b/pxr/imaging/plugin/hioOiio/plugInfo.json
index 9de76b5f41..01b54edea9 100644
--- a/pxr/imaging/plugin/hioOiio/plugInfo.json
+++ b/pxr/imaging/plugin/hioOiio/plugInfo.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         "Types": {
           "HioOIIO_Image" : {
             "bases": ["HioImage"],
-            "imageTypes": ["exr", "tif", "zfile", "tx"],
+            "imageTypes": ["exr", "tif", "tiff", "zfile", "tx"],
             "precedence": 0
           }
         }