diff --git a/lib/galaxy/config/sample/tool_data_table_conf.xml.sample b/lib/galaxy/config/sample/tool_data_table_conf.xml.sample
index 6d8c50ac82c9..244a77477e4a 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/config/sample/tool_data_table_conf.xml.sample
+++ b/lib/galaxy/config/sample/tool_data_table_conf.xml.sample
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@
         <columns>value, name, url</columns>
         <file path="tool-data/icn3d_simple_display.loc" />
     </table>
+    <table name="sift_db" comment_char="#" allow_duplicate_entries="False">
+        <columns>dbkey, value</columns>
+        <file path="tool-data/sift_db.loc" />
+    </table>
     <!-- Refgenie __dbkeys__ -->
     <table name="__dbkeys__" type="refgenie" asset="fasta" >
         <file from_config="refgenie_config_file" />
diff --git a/tools/phenotype_association/sift.xml b/tools/phenotype_association/sift.xml
index 3654c74a053a..14ef9512c1f4 100644
--- a/tools/phenotype_association/sift.xml
+++ b/tools/phenotype_association/sift.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <inputs>
     <param name="input" type="data" format="tabular" label="Dataset">
       <validator type="unspecified_build"/>
-      <validator type="dataset_metadata_in_file" filename="sift_db.loc" metadata_name="dbkey" metadata_column="0" message="Data is currently not available for the specified build."/>
+      <validator type="dataset_metadata_in_data_table" table_name="sift_db" metadata_name="dbkey" metadata_column="0" message="Data is currently not available for the specified build."/>
     </param>
     <param name="chrom_col"  type="data_column" data_ref="input" label="Column with chromosome"/>
     <param name="pos_col"    type="data_column" data_ref="input" numerical="true" label="Column with position"/>