diff --git a/jupyter_book_to_htmlbook/file_processing.py b/jupyter_book_to_htmlbook/file_processing.py
index 05a00e2..62b0709 100644
--- a/jupyter_book_to_htmlbook/file_processing.py
+++ b/jupyter_book_to_htmlbook/file_processing.py
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ def process_chapter_single_file(toc_element):
             chapter['data-type'] = ch_stub.lower()  # type: ignore
         else:
             chapter['data-type'] = "afterword"  # type: ignore
+    elif ch_stub.lower()[:4] == "appx":
+        chapter['data-type'] = "appendix"
     else:
         chapter['data-type'] = 'chapter'  # type: ignore
     del chapter['class']  # type: ignore
diff --git a/tests/test_file_processing.py b/tests/test_file_processing.py
index 451db95..b545c69 100644
--- a/tests/test_file_processing.py
+++ b/tests/test_file_processing.py
@@ -312,3 +312,21 @@ def test_process_chapter_guessing_datatypes_inferred(
         with open(test_out / f'{datatype[0]}.html') as f:
             text = f.read()
             assert text.find(f'data-type="{datatype[1]}') > -1
+
+    def test_process_chapter_appendix_datatypes(self, tmp_path):
+        """
+        Filenames that begin with "appx*" should have the "appendix"
+        data-type applied.
+        """
+        test_env = tmp_path / 'tmp'
+        test_out = test_env / 'build'
+        test_env.mkdir()
+        test_out.mkdir()
+        test_file_path = test_env / 'appx_a.html'
+        shutil.copy('tests/example_book/_build/html/intro.html',
+                    test_file_path)
+        process_chapter(test_file_path, test_env, test_out)
+        # the resulting section should have a data-type of "datatype"
+        with open(test_out / 'appx_a.html') as f:
+            text = f.read()
+            assert text.find('data-type="appendix"') > -1