diff --git a/administrator/components/com_joomlaupdate/views/default/tmpl/default_upload.php b/administrator/components/com_joomlaupdate/views/default/tmpl/default_upload.php
index 2c8a5d65cc6d9..0c97916c608c6 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_joomlaupdate/views/default/tmpl/default_upload.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_joomlaupdate/views/default/tmpl/default_upload.php
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 					<?php echo JText::_('COM_JOOMLAUPDATE_VIEW_UPLOAD_PACKAGE_FILE'); ?>
 				</td>
 				<td>
-					<input class="input_box" id="install_package" name="install_package" type="file" size="57" /><br>
+					<input class="input_box" id="install_package" name="install_package" type="file" size="57" accept=".zip,application/zip" /><br>
 					<?php $maxSize = JHtml::_('number.bytes', JUtility::getMaxUploadSize()); ?>
 					<?php echo JText::sprintf('JGLOBAL_MAXIMUM_UPLOAD_SIZE_LIMIT', '&#x200E;' . $maxSize); ?>
 				</td>