diff --git a/geonode/storage/data_retriever.py b/geonode/storage/data_retriever.py
index fa20b8a7d51..c9dcb0aa85a 100644
--- a/geonode/storage/data_retriever.py
+++ b/geonode/storage/data_retriever.py
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ def _unzip(self, zip_name: str) -> Mapping:
         the_zip = zipfile.ZipFile(zip_file, allowZip64=True)
         the_zip.extractall(self.temporary_folder)
         available_choices = get_allowed_extensions()
-        not_main_files = ['xml', 'sld', 'zip']
+        not_main_files = ['xml', 'sld', 'zip', 'kmz']
         base_file_choices = [x for x in available_choices if x not in not_main_files]
         for _file in Path(self.temporary_folder).iterdir():
             if any([_file.name.endswith(_ext) for _ext in base_file_choices]):
diff --git a/geonode/storage/tests.py b/geonode/storage/tests.py
index 68ce413b4bb..853aaf06f0a 100644
--- a/geonode/storage/tests.py
+++ b/geonode/storage/tests.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import io
 import os
 import shutil
+from django.test import override_settings
 import gisdata
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
@@ -584,6 +585,26 @@ def test_zip_file_should_correctly_recognize_main_extension_with_csv(self):
         _files = storage_manager.get_retrieved_paths()
         self.assertTrue("example.csv" in _files.get("base_file"))
 
+    @override_settings(SUPPORTED_DATASET_FILE_TYPES=[{
+        "id": "kmz",
+        "label": "kmz",
+        "format": "vector",
+        "ext": ["kmz"]
+    }, {
+        "id": "kml",
+        "label": "kml",
+        "format": "vector",
+        "ext": ["kml"]
+    }])
+    def test_zip_file_should_correctly_recognize_main_extension_with_kmz(self):
+        # reinitiate the storage manager with the zip file
+        storage_manager = self.sut(remote_files={"base_file": os.path.join(f"{self.project_root}", "tests/data/Italy.kmz")})
+        storage_manager.clone_remote_files()
+
+        self.assertIsNotNone(storage_manager.data_retriever.temporary_folder)
+        _files = storage_manager.get_retrieved_paths()
+        self.assertTrue("doc.kml" in _files.get("base_file"), msg=f"files available: {_files}")
+
     def test_zip_file_should_correctly_recognize_main_extension_with_shp(self):
         # zipping files
         storage_manager = self.sut(remote_files=self.local_files_paths)
diff --git a/geonode/storage/tests/data/Italy.kmz b/geonode/storage/tests/data/Italy.kmz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..66688fd6798
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