diff --git a/include/z5/filesystem/factory.hxx b/include/z5/filesystem/factory.hxx
index bf86bb9..831fa64 100644
--- a/include/z5/filesystem/factory.hxx
+++ b/include/z5/filesystem/factory.hxx
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ namespace filesystem {
                 ptr.reset(new Dataset<float>(dataset, metadata)); break;
             case types::float64:
                 ptr.reset(new Dataset<double>(dataset, metadata)); break;
+            case types::complex64:
+                ptr.reset(new Dataset<std::complex<float>>(dataset, metadata)); break;
+            case types::complex128:
+                ptr.reset(new Dataset<std::complex<double>>(dataset, metadata)); break;
         }
         return ptr;
     }