diff --git a/modules/nf-core/centrifuge/centrifuge/main.nf b/modules/nf-core/centrifuge/centrifuge/main.nf
index 953705b659b..964ee2cdfff 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/centrifuge/centrifuge/main.nf
+++ b/modules/nf-core/centrifuge/centrifuge/main.nf
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ process CENTRIFUGE_CENTRIFUGE {
     output:
     tuple val(meta), path('*report.txt')                 , emit: report
     tuple val(meta), path('*results.txt')                , emit: results
-    tuple val(meta), path('*.sam')                       , optional: true, emit: sam
+    tuple val(meta), path('*.{sam,tab}')                 , optional: true, emit: sam
     tuple val(meta), path('*.mapped.fastq{,.1,.2}.gz')   , optional: true, emit: fastq_mapped
     tuple val(meta), path('*.unmapped.fastq{,.1,.2}.gz') , optional: true, emit: fastq_unmapped
     path "versions.yml"                                  , emit: versions
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/centrifuge/centrifuge/meta.yml b/modules/nf-core/centrifuge/centrifuge/meta.yml
index a252c00c2ce..4814637065f 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/centrifuge/centrifuge/meta.yml
+++ b/modules/nf-core/centrifuge/centrifuge/meta.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ output:
       description: |
         File containing classification results
       pattern: "*.{results.txt}"
+  - sam:
+      type: file
+      description: |
+        Optional output file containing read alignments (SAM format )or a table of per-read hit information (TAB)s
+      pattern: "*.{sam,tab}"
   - fastq_unmapped:
       type: file
       description: Unmapped fastq files