diff --git a/src/datasets/data_files.py b/src/datasets/data_files.py
index 793c6ed8115..9b1d3c0ec70 100644
--- a/src/datasets/data_files.py
+++ b/src/datasets/data_files.py
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ class EmptyDatasetError(FileNotFoundError):
     METADATA_PATTERNS = [
         "metadata.csv",
         "**/metadata.csv",
+        "**/*-metadata.csv",
+        "**/*_metadata.csv",
         "metadata.jsonl",
         "**/metadata.jsonl",
     ]  # metadata file for ImageFolder and AudioFolder