diff --git a/src/encoded/static/components/filegallery.js b/src/encoded/static/components/filegallery.js
index 6167526e5a4..a9fc762eb8d 100644
--- a/src/encoded/static/components/filegallery.js
+++ b/src/encoded/static/components/filegallery.js
@@ -302,6 +302,18 @@ const filterDownloadableFilesByStatus = (context, files) => {
     return [];
 };
 
+const getElementReferencesFiles = (elementsReferences) => {
+    let elementsReferenceFiles = [];
+    if (elementsReferences) {
+        elementsReferenceFiles = elementsReferences.map((elementsReference) => elementsReference.files)
+            .reduce((acc, val) => acc.concat(val), [])
+            .map((elementReferenceFile) => {
+                elementReferenceFile.isElementReferenceFile = true;
+                return elementReferenceFile;
+            });
+    }
+    return elementsReferenceFiles;
+};
 
 export class FileTable extends React.Component {
     static rowClasses() {
@@ -453,7 +465,7 @@ export class FileTable extends React.Component {
                     }
                     return 'rawArray';
                 }
-                if (file.output_category === 'reference') {
+                if (file.output_category === 'reference' || file.isElementReferenceFile) {
                     return 'ref';
                 }
 
@@ -1470,14 +1482,16 @@ export const FileGallery = ({
     });
 
     React.useEffect(() => {
+        const elementsReferenceFiles = getElementReferencesFiles(context.elements_references);
+
         if (files) {
             // Array of files provided, so set without a request to the server.
-            setData(files);
+            setData([...files, ...elementsReferenceFiles]);
         } else {
             // Request files from the server.
             const query = fileQuery || `limit=all&type=File&dataset=${context['@id']}`;
             requestSearch(query).then((requestedData) => {
-                setData(requestedData['@graph']);
+                setData([...requestedData['@graph'], ...elementsReferenceFiles]);
             });
         }
     }, [fileQuery, files]);
diff --git a/src/encoded/types/dataset.py b/src/encoded/types/dataset.py
index 8c8b3bde388..624f043399e 100644
--- a/src/encoded/types/dataset.py
+++ b/src/encoded/types/dataset.py
@@ -1370,6 +1370,7 @@ class FunctionalCharacterizationSeries(Series):
         'related_datasets.elements_references.examined_loci',
         'elements_references',
         'elements_references.examined_loci',
+        'elements_references.files',
     ]
 
     @calculated_property(condition='related_datasets', schema={
diff --git a/src/encoded/types/functional_characterization_experiment.py b/src/encoded/types/functional_characterization_experiment.py
index aeacb221c07..0c5d6754c65 100644
--- a/src/encoded/types/functional_characterization_experiment.py
+++ b/src/encoded/types/functional_characterization_experiment.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class FunctionalCharacterizationExperiment(
         'biosample_ontology',
         'examined_loci',
         'examined_loci.gene',
+        'elements_references.files',
         'elements_references.examined_loci',
         'elements_references.examined_regions',
         'files.platform',