diff --git a/Reconstruction/egamma/egammaAlgs/python/egammaSelectedTrackCopyConfig.py b/Reconstruction/egamma/egammaAlgs/python/egammaSelectedTrackCopyConfig.py
index e4f30467c71fbb5c8a7bcb5c247b1c30161f6d87..ddffe1437793a92582179ea3e4aad3880838f23d 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/egamma/egammaAlgs/python/egammaSelectedTrackCopyConfig.py
+++ b/Reconstruction/egamma/egammaAlgs/python/egammaSelectedTrackCopyConfig.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from egammaTrackTools.egammaTrackToolsConfig import EMExtrapolationToolsCfg
 from AthenaCommon.Logging import logging
 from AthenaConfiguration.ComponentFactory import CompFactory
 from AthenaConfiguration.ComponentAccumulator import ComponentAccumulator
+from egammaCaloTools.egammaCaloToolsFactories import egammaCheckEnergyDepositTool
 egammaCaloClusterSelector = CompFactory.egammaCaloClusterSelector
 egammaSelectedTrackCopy = CompFactory.egammaSelectedTrackCopy
 
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ def egammaSelectedTrackCopyCfg(flags, name='egammaSelectedTrackCopy', **kwargs):
                                                                  )
 
         kwargs["egammaCaloClusterSelector"] = egammaCaloClusterGSFSelector
+        kwargs.setdefault("egammaCheckEnergyDepositTool", egammaCheckEnergyDepositTool())
 
     if "ExtrapolationTool" not in kwargs:
         extraptool = EMExtrapolationToolsCfg(flags)