diff --git a/Generators/Herwig7_i/share/common/Herwig7_BuiltinME.py b/Generators/Herwig7_i/share/common/Herwig7_BuiltinME.py
index c7c3484e2ece2e4a9b347ddc9f3dd6a4352982bf..5c59049a343e75a624d95056216d3694aa9f2e02 100644
--- a/Generators/Herwig7_i/share/common/Herwig7_BuiltinME.py
+++ b/Generators/Herwig7_i/share/common/Herwig7_BuiltinME.py
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ from Herwig7_i.Herwig7ConfigBuiltinME import Hw7ConfigBuiltinME
 genSeq += Herwig7()
 Herwig7Config = Hw7ConfigBuiltinME(genSeq, runArgs)
 
+# Set Herwig7 for evgen
+evgenConfig.generators += ["Herwig7"]
diff --git a/Generators/Herwig7_i/share/common/Herwig7_EvtGen.py b/Generators/Herwig7_i/share/common/Herwig7_EvtGen.py
index 310e2cdacc47e0da125f4aa9dd7cd93ac4de98e8..ba27749401a2efcd303bc5816253a300235d75c3 100644
--- a/Generators/Herwig7_i/share/common/Herwig7_EvtGen.py
+++ b/Generators/Herwig7_i/share/common/Herwig7_EvtGen.py
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 assert hasattr(genSeq, "Herwig7")
 include("EvtGen_i/EvtGen_Fragment.py")
 
+# Set Herwig7 for evgen
+evgenConfig.generators += ["Herwig7"]
+
 # Set the aux-files depending on the current Herwig version
 evgenConfig.auxfiles += ['Herwig71Inclusive.pdt']
 genSeq.EvtInclusiveDecay.pdtFile = "Herwig71Inclusive.pdt"
@@ -55,4 +58,4 @@ set /Herwig/Particles/D'_s1-:Stable Stable
 set /Herwig/Particles/D'_s1+:Stable Stable
 set /Herwig/Particles/D_s1-:Stable Stable
 set /Herwig/Particles/D_s1+:Stable Stable
-""")
\ No newline at end of file
+""")
diff --git a/Generators/Herwig7_i/share/common/Herwig7_LHEF.py b/Generators/Herwig7_i/share/common/Herwig7_LHEF.py
index 2fe5f880adabf28e1d662cf88d19acc6e0d963b8..3d8121047bff500e7cd417ed697f4e7fb5b20dc4 100644
--- a/Generators/Herwig7_i/share/common/Herwig7_LHEF.py
+++ b/Generators/Herwig7_i/share/common/Herwig7_LHEF.py
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ from Herwig7_i.Herwig7ConfigLHEF import Hw7ConfigLHEF
 genSeq += Herwig7()
 Herwig7Config = Hw7ConfigLHEF(genSeq, runArgs)
 
+# Set Herwig7 for evgen
+evgenConfig.generators += ["Herwig7"]
+
 # handle compressed LHE files passed via runArgs.inputGeneratorFile
 import glob
 from AthenaCommon import Logging