diff --git a/Control/xAODRootAccess/Root/Init.cxx b/Control/xAODRootAccess/Root/Init.cxx
index 2b0f02b4374b66cdf588af0ed0e83978701c3f55..3375db647492e61f2a104b5b2bf68d15c7c1be15 100644
--- a/Control/xAODRootAccess/Root/Init.cxx
+++ b/Control/xAODRootAccess/Root/Init.cxx
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ namespace xAOD {
             "xAOD::TauJet_v1",
             "xAOD::PFO_v1",
             "xAOD::TrigElectron_v1",
-            "xAOD::L2CombinedMuon_v1"}) {
+            "xAOD::L2CombinedMuon_v1",
+            "xAOD::Particle_v1"}) {
         // silently ignore missing classes, because this gets used in
         // all projects, and not all projects contain all xAOD classes
         static constexpr Bool_t LOAD = kTRUE;