diff --git a/Simulation/Digitization/python/DigitizationConfigFlags.py b/Simulation/Digitization/python/DigitizationConfigFlags.py
index 0a9b688717fc01c31fce3f8f50bd61d516546201..9bd2e33ff737f667d4c49bc24e0e364e21fda3ee 100644
--- a/Simulation/Digitization/python/DigitizationConfigFlags.py
+++ b/Simulation/Digitization/python/DigitizationConfigFlags.py
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ def constBunchSpacingPattern(constBunchSpacing):
 def createDigitizationCfgFlags():
     """Return an AthConfigFlags object with required flags"""
     flags = AthConfigFlags()
+    # Digitization Steering - needed for easy comparison with the
+    # old-style configuration, but can potentially drop
+    flags.addFlag("Digitization.DigiSteeringConf", "StandardPileUpToolsAlg")
     # Run Inner Detector noise simulation
     flags.addFlag("Digitization.DoInnerDetectorNoise", True)
     # Run pile-up digitization on one bunch crossing at a time?
diff --git a/Simulation/Digitization/python/PileUpToolsConfig.py b/Simulation/Digitization/python/PileUpToolsConfig.py
index e8b4af5e4624d99f33f7d2916b1510429d1904e6..35b913ddd1b2b999461c417010fa84b0bcd03ccc 100644
--- a/Simulation/Digitization/python/PileUpToolsConfig.py
+++ b/Simulation/Digitization/python/PileUpToolsConfig.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from AthenaConfiguration.ComponentFactory import CompFactory
 PileUpToolsAlg, DigitizationAlg=CompFactory.getComps("PileUpToolsAlg","DigitizationAlg")
 
 
-def PileUpToolsCfg(flags, name="StandardPileUpToolsAlg", **kwargs):
+def PileUpToolsCfg(flags, **kwargs):
     """
     Return ComponentAccumulator with the correct algorithm to carry Digitization PileUpTools
 
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ def PileUpToolsCfg(flags, name="StandardPileUpToolsAlg", **kwargs):
     else:
         Alg = DigitizationAlg
 
-    acc.addEventAlgo(Alg(name, **kwargs))
+    acc.addEventAlgo(Alg(flags.Digitization.DigiSteeringConf, **kwargs))
     return acc