diff --git a/Reconstruction/MET/METReconstruction/CMakeLists.txt b/Reconstruction/MET/METReconstruction/CMakeLists.txt
index bc017c940cb126e97ce62d93a1666066b4ddf719..56ea0513dc7efa2e7ee206687740cc42e21b133e 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/MET/METReconstruction/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Reconstruction/MET/METReconstruction/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ include_directories(src)
 atlas_add_component( METReconstruction
                      Root/*.cxx src/*.cxx src/components/*.cxx
                      INCLUDE_DIRS ${ROOT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-                     LINK_LIBRARIES ${ROOT_LIBRARIES} AsgTools FourMomUtils xAODCaloEvent xAODEgamma xAODJet xAODMissingET xAODMuon xAODPFlow xAODTracking xAODTruth GaudiKernel RecoToolInterfaces CaloEvent CaloConditions AthContainers AthenaBaseComps EventPrimitives xAODTau TruthUtils METRecoInterface PFlowUtilsLib StoreGateLib InDetTrackSelectionToolLib TrackVertexAssociationToolLib )
+                     LINK_LIBRARIES ${ROOT_LIBRARIES} AsgTools FourMomUtils xAODCaloEvent xAODEgamma xAODJet xAODMissingET xAODMuon xAODPFlow xAODTracking xAODTruth GaudiKernel RecoToolInterfaces CaloEvent CaloConditions AthContainers AthenaBaseComps EventPrimitives xAODTau TruthUtils METRecoInterface PFlowUtilsLib StoreGateLib InDetTrackSelectionToolLib TrackVertexAssociationToolLib tauRecToolsLib)
 
 # Install files from the package:
 atlas_install_python_modules( python/*.py python/LegacyRunII/*.py POST_BUILD_CMD ${ATLAS_FLAKE8} )
diff --git a/Reconstruction/MET/METReconstruction/Root/METTauAssociator.cxx b/Reconstruction/MET/METReconstruction/Root/METTauAssociator.cxx
index 149e97afa359376d4903b95d647db5785074776b..d5b0abf104c5dbecc541e92038ef20fd49f1e566 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/MET/METReconstruction/Root/METTauAssociator.cxx
+++ b/Reconstruction/MET/METReconstruction/Root/METTauAssociator.cxx
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 // DeltaR calculation
 #include "FourMomUtils/xAODP4Helpers.h"
 
+#include "tauRecTools/HelperFunctions.h"
+#include "xAODCaloEvent/CaloVertexedTopoCluster.h"
 #include "PFlowUtils/IWeightPFOTool.h"
 
 namespace met {
@@ -108,8 +110,26 @@ namespace met {
                                                    const met::METAssociator::ConstitHolder& /*tcCont*/) const
   {
     const TauJet* tau = static_cast<const TauJet*>(obj);
-    tclist = xAOD::TauHelpers::clusters(*tau, 0.2);
-
+    TLorentzVector tauAxis = tauRecTools::getTauAxis(*tau);
+    const xAOD::Vertex* tauVertex = tauRecTools::getTauVertex(*tau);
+
+    auto clusterList = tau->clusters();
+    for (const xAOD::IParticle* particle : clusterList) {
+      const xAOD::CaloCluster* cluster = static_cast<const xAOD::CaloCluster*>(particle);
+      
+      TLorentzVector clusterP4 = cluster->p4();
+      
+      // Correct the four momentum to point at the tau vertex
+      if (tauVertex) {
+        xAOD::CaloVertexedTopoCluster vertexedCluster(*cluster, tauVertex->position()); 
+        clusterP4 = vertexedCluster.p4();
+      }
+        
+      if (clusterP4.DeltaR(tauAxis) > 0.2) continue;
+    
+      tclist.push_back(particle);
+    }
+  
     return StatusCode::SUCCESS;
   }