diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetRecTools/InDetHardScatterSelectionTool/InDetHardScatterSelectionTool/InDetHardScatterSelectionTool.h b/InnerDetector/InDetRecTools/InDetHardScatterSelectionTool/InDetHardScatterSelectionTool/InDetHardScatterSelectionTool.h
index 905f75e76a7e10dc2b0573bb682fa9dfa60b88d6..a90a0ae02a06bd79bd8e88616bd8e37dec79eef5 100644
--- a/InnerDetector/InDetRecTools/InDetHardScatterSelectionTool/InDetHardScatterSelectionTool/InDetHardScatterSelectionTool.h
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetRecTools/InDetHardScatterSelectionTool/InDetHardScatterSelectionTool/InDetHardScatterSelectionTool.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2021 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2022 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 #ifndef INDETHARDSCATTERSELECTIONTOOL_INDETHARDSCATTERSELECTIONTOOL_H
diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetValidation/InDetPhysValMonitoring/python/InDetPhysValDecoration.py b/InnerDetector/InDetValidation/InDetPhysValMonitoring/python/InDetPhysValDecoration.py
index 74343e672ab82b83ca141493f9978a88e8eb4155..6771efa88142b27e85b6afdf06f78a9b649cbe4d 100644
--- a/InnerDetector/InDetValidation/InDetPhysValMonitoring/python/InDetPhysValDecoration.py
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetValidation/InDetPhysValMonitoring/python/InDetPhysValDecoration.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2002-2021 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2022 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 
 from __future__ import print_function
 import InDetPhysValMonitoring.InDetPhysValMonitoringConf
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ def getInDetTruthSelectionTool(**kwargs):
 def getHardScatterSelectionTool(**kwargs):
     from InDetHardScatterSelectionTool.InDetHardScatterSelectionToolConf import InDet__InDetHardScatterSelectionTool
     kwargs = setDefaults(kwargs, name="InDetHardScatterSelectionTool")
+    kwargs = setDefaults(kwargs, JetContainer="AntiKt4EMTopoJets") 
     return InDet__InDetHardScatterSelectionTool(**kwargs)
 
 
diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetValidation/InDetPhysValMonitoring/python/InDetPhysValMonitoringConfig.py b/InnerDetector/InDetValidation/InDetPhysValMonitoring/python/InDetPhysValMonitoringConfig.py
index f17195c5db3217595357c322e7821899ca1c65b5..41f21a6b23c46751c20bf7adeb7da393ae52daac 100644
--- a/InnerDetector/InDetValidation/InDetPhysValMonitoring/python/InDetPhysValMonitoringConfig.py
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetValidation/InDetPhysValMonitoring/python/InDetPhysValMonitoringConfig.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-#  Copyright (C) 2002-2021 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+#  Copyright (C) 2002-2022 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 #
 
 '''@file InDetPhysValMonitoringConfig.py
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ def InDetPhysValMonitoringToolCfg(flags, **kwargs):
 
     acc.merge(HistogramDefinitionSvcCfg(flags))
 
+    jets_name_for_HardScatter = 'AntiKt4EMTopoJets'
+    # if we are running with sumpT(w) hard scatter selection, we need to schedule jet finding
+    if flags.IDPVM.hardScatterStrategy == 2:
+        
+        from InDetPhysValMonitoring.addRecoJetsConfig import AddRecoJetsIfNotExistingCfg
+        acc.merge(AddRecoJetsIfNotExistingCfg(flags, jets_name_for_HardScatter))
+
+
     if flags.Input.isMC:
         kwargs.setdefault("TruthParticleContainerName", "TruthParticles")
         if 'TruthSelectionTool' not in kwargs:
@@ -75,6 +83,9 @@ def InDetPhysValMonitoringToolCfg(flags, **kwargs):
         if 'hardScatterSelectionTool' not in kwargs:
             hardScatterSelectionTool = acc.popToolsAndMerge(HardScatterSelectionToolCfg(flags))
             hardScatterSelectionTool.RedoHardScatter=True
+            # for sumpt(w), make sure the HS selection tool picks up the correct jets
+            if flags.IDPVM.hardScatterStrategy == 2:
+                hardScatterSelectionTool.JetContainer = jets_name_for_HardScatter
             hardScatterSelectionTool.SelectionMode = flags.IDPVM.hardScatterStrategy
             kwargs.setdefault("hardScatterSelectionTool", hardScatterSelectionTool)
 
diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetValidation/InDetPhysValMonitoring/python/addRecoJetsConfig.py b/InnerDetector/InDetValidation/InDetPhysValMonitoring/python/addRecoJetsConfig.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..011511ff2e0ff4158b06c5d806706f96f25d97c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetValidation/InDetPhysValMonitoring/python/addRecoJetsConfig.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2022 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+
+def AddRecoJetsIfNotExistingCfg(flags, jetCollection):
+    '''
+    Add algorithm to create the Reco jets collection unless the
+    collection exists already, or a Reco jet finder is already running
+    '''
+    
+    # the jet collection name does not exist in the input file
+    # add a jet finder algorithm in front of the monitoring if the algorithm
+    # does not yet exist.
+    if "xAOD::JetContainer#"+jetCollection not in flags.Input.TypedCollections:
+        from AthenaCommon.Logging import logging
+        log = logging.getLogger('InDetPhysValMonitoring/addRecoJets.py')
+
+        log.info('DEBUG addRecoJetsIfNotExising {} not in {} [file_type={}]'.format(jetCollection, flags.Input.TypedCollections, flags.Input.Format))
+
+        from JetRecConfig import StandardSmallRJets 
+        theCollectionCfg = getattr(StandardSmallRJets, jetCollection.split("Jets")[0])
+        from JetRecConfig.JetRecConfig import JetRecCfg
+
+        return JetRecCfg(flags, theCollectionCfg)