diff --git a/HLTrigger/special/plugins/HLTPixelTrackFilter.cc b/HLTrigger/special/plugins/HLTPixelTrackFilter.cc
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+#include "FWCore/Framework/interface/Frameworkfwd.h"
+#include "FWCore/Framework/interface/stream/EDFilter.h"
+
+#include "FWCore/Framework/interface/Event.h"
+#include "FWCore/Framework/interface/EventSetup.h"
+#include "FWCore/MessageLogger/interface/MessageLogger.h"
+#include "DataFormats/Common/interface/Handle.h"
+#include "DataFormats/HLTReco/interface/TriggerFilterObjectWithRefs.h"
+#include "DataFormats/HLTReco/interface/TriggerTypeDefs.h"
+
+#include "FWCore/ParameterSet/interface/ParameterSet.h"
+#include "FWCore/ParameterSet/interface/ConfigurationDescriptions.h"
+#include "FWCore/ParameterSet/interface/ParameterSetDescription.h"
+#include "DataFormats/TrackReco/interface/Track.h"
+//
+// class declaration
+//
+
+class HLTPixelTrackFilter : public edm::stream::EDFilter<> {
+public:
+  explicit HLTPixelTrackFilter(const edm::ParameterSet&);
+  ~HLTPixelTrackFilter() override;
+  static void fillDescriptions(edm::ConfigurationDescriptions & descriptions);
+
+private:
+  bool filter(edm::Event&, const edm::EventSetup&) override;
+
+  edm::InputTag inputTag_;          // input tag identifying product containing pixel clusters
+  unsigned int  min_pixelTracks_;      // minimum number of clusters
+  unsigned int  max_pixelTracks_;      // maximum number of clusters
+  edm::EDGetTokenT<reco::TrackCollection> inputToken_;
+
+};
+
+//
+// constructors and destructor
+//
+
+HLTPixelTrackFilter::HLTPixelTrackFilter(const edm::ParameterSet& config):
+  inputTag_     (config.getParameter<edm::InputTag>("pixelTracks")),
+  min_pixelTracks_ (config.getParameter<unsigned int>("maxPixelTracks")),
+  max_pixelTracks_ (config.getParameter<unsigned int>("minPixelTracks"))
+{
+  inputToken_ = consumes< reco::TrackCollection >(inputTag_);
+  LogDebug("") << "Using the " << inputTag_ << " input collection";
+  LogDebug("") << "Requesting at least " << min_pixelTracks_ << " PixelTracks";
+  if(max_pixelTracks_ > 0)
+    LogDebug("") << "...but no more than " << max_pixelTracks_ << " PixelTracks";
+}
+
+HLTPixelTrackFilter::~HLTPixelTrackFilter() = default;
+
+void
+HLTPixelTrackFilter::fillDescriptions(edm::ConfigurationDescriptions& descriptions) {
+  edm::ParameterSetDescription desc;
+  desc.add<edm::InputTag>("pixelTracks",edm::InputTag("hltPixelTracks"));
+  desc.add<unsigned int>("minPixelTracks",0);
+  desc.add<unsigned int>("maxPixelTracks",0);
+  descriptions.add("hltPixelTrackFilter",desc);
+
+}
+
+//
+// member functions
+//
+// ------------ method called to produce the data  ------------
+bool HLTPixelTrackFilter::filter(edm::Event& event, const edm::EventSetup& iSetup)
+{
+  // get hold of products from Event
+  edm::Handle< reco::TrackCollection> trackColl;
+  event.getByToken(inputToken_, trackColl);
+
+  unsigned int numTracks = trackColl->size();
+  LogDebug("") << "Number of tracks accepted: " << numTracks;
+  bool accept = (numTracks >= min_pixelTracks_);
+  if(max_pixelTracks_ > 0)
+    accept &= (numTracks <= max_pixelTracks_);
+  // return with final filter decision
+  return accept;
+}
+
+// define as a framework module
+#include "FWCore/Framework/interface/MakerMacros.h"
+DEFINE_FWK_MODULE(HLTPixelTrackFilter);