diff --git a/RecoParticleFlow/PFClusterProducer/interface/PFClusterEMEnergyCorrector.h b/RecoParticleFlow/PFClusterProducer/interface/PFClusterEMEnergyCorrector.h
index 38cd633cafffa..6e106438fcd2f 100644
--- a/RecoParticleFlow/PFClusterProducer/interface/PFClusterEMEnergyCorrector.h
+++ b/RecoParticleFlow/PFClusterProducer/interface/PFClusterEMEnergyCorrector.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class PFClusterEMEnergyCorrector {
   bool srfAwareCorrection_;
   bool applyCrackCorrections_;
   bool applyMVACorrections_;
+  bool setEnergyUncertainty_;
 
   bool autoDetectBunchSpacing_;
   int bunchSpacingManual_;
diff --git a/RecoParticleFlow/PFClusterProducer/plugins/CorrectedECALPFClusterProducer.cc b/RecoParticleFlow/PFClusterProducer/plugins/CorrectedECALPFClusterProducer.cc
index 3ceb184038e7b..4eb15071f4a61 100644
--- a/RecoParticleFlow/PFClusterProducer/plugins/CorrectedECALPFClusterProducer.cc
+++ b/RecoParticleFlow/PFClusterProducer/plugins/CorrectedECALPFClusterProducer.cc
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ void CorrectedECALPFClusterProducer::fillDescriptions(edm::ConfigurationDescript
     psd0.add<bool>("applyCrackCorrections",false);
     psd0.add<bool>("applyMVACorrections",false);
     psd0.add<bool>("srfAwareCorrection",false);    
+    psd0.add<bool>("setEnergyUncertainty",false);    
     psd0.add<bool>("autoDetectBunchSpacing",true);
     psd0.add<int>("bunchSpacing",25);
     psd0.add<double>("maxPtForMVAEvaluation",-99.);
diff --git a/RecoParticleFlow/PFClusterProducer/src/PFClusterEMEnergyCorrector.cc b/RecoParticleFlow/PFClusterProducer/src/PFClusterEMEnergyCorrector.cc
index 57d961351afac..f981d02855b21 100644
--- a/RecoParticleFlow/PFClusterProducer/src/PFClusterEMEnergyCorrector.cc
+++ b/RecoParticleFlow/PFClusterProducer/src/PFClusterEMEnergyCorrector.cc
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ PFClusterEMEnergyCorrector::PFClusterEMEnergyCorrector(const edm::ParameterSet&
    applyCrackCorrections_ = conf.getParameter<bool>("applyCrackCorrections");
    applyMVACorrections_ = conf.getParameter<bool>("applyMVACorrections");
    srfAwareCorrection_ = conf.getParameter<bool>("srfAwareCorrection");
-
+   setEnergyUncertainty_ = conf.getParameter<bool>("setEnergyUncertainty");
    maxPtForMVAEvaluation_ = conf.getParameter<double>("maxPtForMVAEvaluation");
      
    if (applyMVACorrections_) {
@@ -250,8 +250,9 @@ void PFClusterEMEnergyCorrector::correctEnergies(const edm::Event &evt,
       double sigmacor = sigma*ecor;
       
       cluster.setCorrectedEnergy(ecor);
-      cluster.setCorrectedEnergyUncertainty(sigmacor);
-      
+      if(setEnergyUncertainty_) cluster.setCorrectedEnergyUncertainty(sigmacor);
+      else cluster.setCorrectedEnergyUncertainty(0.);
+            
     }
     return;
   }
@@ -414,7 +415,9 @@ void PFClusterEMEnergyCorrector::correctEnergies(const edm::Event &evt,
 					   << exp(mean) << " " << ecor;
     
     cluster.setCorrectedEnergy(ecor);
-    cluster.setCorrectedEnergyUncertainty(sigmacor);
+    if(setEnergyUncertainty_) cluster.setCorrectedEnergyUncertainty(sigmacor);
+    else cluster.setCorrectedEnergyUncertainty(0.);
+       
   }
   
 }