diff --git a/HLTrigger/special/plugins/HLTPixelTrackFilter.cc b/HLTrigger/special/plugins/HLTPixelTrackFilter.cc
index 3377f829fb089..5a3748094794d 100644
--- a/HLTrigger/special/plugins/HLTPixelTrackFilter.cc
+++ b/HLTrigger/special/plugins/HLTPixelTrackFilter.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "FWCore/Framework/interface/Frameworkfwd.h"
-#include "FWCore/Framework/interface/stream/EDFilter.h"
+#include "HLTrigger/HLTcore/interface/HLTFilter.h"
 
 #include "FWCore/Framework/interface/Event.h"
 #include "FWCore/Framework/interface/EventSetup.h"
@@ -11,24 +11,25 @@
 #include "FWCore/ParameterSet/interface/ParameterSet.h"
 #include "FWCore/ParameterSet/interface/ConfigurationDescriptions.h"
 #include "FWCore/ParameterSet/interface/ParameterSetDescription.h"
-#include "DataFormats/TrackReco/interface/Track.h"
+#include "DataFormats/RecoCandidate/interface/RecoChargedCandidate.h"
 //
 // class declaration
 //
 
-class HLTPixelTrackFilter : public edm::stream::EDFilter<> {
+class HLTPixelTrackFilter : public HLTFilter {
 public:
   explicit HLTPixelTrackFilter(const edm::ParameterSet&);
   ~HLTPixelTrackFilter() override;
+  bool hltFilter(edm::Event&,
+                 const edm::EventSetup&,
+                 trigger::TriggerFilterObjectWithRefs& filterproduct) const 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_;
+  edm::EDGetTokenT<reco::RecoChargedCandidateCollection> inputToken_;
 };
 
 //
@@ -36,10 +37,11 @@ class HLTPixelTrackFilter : public edm::stream::EDFilter<> {
 //
 
 HLTPixelTrackFilter::HLTPixelTrackFilter(const edm::ParameterSet& config)
-    : inputTag_(config.getParameter<edm::InputTag>("pixelTracks")),
+    : HLTFilter(config),
+      inputTag_(config.getParameter<edm::InputTag>("pixelTracks")),
       min_pixelTracks_(config.getParameter<unsigned int>("minPixelTracks")),
       max_pixelTracks_(config.getParameter<unsigned int>("maxPixelTracks")) {
-  inputToken_ = consumes<reco::TrackCollection>(inputTag_);
+  inputToken_ = consumes<reco::RecoChargedCandidateCollection>(inputTag_);
   LogDebug("") << "Using the " << inputTag_ << " input collection";
   LogDebug("") << "Requesting at least " << min_pixelTracks_ << " PixelTracks";
   if (max_pixelTracks_ > 0)
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ HLTPixelTrackFilter::~HLTPixelTrackFilter() = default;
 
 void HLTPixelTrackFilter::fillDescriptions(edm::ConfigurationDescriptions& descriptions) {
   edm::ParameterSetDescription desc;
+  makeHLTFilterDescription(desc);
   desc.add<edm::InputTag>("pixelTracks", edm::InputTag("hltPixelTracks"));
   desc.add<unsigned int>("minPixelTracks", 0);
   desc.add<unsigned int>("maxPixelTracks", 0);
@@ -60,12 +63,22 @@ void HLTPixelTrackFilter::fillDescriptions(edm::ConfigurationDescriptions& descr
 // member functions
 //
 // ------------ method called to produce the data  ------------
-bool HLTPixelTrackFilter::filter(edm::Event& event, const edm::EventSetup& iSetup) {
+bool HLTPixelTrackFilter::hltFilter(edm::Event& event,
+                                    const edm::EventSetup& iSetup,
+                                    trigger::TriggerFilterObjectWithRefs& filterproduct) const {
+  // All HLT filters must create and fill an HLT filter object,
+  // recording any reconstructed physics objects satisfying (or not)
+  // this HLT filter, and place it in the Event.
+  if (saveTags())
+    filterproduct.addCollectionTag(inputTag_);
+
   // get hold of products from Event
-  edm::Handle<reco::TrackCollection> trackColl;
-  event.getByToken(inputToken_, trackColl);
+  const auto& trackColl = event.getHandle(inputToken_);
 
   unsigned int numTracks = trackColl->size();
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < numTracks; i++)
+    filterproduct.addObject(trigger::TriggerTrack, reco::RecoChargedCandidateRef(trackColl, i));
+
   LogDebug("") << "Number of tracks accepted: " << numTracks;
   bool accept = (numTracks >= min_pixelTracks_);
   if (max_pixelTracks_ > 0)