diff --git a/HeavyIonsAnalysis/EventAnalysis/plugins/HFFilter.cc b/HeavyIonsAnalysis/EventAnalysis/plugins/HFFilter.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..195fa66c47be3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/HeavyIonsAnalysis/EventAnalysis/plugins/HFFilter.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// system include files
+#include <memory>
+#include <vector>
+#include <map>
+#include <set>
+
+// user include files
+#include "FWCore/Utilities/interface/InputTag.h"
+#include "FWCore/Framework/interface/Frameworkfwd.h"
+#include "FWCore/Framework/interface/EDFilter.h"
+#include "FWCore/Framework/interface/Event.h"
+#include "FWCore/Framework/interface/MakerMacros.h"
+#include "FWCore/ParameterSet/interface/ParameterSet.h"
+#include "FWCore/Framework/interface/ESHandle.h"
+#include "FWCore/MessageLogger/interface/MessageLogger.h"
+#include "DataFormats/TrackReco/interface/Track.h"
+#include "DataFormats/TrackReco/interface/TrackFwd.h"
+
+#include "DataFormats/HeavyIonEvent/interface/HFFilterInfo.h" //this line is needed to access the HF Filters
+
+class HFFilter : public edm::EDFilter {
+public:
+  explicit HFFilter(const edm::ParameterSet &);
+  ~HFFilter() override;
+
+private:
+  bool filter(edm::Event &, const edm::EventSetup &) override;
+
+  edm::EDGetTokenT<reco::HFFilterInfo> HFfilters_;
+  bool applyfilter_;
+  int threshold_;
+  int minnumtowers_;
+  int numMinHFTowers;
+
+};
+
+
+using namespace edm;
+using namespace std;
+
+HFFilter::HFFilter(const edm::ParameterSet& iConfig) {
+  HFfilters_ = consumes<reco::HFFilterInfo>(iConfig.getParameter<edm::InputTag>("HFfilters"));
+  //  applyfilter_ = iConfig.getParameter<bool>("applyfilter");
+  threshold_ = iConfig.getParameter<int>("threshold");
+  minnumtowers_ = iConfig.getParameter<int>("minnumtowers");
+}
+
+HFFilter::~HFFilter() {}
+
+bool HFFilter::filter(edm::Event& iEvent, const edm::EventSetup& iSetup) {
+
+  bool accepted = false;
+
+  numMinHFTowers = 0;
+
+  edm::Handle<reco::HFFilterInfo> HFfilter;
+  iEvent.getByToken(HFfilters_, HFfilter);
+
+  if(threshold_ == 2){numMinHFTowers = HFfilter->numMinHFTowers2;}
+  if(threshold_ == 3){numMinHFTowers = HFfilter->numMinHFTowers3;}
+  if(threshold_ == 4){numMinHFTowers = HFfilter->numMinHFTowers4;}
+  if(threshold_ == 5){numMinHFTowers = HFfilter->numMinHFTowers5;}
+
+  if(numMinHFTowers >= minnumtowers_) accepted = true;
+
+  return accepted;
+
+}
+
+//define this as a plug-in
+DEFINE_FWK_MODULE(HFFilter);
diff --git a/HeavyIonsAnalysis/EventAnalysis/plugins/TriggerAnalyzer.cc b/HeavyIonsAnalysis/EventAnalysis/plugins/TriggerAnalyzer.cc
index 10a220a11e413..d6c44e24d544d 100644
--- a/HeavyIonsAnalysis/EventAnalysis/plugins/TriggerAnalyzer.cc
+++ b/HeavyIonsAnalysis/EventAnalysis/plugins/TriggerAnalyzer.cc
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ TriggerAnalyzer::TriggerAnalyzer(edm::ParameterSet const& conf)
       l1dummies(conf.getParameter<std::vector<std::string>>("l1dummybranches")),
       hltresultsToken_(consumes<edm::TriggerResults>(conf.getParameter<edm::InputTag>("hltresults"))),
       l1resultsToken_(consumes<GlobalAlgBlkBxCollection>(conf.getParameter<edm::InputTag>("l1results"))),
-      hltPrescaleProvider_(new HLTPrescaleProvider(conf, consumesCollector(), *this)) {
+      hltPrescaleProvider_(new HLTPrescaleProvider(conf.getParameter<edm::ParameterSet>("hltPSProvCfg"), consumesCollector(), *this)) {
   // open the tree file and initialize the tree
   edm::Service<TFileService> fs;
   t_ = fs->make<TTree>("HltTree", "");
diff --git a/HeavyIonsAnalysis/EventAnalysis/python/hffilter_cfi.py b/HeavyIonsAnalysis/EventAnalysis/python/hffilter_cfi.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3c0eda3d2ad58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/HeavyIonsAnalysis/EventAnalysis/python/hffilter_cfi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import FWCore.ParameterSet.Config as cms
+
+phfCoincFilter2Th4  = cms.EDFilter('HFFilter',
+   HFfilters      = cms.InputTag("hiHFfilters","hiHFfilters","PAT"),
+   threshold      = cms.int32(4),
+   minnumtowers  = cms.int32(2)
+)
diff --git a/HeavyIonsAnalysis/EventAnalysis/python/hltanalysis_cfi.py b/HeavyIonsAnalysis/EventAnalysis/python/hltanalysis_cfi.py
index a156f5b77b680..2c6b062bf7163 100644
--- a/HeavyIonsAnalysis/EventAnalysis/python/hltanalysis_cfi.py
+++ b/HeavyIonsAnalysis/EventAnalysis/python/hltanalysis_cfi.py
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@
     l1results = cms.InputTag('gtStage2Digis'),
     hltdummybranches = dummy_branches_for_PbPb_2018_HLT,
     l1dummybranches = dummy_branches_for_PbPb_2018_L1,
+    hltPSProvCfg=cms.PSet(stageL1Trigger = cms.uint32(2)),
     )