diff --git a/Common/Tools/PID/CMakeLists.txt b/Common/Tools/PID/CMakeLists.txt
index 3d9bd387cfe..e7443bf5944 100644
--- a/Common/Tools/PID/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Common/Tools/PID/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,3 +16,7 @@ o2physics_add_executable(pidparam-tpc-response
 o2physics_add_executable(check-pid-packing
     SOURCES checkPidPacking.cxx
     PUBLIC_LINK_LIBRARIES O2Physics::AnalysisCore)
+
+o2physics_add_library(pidTPCModule
+  SOURCES pidTPCModule.cxx
+  PUBLIC_LINK_LIBRARIES O2Physics::MLCore)
diff --git a/Common/Tools/PID/pidTPCModule.cxx b/Common/Tools/PID/pidTPCModule.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0b85bcad88c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Common/Tools/PID/pidTPCModule.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2019-2020 CERN and copyright holders of ALICE O2.
+// See https://alice-o2.web.cern.ch/copyright for details of the copyright holders.
+// All rights not expressly granted are reserved.
+//
+// This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
+// License v3 (GPL Version 3), copied verbatim in the file "COPYING".
+//
+// In applying this license CERN does not waive the privileges and immunities
+// granted to it by virtue of its status as an Intergovernmental Organization
+// or submit itself to any jurisdiction.
+
+/// \file pidTPCModule.cxx
+/// \brief Helper file to provide compilation command for headers.
+///
+/// \author Vít Kučera <vit.kucera@cern.ch>, Inha University
+
+#include "pidTPCModule.h" // IWYU pragma: keep
diff --git a/Common/Tools/PID/pidTPCModule.h b/Common/Tools/PID/pidTPCModule.h
index 0a39c41ff0c..ff58fab4d02 100644
--- a/Common/Tools/PID/pidTPCModule.h
+++ b/Common/Tools/PID/pidTPCModule.h
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 #include <Framework/Configurable.h>
 #include <Framework/DeviceSpec.h>
 #include <Framework/RunningWorkflowInfo.h>
-#include <Framework/runDataProcessing.h>
 #include <ReconstructionDataFormats/PID.h>
 
 #include <TFile.h>