diff --git a/DDExamples/ILDExDet/compact/geant4.xml b/DDExamples/ILDExDet/compact/geant4.xml
index 9172429531b31209156dcb2a369cd954cd2c9adb..2bed7296d303205063b6d78b7ecde8a33cfeaaea 100644
--- a/DDExamples/ILDExDet/compact/geant4.xml
+++ b/DDExamples/ILDExDet/compact/geant4.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@
         verbose="true" 
         hit_aggregation="position">
     </sd>
+    <sd name="HcalEndcap"
+        type="Geant4Calorimeter"
+        ecut="0.5*keV"
+        verbose="true"
+        hit_aggregation="position">
+    </sd>
 
   </sensitive_detectors>