diff --git a/Detector/DetCRD/src/Tracker/StraightDriftChamber_v01_geo.cpp b/Detector/DetCRD/src/Tracker/StraightDriftChamber_v01_geo.cpp
index af878c0966cbd2d26b793f2b3b6fdbec36234354..09cd2394d153a2d823e635c2b7ccb01eb2b5010f 100644
--- a/Detector/DetCRD/src/Tracker/StraightDriftChamber_v01_geo.cpp
+++ b/Detector/DetCRD/src/Tracker/StraightDriftChamber_v01_geo.cpp
@@ -231,6 +231,10 @@ static dd4hep::Ref_t create_detector(Detector& description, xml_h e, SensitiveDe
     if(x_layer.isSensitive()) chamber_id++;
   }
 
+  if ( x_det.hasAttr(_U(combineHits)) ) {
+    tracker.setCombineHits(x_det.attr<bool>(_U(combineHits)),sens);
+  }
+
   FixedPadSizeTPCData* dcData = new FixedPadSizeTPCData;
   dcData->zHalf = halflength_chamber+thickness_side;
   dcData->rMin = rmin_chamber-thickness_inner;