diff --git a/RecoTauTag/RecoTau/BuildFile.xml b/RecoTauTag/RecoTau/BuildFile.xml
index f58047980c27a..21ff7471a4dcd 100644
--- a/RecoTauTag/RecoTau/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/RecoTauTag/RecoTau/BuildFile.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
+
diff --git a/RecoTauTag/RecoTau/interface/DeepTauBase.h b/RecoTauTag/RecoTau/interface/DeepTauBase.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..11b79a85f6a3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RecoTauTag/RecoTau/interface/DeepTauBase.h
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+#ifndef RecoTauTag_RecoTau_DeepTauBase_h
+#define RecoTauTag_RecoTau_DeepTauBase_h
+
+/*
+ * \class DeepTauBase
+ *
+ * Definition of the base class for tau identification using Deep NN.
+ *
+ * \author Konstantin Androsov, INFN Pisa
+ * \author Maria Rosaria Di Domenico, University of Siena & INFN Pisa
+ */
+
+#include