diff --git a/test/utils/test_PIDHandler.cpp b/test/utils/test_PIDHandler.cpp
index 980790c36..9fdfde85e 100644
--- a/test/utils/test_PIDHandler.cpp
+++ b/test/utils/test_PIDHandler.cpp
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ std::tuple<podio::Frame, podio::Frame> createEventAndMetadata() {
   auto pidColl1 = createParticleIDs(recos, 1.0f);
   auto pidColl2 = createParticleIDs(recos, 2.0f);
 
-  edm4hep::utils::PIDHandler::setAlgoInfo(metadata, pidColl1, "particleIds_1", "pidAlgo_1", 42,
-                                          {"first_param", "second_param"});
-  edm4hep::utils::PIDHandler::setAlgoInfo(metadata, pidColl2, "particleIds_2", "algo_2", 123, {"1", "2"});
+  edm4hep::utils::PIDHandler::setAlgoInfo(metadata, pidColl1, "particleIds_1",
+                                          {"pidAlgo_1", 42, {"first_param", "second_param"}});
+  edm4hep::utils::PIDHandler::setAlgoInfo(metadata, pidColl2, "particleIds_2", {"algo_2", 123, {"1", "2"}});
 
   event.put(std::move(pidColl1), "particleIds_1");
   event.put(std::move(pidColl2), "particleIds_2");
diff --git a/utils/include/edm4hep/utils/ParticleIDUtils.h b/utils/include/edm4hep/utils/ParticleIDUtils.h
index 4ed22b160..56ea1f2c6 100644
--- a/utils/include/edm4hep/utils/ParticleIDUtils.h
+++ b/utils/include/edm4hep/utils/ParticleIDUtils.h
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@
 
 namespace edm4hep::utils {
 
+/// A simple struct bundling relevant metadata for a ParticleID collection
+struct ParticleIDMeta {
+  std::string algoName{};                ///< The name of the algorithm
+  int32_t algoType{0};                   ///< The (user defined) algorithm type
+  std::vector<std::string> paramNames{}; ///< The names of the parameters
+};
+
 /// Utility class to invert the ParticleID to ReconstructedParticle relation
 class PIDHandler {
 
@@ -65,12 +72,11 @@ class PIDHandler {
   /// Retrieve the algoType for a given algorithm name
   std::optional<int32_t> getAlgoType(const std::string& algoName) const;
 
-  static void setAlgoInfo(podio::Frame& metadata, edm4hep::ParticleIDCollection& pidColl, const std::string& collName,
-                          const std::string& algoName, const int32_t algoType,
-                          const std::vector<std::string>& paramNames);
+  static void setAlgoInfo(podio::Frame& metadata, edm4hep::ParticleIDCollection& pidcoll, const std::string& collname,
+                          const edm4hep::utils::ParticleIDMeta& pidMetaInfo);
 
-  static void setAlgoInfo(podio::Frame& metadata, const std::string& collName, const std::string& algoName,
-                          const int32_t algoType, const std::vector<std::string>& paramNames);
+  static void setAlgoInfo(podio::Frame& metadata, const std::string& collname,
+                          const edm4hep::utils::ParticleIDMeta& pidMetaInfo);
 };
 } // namespace edm4hep::utils
 
diff --git a/utils/src/ParticleIDUtils.cc b/utils/src/ParticleIDUtils.cc
index b040f5648..3d36f7863 100644
--- a/utils/src/ParticleIDUtils.cc
+++ b/utils/src/ParticleIDUtils.cc
@@ -93,20 +93,19 @@ std::optional<int32_t> PIDHandler::getAlgoType(const std::string& algoName) cons
 }
 
 void PIDHandler::setAlgoInfo(podio::Frame& metadata, edm4hep::ParticleIDCollection& pidColl,
-                             const std::string& collName, const std::string& algoName, const int32_t algoType,
-                             const std::vector<std::string>& paramNames) {
+                             const std::string& collName, const edm4hep::utils::ParticleIDMeta& pidMetaInfo) {
   for (auto pid : pidColl) {
-    pid.setAlgorithmType(algoType);
+    pid.setAlgorithmType(pidMetaInfo.algoType);
   }
 
-  PIDHandler::setAlgoInfo(metadata, collName, algoName, algoType, paramNames);
+  PIDHandler::setAlgoInfo(metadata, collName, pidMetaInfo);
 }
 
-void PIDHandler::setAlgoInfo(podio::Frame& metadata, const std::string& collName, const std::string& algoName,
-                             const int32_t algoType, const std::vector<std::string>& paramNames) {
-  metadata.putParameter(podio::collMetadataParamName(collName, edm4hep::pidAlgoName), algoName);
-  metadata.putParameter(podio::collMetadataParamName(collName, edm4hep::pidAlgoType), algoType);
-  metadata.putParameter(podio::collMetadataParamName(collName, edm4hep::pidParameterNames), paramNames);
+void PIDHandler::setAlgoInfo(podio::Frame& metadata, const std::string& collName,
+                             const edm4hep::utils::ParticleIDMeta& pidMetaInfo) {
+  metadata.putParameter(podio::collMetadataParamName(collName, edm4hep::pidAlgoName), pidMetaInfo.algoName);
+  metadata.putParameter(podio::collMetadataParamName(collName, edm4hep::pidAlgoType), pidMetaInfo.algoType);
+  metadata.putParameter(podio::collMetadataParamName(collName, edm4hep::pidParameterNames), pidMetaInfo.paramNames);
 }
 
 } // namespace edm4hep::utils