diff --git a/Framework/src/PostProcessingConfig.cxx b/Framework/src/PostProcessingConfig.cxx
index 086726b24a..3c33ffda16 100644
--- a/Framework/src/PostProcessingConfig.cxx
+++ b/Framework/src/PostProcessingConfig.cxx
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ PostProcessingConfig::PostProcessingConfig(const std::string& id, const boost::p
   moduleName = config.get<std::string>("qc.postprocessing." + id + ".moduleName");
   className = config.get<std::string>("qc.postprocessing." + id + ".className");
   detectorName = config.get<std::string>("qc.postprocessing." + id + ".detectorName", "MISC");
+  ccdbUrl = config.get<std::string>("qc.config.conditionDB.url", "");
   consulUrl = config.get<std::string>("qc.config.consul.url", "");
   // if available, use the source repo as defined in the postprocessing task, otherwise the general QCDB
   auto sourceRepo = config.get_child_optional("qc.postprocessing." + id + ".sourceRepo");
diff --git a/Framework/test/testPostProcessingConfig.cxx b/Framework/test/testPostProcessingConfig.cxx
index 7c39087a92..0d622d3c39 100644
--- a/Framework/test/testPostProcessingConfig.cxx
+++ b/Framework/test/testPostProcessingConfig.cxx
@@ -50,4 +50,6 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_configuration_read)
   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ppconfig.stopTriggers[0], "once");
 
   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ppconfig.customParameters.size(), 4);
+
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ppconfig.ccdbUrl, "ccdb-test.cern.ch:8080");
 }
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diff --git a/Framework/test/testSharedConfig.json b/Framework/test/testSharedConfig.json
index 2fba174e91..818227cc96 100644
--- a/Framework/test/testSharedConfig.json
+++ b/Framework/test/testSharedConfig.json
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
       },
       "monitoring": {
         "url": "infologger:///debug?qc"
+      },
+      "conditionDB": {
+        "url": "ccdb-test.cern.ch:8080"
       }
     },
     "tasks": {