diff --git a/Common/Utils/include/CommonUtils/IRFrameSelector.h b/Common/Utils/include/CommonUtils/IRFrameSelector.h
index a4365030b6a12..0b3f55f83dab5 100644
--- a/Common/Utils/include/CommonUtils/IRFrameSelector.h
+++ b/Common/Utils/include/CommonUtils/IRFrameSelector.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class IRFrameSelector
   }
 
   void clear();
-  size_t loadIRFrames(const std::string& fname);
+  size_t loadIRFrames(const std::string& fname, size_t margin = 0);
   void applyMargins(size_t bwd, size_t fwd, long shift, bool removeOverlaps = true);
   void print(bool lst = false) const;
 
diff --git a/Common/Utils/src/IRFrameSelector.cxx b/Common/Utils/src/IRFrameSelector.cxx
index abc0ee1ee6ce3..0afc68f7f3399 100644
--- a/Common/Utils/src/IRFrameSelector.cxx
+++ b/Common/Utils/src/IRFrameSelector.cxx
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ long IRFrameSelector::check(o2::dataformats::IRFrame fr, size_t bwd, size_t fwd)
   return ans;
 }
 
-size_t IRFrameSelector::loadIRFrames(const std::string& fname)
+size_t IRFrameSelector::loadIRFrames(const std::string& fname, size_t margin)
 {
   // read IRFrames to filter from the file
   std::unique_ptr<TFile> tfl(TFile::Open(fname.c_str()));
@@ -155,15 +155,14 @@ size_t IRFrameSelector::loadIRFrames(const std::string& fname)
       toBeSorted = true;
     }
   }
-
+  if (!done) {
+    LOGP(fatal, "Did not find neither tree nor vector of IRFrames in {}", fname);
+  }
   if (toBeSorted) {
     LOGP(info, "Sorting {} IRFrames", mOwnList.size());
     std::sort(mOwnList.begin(), mOwnList.end(), [](const auto& a, const auto& b) { return a.getMin() < b.getMin(); });
   }
-  if (!true) {
-    LOGP(fatal, "Did not find neither tree nor vector of IRFrames in {}", fname);
-  }
-  setSelectedIRFrames(mOwnList);
+  setSelectedIRFrames(mOwnList, margin, margin);
   return mOwnList.size();
 }
 
diff --git a/Detectors/CTF/workflow/include/CTFWorkflow/CTFReaderSpec.h b/Detectors/CTF/workflow/include/CTFWorkflow/CTFReaderSpec.h
index 51f2fca2c8303..28b7da7d56c4d 100644
--- a/Detectors/CTF/workflow/include/CTFWorkflow/CTFReaderSpec.h
+++ b/Detectors/CTF/workflow/include/CTFWorkflow/CTFReaderSpec.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ struct CTFReaderInp {
   std::string remoteRegex{};
   std::string metricChannel{};
   std::string fileIRFrames{};
+  uint32_t selectIRFramesExtraBCMargin = 0;
   std::string fileRunTimeSpans{};
   std::string dictOpt{};
   std::vector<int> ctfIDs{};
diff --git a/Detectors/CTF/workflow/src/CTFReaderSpec.cxx b/Detectors/CTF/workflow/src/CTFReaderSpec.cxx
index 9fba8a220be55..be0080769995f 100644
--- a/Detectors/CTF/workflow/src/CTFReaderSpec.cxx
+++ b/Detectors/CTF/workflow/src/CTFReaderSpec.cxx
@@ -177,10 +177,9 @@ void CTFReaderSpec::init(InitContext& ic)
   mFileFetcher->setFailThreshold(ic.options().get<float>("fetch-failure-threshold"));
   mFileFetcher->start();
   if (!mInput.fileIRFrames.empty()) {
-    mIRFrameSelector.loadIRFrames(mInput.fileIRFrames);
-    const auto& hbfu = o2::raw::HBFUtils::Instance();
-    mTFLength = hbfu.nHBFPerTF;
-    LOGP(info, "IRFrames will be selected from {}, assumed TF length: {} HBF", mInput.fileIRFrames, mTFLength);
+    mIRFrameSelector.loadIRFrames(mInput.fileIRFrames, mInput.selectIRFramesExtraBCMargin);
+    mTFLength = o2::raw::HBFUtils::Instance().nHBFPerTF;
+    LOGP(info, "IRFrames will be selected from {} with {} margin, assumed TF length: {} HBF", mInput.fileIRFrames, mInput.selectIRFramesExtraBCMargin, mTFLength);
     mIFRamesOut = true;
   }
   if (!mInput.fileRunTimeSpans.empty()) {
diff --git a/Detectors/CTF/workflow/src/ctf-reader-workflow.cxx b/Detectors/CTF/workflow/src/ctf-reader-workflow.cxx
index 366fa76f74983..31ad95a3889c3 100644
--- a/Detectors/CTF/workflow/src/ctf-reader-workflow.cxx
+++ b/Detectors/CTF/workflow/src/ctf-reader-workflow.cxx
@@ -70,12 +70,15 @@ void customize(std::vector<o2::framework::ConfigParamSpec>& workflowOptions)
   options.push_back(ConfigParamSpec{"ctf-data-subspec", VariantType::Int, 0, {"subspec to use for decoded CTF messages (use non-0 if CTF writer will be attached downstream)"}});
   options.push_back(ConfigParamSpec{"configKeyValues", VariantType::String, "", {"Semicolon separated key=value strings"}});
   options.push_back(ConfigParamSpec{"ir-frames-files", VariantType::String, "", {"If non empty, inject selected IRFrames from this file"}});
+  options.push_back(ConfigParamSpec{"ir-frames-extra-margin", VariantType::UInt32, uint32_t(0), {"Impose additional FWD/BWD BC margin on selected IRFrames"}});
   options.push_back(ConfigParamSpec{"run-time-span-file", VariantType::String, "", {"If non empty, inject selected IRFrames from this text file (run, min/max orbit or unix time)"}});
   options.push_back(ConfigParamSpec{"skip-skimmed-out-tf", VariantType::Bool, false, {"Do not process TFs with empty IR-Frame coverage"}});
   options.push_back(ConfigParamSpec{"invert-irframe-selection", VariantType::Bool, false, {"Select only frames mentioned in ir-frames-file (skip-skimmed-out-tf applied to TF not selected!)"}});
   //
   options.push_back(ConfigParamSpec{"its-digits", VariantType::Bool, false, {"convert ITS clusters to digits"}});
+  options.push_back(ConfigParamSpec{"its-select-ir-frames", VariantType::Bool, false, {"select ITS rofs matching ITFrames"}});
   options.push_back(ConfigParamSpec{"mft-digits", VariantType::Bool, false, {"convert MFT clusters to digits"}});
+  options.push_back(ConfigParamSpec{"mft-select-ir-frames", VariantType::Bool, false, {"select ITS rofs matching ITFrames"}});
   //
   options.push_back(ConfigParamSpec{"emcal-decoded-subspec", VariantType::Int, 0, {"subspec to use for decoded EMCAL data"}});
   //
@@ -134,6 +137,7 @@ WorkflowSpec defineDataProcessing(ConfigContext const& configcontext)
   ctfInput.sup0xccdb = !configcontext.options().get<bool>("send-diststf-0xccdb");
   ctfInput.minSHM = std::stoul(configcontext.options().get<std::string>("timeframes-shm-limit"));
   ctfInput.fileIRFrames = configcontext.options().get<std::string>("ir-frames-files");
+  ctfInput.selectIRFramesExtraBCMargin = configcontext.options().get<uint32_t>("ir-frames-extra-margin");
   ctfInput.fileRunTimeSpans = configcontext.options().get<std::string>("run-time-span-file");
   ctfInput.skipSkimmedOutTF = configcontext.options().get<bool>("skip-skimmed-out-tf");
   ctfInput.invertIRFramesSelection = configcontext.options().get<bool>("invert-irframe-selection");
@@ -145,7 +149,7 @@ WorkflowSpec defineDataProcessing(ConfigContext const& configcontext)
   if (rateLimitingIPCID > -1 && !chanFmt.empty()) {
     ctfInput.metricChannel = fmt::format(fmt::runtime(chanFmt), o2::framework::ChannelSpecHelpers::defaultIPCFolder(), rateLimitingIPCID);
   }
-  if (!ctfInput.fileRunTimeSpans.empty()) {
+  if (!ctfInput.fileRunTimeSpans.empty() || !ctfInput.fileIRFrames.empty()) {
     ctfInput.skipSkimmedOutTF = true;
   }
   if (!ctfInput.fileIRFrames.empty() && !ctfInput.fileRunTimeSpans.empty()) {
@@ -190,11 +194,11 @@ WorkflowSpec defineDataProcessing(ConfigContext const& configcontext)
   // add decoders for all allowed detectors.
   if (ctfInput.detMask[DetID::ITS]) {
     bool doStag = o2::itsmft::DPLAlpideParamInitializer::isITSStaggeringEnabled(configcontext);
-    addSpecs(o2::itsmft::getITSEntropyDecoderSpec(verbosity, doStag, configcontext.options().get<bool>("its-digits"), ctfInput.subspec, ctfInput.dictOpt));
+    addSpecs(o2::itsmft::getITSEntropyDecoderSpec(verbosity, doStag, configcontext.options().get<bool>("its-digits"), configcontext.options().get<bool>("its-select-ir-frames"), ctfInput.subspec, ctfInput.dictOpt));
   }
   if (ctfInput.detMask[DetID::MFT]) {
     bool doStag = o2::itsmft::DPLAlpideParamInitializer::isMFTStaggeringEnabled(configcontext);
-    addSpecs(o2::itsmft::getMFTEntropyDecoderSpec(verbosity, doStag, configcontext.options().get<bool>("mft-digits"), ctfInput.subspec, ctfInput.dictOpt));
+    addSpecs(o2::itsmft::getMFTEntropyDecoderSpec(verbosity, doStag, configcontext.options().get<bool>("mft-digits"), configcontext.options().get<bool>("mft-select-ir-frames"), ctfInput.subspec, ctfInput.dictOpt));
   }
   if (ctfInput.detMask[DetID::TPC]) {
     addSpecs(o2::tpc::getEntropyDecoderSpec(verbosity, ctfInput.subspec, ctfInput.dictOpt));
diff --git a/Detectors/GlobalTracking/CMakeLists.txt b/Detectors/GlobalTracking/CMakeLists.txt
index ecf77ea741e21..2cefcf1263eae 100644
--- a/Detectors/GlobalTracking/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Detectors/GlobalTracking/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -74,3 +74,5 @@ if (OpenMP_CXX_FOUND)
   target_compile_definitions(${targetName} PRIVATE WITH_OPENMP)
   target_link_libraries(${targetName} PRIVATE OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX)
 endif()
+
+add_subdirectory(macros)
diff --git a/Detectors/GlobalTracking/macros/CMakeLists.txt b/Detectors/GlobalTracking/macros/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..54c308246c3eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Detectors/GlobalTracking/macros/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Copyright 2019-2026 CERN and copyright holders of ALICE O2.
+# See https://alice-o2.web.cern.ch/copyright for details of the copyright holders.
+# All rights not expressly granted are reserved.
+#
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
+# License v3 (GPL Version 3), copied verbatim in the file "COPYING".
+#
+# In applying this license CERN does not waive the privileges and immunities
+# granted to it by virtue of its status as an Intergovernmental Organization
+# or submit itself to any jurisdiction.
+
+o2_add_test_root_macro(selectPVIRFrames.C
+                       PUBLIC_LINK_LIBRARIES O2::GlobalTracking
+                       LABELS glo)
diff --git a/Detectors/GlobalTracking/macros/selectPVIRFrames.C b/Detectors/GlobalTracking/macros/selectPVIRFrames.C
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8a1125ddc9c53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Detectors/GlobalTracking/macros/selectPVIRFrames.C
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// Copyright 2019-2026 CERN and copyright holders of ALICE O2.
+// See https://alice-o2.web.cern.ch/copyright for details of the copyright holders.
+// All rights not expressly granted are reserved.
+//
+// This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
+// License v3 (GPL Version 3), copied verbatim in the file "COPYING".
+//
+// In applying this license CERN does not waive the privileges and immunities
+// granted to it by virtue of its status as an Intergovernmental Organization
+// or submit itself to any jurisdiction.
+
+/// \file selectPVIRFrames.C
+/// \brief Macro to select IRFrames for specific vertices
+
+#if !defined(__CLING__) || defined(__ROOTCLING__)
+#include <algorithm>>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <TFile.h>
+#include <TTree.h>
+
+#include "ReconstructionDataFormats/PrimaryVertex.h"
+#include "CommonDataFormat/IRFrame.h"
+#endif
+
+void selectPVIRFrames(const char* fName = "o2_primary_vertex.root")
+{
+  auto fPVs = TFile::Open(fName);
+  TTree* tPVs = (TTree*)fPVs->Get("o2sim");
+  std::vector<o2::dataformats::PrimaryVertex> pvArr, *pvArrPtr{&pvArr};
+  tPVs->SetBranchAddress("PrimaryVertex", &pvArrPtr);
+  std::vector<o2::dataformats::IRFrame> irFrames;
+  for (Long64_t iEntry{0}; tPVs->LoadTree(iEntry) >= 0; ++iEntry) {
+    tPVs->GetEntry(iEntry);
+    for (const auto& pv : pvArr) {
+      // make selection of pvs
+      if (pv.getNContributors() > 3000) {
+        irFrames.emplace_back(pv.getIRMin(), pv.getIRMax());
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  // sort to make sure they are in the correct order
+  std::sort(irFrames.begin(), irFrames.end(), [](const auto& a, const auto& b) { return a.getMin() < b.getMin(); });
+  printf("Selected %zu irFrames\n", irFrames.size());
+  auto fIRFrames = TFile::Open("irFrames.root", "RECREATE");
+  fIRFrames->WriteObjectAny(&irFrames, "std::vector<o2::dataformats::IRFrame>", "irframes");
+  fIRFrames->Close();
+}
diff --git a/Detectors/ITSMFT/common/workflow/include/ITSMFTWorkflow/EntropyDecoderSpec.h b/Detectors/ITSMFT/common/workflow/include/ITSMFTWorkflow/EntropyDecoderSpec.h
index 6862e96c17afe..6ae7776d25501 100644
--- a/Detectors/ITSMFT/common/workflow/include/ITSMFTWorkflow/EntropyDecoderSpec.h
+++ b/Detectors/ITSMFT/common/workflow/include/ITSMFTWorkflow/EntropyDecoderSpec.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ template <int N>
 class EntropyDecoderSpec : public o2::framework::Task
 {
  public:
-  EntropyDecoderSpec(int verbosity, bool doStag, bool getDigits = false, const std::string& ctfdictOpt = "none");
+  EntropyDecoderSpec(int verbosity, bool doStag, bool selectIRFrames, bool getDigits = false, const std::string& ctfdictOpt = "none");
   ~EntropyDecoderSpec() override = default;
   void init(o2::framework::InitContext& ic) final;
   void run(o2::framework::ProcessingContext& pc) final;
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ class EntropyDecoderSpec : public o2::framework::Task
   const NoiseMap* mNoiseMap = nullptr;
   LookUp mPattIdConverter;
   bool mDoStaggering{false};
+  bool mSelectIRFrames{false};
   bool mGetDigits{false};
   bool mMaskNoise{false};
   bool mUseClusterDictionary{true};
@@ -60,8 +61,8 @@ class EntropyDecoderSpec : public o2::framework::Task
 };
 
 /// create a processor spec
-framework::DataProcessorSpec getITSEntropyDecoderSpec(int verbosity, bool doStag, bool getDigits, unsigned int sspec, const std::string& ctfdictOpt);
-framework::DataProcessorSpec getMFTEntropyDecoderSpec(int verbosity, bool doStag, bool getDigits, unsigned int sspec, const std::string& ctfdictOpt);
+framework::DataProcessorSpec getITSEntropyDecoderSpec(int verbosity, bool doStag, bool getDigits, bool selectIRFrames, unsigned int sspec, const std::string& ctfdictOpt);
+framework::DataProcessorSpec getMFTEntropyDecoderSpec(int verbosity, bool doStag, bool getDigits, bool selectIRFrames, unsigned int sspec, const std::string& ctfdictOpt);
 
 } // namespace itsmft
 } // namespace o2
diff --git a/Detectors/ITSMFT/common/workflow/src/EntropyDecoderSpec.cxx b/Detectors/ITSMFT/common/workflow/src/EntropyDecoderSpec.cxx
index 7c8bfe7dfed67..d4b2332424a1b 100644
--- a/Detectors/ITSMFT/common/workflow/src/EntropyDecoderSpec.cxx
+++ b/Detectors/ITSMFT/common/workflow/src/EntropyDecoderSpec.cxx
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ std::string EntropyDecoderSpec<N>::getBinding(const std::string& name, int spec)
 }
 
 template <int N>
-EntropyDecoderSpec<N>::EntropyDecoderSpec(int verbosity, bool doStag, bool getDigits, const std::string& ctfdictOpt)
-  : mCTFCoder(o2::ctf::CTFCoderBase::OpType::Decoder, doStag, ctfdictOpt), mDoStaggering(doStag), mGetDigits(getDigits)
+EntropyDecoderSpec<N>::EntropyDecoderSpec(int verbosity, bool doStag, bool selectIRFrames, bool getDigits, const std::string& ctfdictOpt)
+  : mCTFCoder(o2::ctf::CTFCoderBase::OpType::Decoder, doStag, ctfdictOpt), mDoStaggering(doStag), mSelectIRFrames(selectIRFrames), mGetDigits(getDigits)
 {
   mTimer.Stop();
   mTimer.Reset();
@@ -96,6 +96,27 @@ void EntropyDecoderSpec<N>::run(ProcessingContext& pc)
       }
       ndigcl += compcl.size();
     }
+    if (mSelectIRFrames) {
+      int nSelected{0};
+      /// mask ROF entries not matching with selected IRFrames
+      auto irFrames = pc.inputs().get<std::vector<o2::dataformats::IRFrame>>("selIRFrames");
+      for (auto& rof : rofs) {
+        bool masked = true;
+        for (const auto& irFrame : irFrames) {
+          const auto irStart = rof.getBCData(), irEnd = irStart + DPLAlpideParam<N>::Instance().getROFLengthInBC(iLayer);
+          o2::dataformats::IRFrame irROF(irStart, irEnd);
+          if (irFrame.isOutside(irROF) == o2::dataformats::IRFrame::Relation::Inside) {
+            ++nSelected;
+            masked = false;
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+        if (masked) {
+          rof.setNEntries(0);
+        }
+      }
+      LOGP(info, "Selected {} out of {} rofs", nSelected, rofs.size());
+    }
   }
   pc.outputs().snapshot({nm + "ctfrep", 0}, iosize);
   mTimer.Stop();
@@ -149,7 +170,7 @@ void EntropyDecoderSpec<N>::finaliseCCDB(o2::framework::ConcreteDataMatcher& mat
 }
 
 template <int N>
-DataProcessorSpec getEntropyDecoderSpec(int verbosity, bool doStag, bool getDigits, unsigned int sspec, const std::string& ctfdictOpt)
+DataProcessorSpec getEntropyDecoderSpec(int verbosity, bool doStag, bool getDigits, bool selectIRFrames, unsigned int sspec, const std::string& ctfdictOpt)
 {
   constexpr o2::header::DataOrigin Origin{N == o2::detectors::DetID::ITS ? o2::header::gDataOriginITS : o2::header::gDataOriginMFT};
   constexpr o2::detectors::DetID ID{N == o2::detectors::DetID::ITS ? o2::detectors::DetID::ITS : o2::detectors::DetID::MFT};
@@ -181,25 +202,28 @@ DataProcessorSpec getEntropyDecoderSpec(int verbosity, bool doStag, bool getDigi
     inputs.emplace_back(std::string{"ctfdict_"} + ID.getName(), Origin, "CTFDICT", 0, Lifetime::Condition, ccdbParamSpec(fmt::format("{}/Calib/CTFDictionaryTree", Origin.as<std::string>())));
   }
   inputs.emplace_back("trigoffset", "CTP", "Trig_Offset", 0, Lifetime::Condition, ccdbParamSpec("CTP/Config/TriggerOffsets"));
+  if (selectIRFrames) {
+    inputs.emplace_back("selIRFrames", "CTF", "SELIRFRAMES", Lifetime::Timeframe);
+  }
 
   return DataProcessorSpec{
     Origin == o2::header::gDataOriginITS ? "its-entropy-decoder" : "mft-entropy-decoder",
     inputs,
     outputs,
-    AlgorithmSpec{adaptFromTask<EntropyDecoderSpec<N>>(verbosity, doStag, getDigits, ctfdictOpt)},
+    AlgorithmSpec{adaptFromTask<EntropyDecoderSpec<N>>(verbosity, doStag, selectIRFrames, getDigits, ctfdictOpt)},
     Options{{"mask-noise", VariantType::Bool, false, {"apply noise mask to digits or clusters (involves reclusterization)"}},
             {"ignore-cluster-dictionary", VariantType::Bool, false, {"do not use cluster dictionary, always store explicit patterns"}},
             {"ans-version", VariantType::String, {"version of ans entropy coder implementation to use"}}}};
 }
 
-framework::DataProcessorSpec getITSEntropyDecoderSpec(int verbosity, bool doStag, bool getDigits, unsigned int sspec, const std::string& ctfdictOpt)
+framework::DataProcessorSpec getITSEntropyDecoderSpec(int verbosity, bool doStag, bool getDigits, bool selectIRFrames, unsigned int sspec, const std::string& ctfdictOpt)
 {
-  return getEntropyDecoderSpec<o2::detectors::DetID::ITS>(verbosity, doStag, getDigits, sspec, ctfdictOpt);
+  return getEntropyDecoderSpec<o2::detectors::DetID::ITS>(verbosity, doStag, getDigits, selectIRFrames, sspec, ctfdictOpt);
 }
 
-framework::DataProcessorSpec getMFTEntropyDecoderSpec(int verbosity, bool doStag, bool getDigits, unsigned int sspec, const std::string& ctfdictOpt)
+framework::DataProcessorSpec getMFTEntropyDecoderSpec(int verbosity, bool doStag, bool getDigits, bool selectIRFrames, unsigned int sspec, const std::string& ctfdictOpt)
 {
-  return getEntropyDecoderSpec<o2::detectors::DetID::MFT>(verbosity, doStag, getDigits, sspec, ctfdictOpt);
+  return getEntropyDecoderSpec<o2::detectors::DetID::MFT>(verbosity, doStag, getDigits, selectIRFrames, sspec, ctfdictOpt);
 }
 
 } // namespace itsmft