diff --git a/modules/gatk4/collectreadcounts/main.nf b/modules/gatk4/collectreadcounts/main.nf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed64d931
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gatk4/collectreadcounts/main.nf
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+process GATK4_COLLECTREADCOUNTS {
+    tag "$meta.id"
+    label 'process_medium'
+
+    conda (params.enable_conda ? "bioconda::gatk4=4.2.6.1" : null)
+    container "${ workflow.containerEngine == 'singularity' && !task.ext.singularity_pull_docker_container ?
+        'https://depot.galaxyproject.org/singularity/gatk4:4.2.6.1--hdfd78af_0':
+        'quay.io/biocontainers/gatk4:4.2.6.1--hdfd78af_0' }"
+
+    input:
+    tuple val(meta), path(input), path(input_index), path(intervals)
+    path(fasta)
+    path(fai)
+    path(dict)
+
+    output:
+    tuple val(meta), path("*.hdf5"), optional: true, emit: hdf5
+    tuple val(meta), path("*.tsv") , optional: true, emit: tsv
+    path "versions.yml"           , emit: versions
+
+    when:
+    task.ext.when == null || task.ext.when
+
+    script:
+    def args = task.ext.args ?: ''
+    def prefix = task.ext.prefix ?: "${meta.id}"
+
+    def reference = fasta ? "--reference $fasta" : ""
+    def extension = args.contains("--format HDF5") ? "hdf5" :
+                    args.contains("--format TSV")  ? "tsv" :
+                    "hdf5"
+
+    def avail_mem = 3
+    if (!task.memory) {
+        log.info '[GATK COLLECTREADCOUNTS] Available memory not known - defaulting to 3GB. Specify process memory requirements to change this.'
+    } else {
+        avail_mem = task.memory.giga
+    }
+    """
+    gatk --java-options "-Xmx${avail_mem}g" CollectReadCounts \\
+        --input $input \\
+        --intervals $intervals \\
+        --output ${prefix}.$extension \\
+        $reference \\
+        --tmp-dir . \\
+        $args
+
+    cat <<-END_VERSIONS > versions.yml
+    "${task.process}":
+        gatk4: \$(echo \$(gatk --version 2>&1) | sed 's/^.*(GATK) v//; s/ .*\$//')
+    END_VERSIONS
+    """
+}
diff --git a/modules/gatk4/collectreadcounts/meta.yml b/modules/gatk4/collectreadcounts/meta.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1dbddc59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gatk4/collectreadcounts/meta.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+name: "gatk4_collectreadcounts"
+description: Collects read counts at specified intervals. The count for each interval is calculated by counting the number of read starts that lie in the interval.
+keywords:
+  - bam
+  - cram
+  - CollectReadCounts
+  - gatk
+  - gatk4
+tools:
+  - gatk4:
+      description:
+        Genome Analysis Toolkit (GATK4). Developed in the Data Sciences Platform at the Broad Institute, the toolkit offers a wide variety of tools
+        with a primary focus on variant discovery and genotyping. Its powerful processing engine
+        and high-performance computing features make it capable of taking on projects of any size.
+      homepage: https://gatk.broadinstitute.org/hc/en-us
+      documentation: https://gatk.broadinstitute.org/hc/en-us/articles/360037593911-CombineGVCFs
+      tool_dev_url: https://github.com/broadinstitute/gatk
+      doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.AM2017-3590
+      licence: ["Apache-2.0"]
+
+input:
+  - meta:
+      type: map
+      description: |
+        Groovy Map containing sample information
+        e.g. [ id:'test', single_end:false ]
+  - bam:
+      type: file
+      description: BAM/CRAM/SAM file
+      pattern: "*.{bam,cram,sam}"
+  - bai:
+      type: file
+      description: BAM/CRAM/SAM index file
+      pattern: "*.{bai,crai,sai}"
+  - intervals:
+      type: file
+      description: A file containing the specified intervals
+      pattern: "*.{bed,intervals}"
+  - fasta:
+      type: file
+      description: Optional - Reference FASTA
+      pattern: "*.{fasta,fa}"
+  - fai:
+      type: file
+      description: Optional - Index of the reference FASTA file
+      pattern: "*.fai"
+  - dict:
+      type: file
+      description: Optional - Sequence dictionary of the reference FASTA file
+      pattern: "*.dict"
+
+output:
+  - meta:
+      type: map
+      description: |
+        Groovy Map containing sample information
+        e.g. [ id:'test', single_end:false ]
+  - versions:
+      type: file
+      description: File containing software versions
+      pattern: "versions.yml"
+  - hdf5:
+      type: file
+      description: The read counts in hdf5 format
+      pattern: "*.hdf5"
+  - tsv:
+      type: file
+      description: The read counts in TSV format
+      pattern: "*.tsv"
+
+authors:
+  - "@nvnieuwk"
diff --git a/tests/config/pytest_modules.yml b/tests/config/pytest_modules.yml
index 50e8274f..fda99231 100644
--- a/tests/config/pytest_modules.yml
+++ b/tests/config/pytest_modules.yml
@@ -843,6 +843,10 @@ gatk4/cnnscorevariants:
   - modules/gatk4/cnnscorevariants/**
   - tests/modules/gatk4/cnnscorevariants/**
 
+gatk4/collectreadcounts:
+  - modules/gatk4/collectreadcounts/**
+  - tests/modules/gatk4/collectreadcounts/**
+
 gatk4/combinegvcfs:
   - modules/gatk4/combinegvcfs/**
   - tests/modules/gatk4/combinegvcfs/**
diff --git a/tests/modules/gatk4/collectreadcounts/main.nf b/tests/modules/gatk4/collectreadcounts/main.nf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e69c018
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/gatk4/collectreadcounts/main.nf
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nextflow
+
+nextflow.enable.dsl = 2
+
+include { GATK4_COLLECTREADCOUNTS } from '../../../../modules/gatk4/collectreadcounts/main.nf'
+
+workflow test_gatk4_collectreadcounts_hdf5 {
+    
+    input = [
+        [ id:'test', single_end:false ], // meta map
+        file(params.test_data['homo_sapiens']['illumina']['test_paired_end_sorted_bam'], checkIfExists: true),
+        file(params.test_data['homo_sapiens']['illumina']['test_paired_end_sorted_bam_bai'], checkIfExists: true),
+        file(params.test_data['homo_sapiens']['genome']['genome_bed'], checkIfExists: true),
+    ]
+
+    fasta = []
+    fai = []
+    dict = []
+
+    GATK4_COLLECTREADCOUNTS ( input, fasta, fai, dict )
+}
+
+workflow test_gatk4_collectreadcounts_tsv {
+    
+    input = [
+        [ id:'test', single_end:false ], // meta map
+        file(params.test_data['homo_sapiens']['illumina']['test_paired_end_sorted_bam'], checkIfExists: true),
+        file(params.test_data['homo_sapiens']['illumina']['test_paired_end_sorted_bam_bai'], checkIfExists: true),
+        file(params.test_data['homo_sapiens']['genome']['genome_bed'], checkIfExists: true),
+    ]
+
+    fasta = []
+    fai = []
+    dict = []
+
+    GATK4_COLLECTREADCOUNTS ( input, fasta, fai, dict )
+}
+
+workflow test_gatk4_collectreadcounts_cram {
+    
+    input = [
+        [ id:'test', single_end:false ], // meta map
+        file(params.test_data['homo_sapiens']['illumina']['test_paired_end_sorted_cram'], checkIfExists: true),
+        file(params.test_data['homo_sapiens']['illumina']['test_paired_end_sorted_cram_crai'], checkIfExists: true),
+        file(params.test_data['homo_sapiens']['genome']['genome_bed'], checkIfExists: true),
+    ]
+
+    fasta = file(params.test_data['homo_sapiens']['genome']['genome_fasta'], checkIfExists: true)
+    fai = file(params.test_data['homo_sapiens']['genome']['genome_fasta_fai'], checkIfExists: true)
+    dict = file(params.test_data['homo_sapiens']['genome']['genome_dict'], checkIfExists: true)
+
+    GATK4_COLLECTREADCOUNTS ( input, fasta, fai, dict )
+}
+
diff --git a/tests/modules/gatk4/collectreadcounts/nextflow.config b/tests/modules/gatk4/collectreadcounts/nextflow.config
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3863bf92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/gatk4/collectreadcounts/nextflow.config
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+process {
+
+    publishDir = { "${params.outdir}/${task.process.tokenize(':')[-1].tokenize('_')[0].toLowerCase()}" }
+    
+    withName: 'test_gatk4_collectreadcounts_hdf5:GATK4_COLLECTREADCOUNTS'{
+        ext.args = "--interval-merging-rule OVERLAPPING_ONLY"
+    }
+
+    withName: 'test_gatk4_collectreadcounts_tsv:GATK4_COLLECTREADCOUNTS' {
+        ext.args = "--format TSV --interval-merging-rule OVERLAPPING_ONLY"
+    }
+
+    withName: 'test_gatk4_collectreadcounts_cram:GATK4_COLLECTREADCOUNTS' {
+        ext.args = "--format TSV --interval-merging-rule OVERLAPPING_ONLY"
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/modules/gatk4/collectreadcounts/test.yml b/tests/modules/gatk4/collectreadcounts/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1652f021
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/gatk4/collectreadcounts/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+- name: gatk4 collectreadcounts test_gatk4_collectreadcounts_hdf5
+  command: nextflow run ./tests/modules/gatk4/collectreadcounts -entry test_gatk4_collectreadcounts_hdf5 -c ./tests/config/nextflow.config  -c ./tests/modules/gatk4/collectreadcounts/nextflow.config
+  tags:
+    - gatk4/collectreadcounts
+    - gatk4
+  files:
+    - path: output/gatk4/test.hdf5
+
+- name: gatk4 collectreadcounts test_gatk4_collectreadcounts_tsv
+  command: nextflow run ./tests/modules/gatk4/collectreadcounts -entry test_gatk4_collectreadcounts_tsv -c ./tests/config/nextflow.config  -c ./tests/modules/gatk4/collectreadcounts/nextflow.config
+  tags:
+    - gatk4/collectreadcounts
+    - gatk4
+  files:
+    - path: output/gatk4/test.tsv
+      md5sum: 8e45a6164916c303387f39f02ce45841
+
+- name: gatk4 collectreadcounts test_gatk4_collectreadcounts_cram
+  command: nextflow run ./tests/modules/gatk4/collectreadcounts -entry test_gatk4_collectreadcounts_cram -c ./tests/config/nextflow.config  -c ./tests/modules/gatk4/collectreadcounts/nextflow.config
+  tags:
+    - gatk4/collectreadcounts
+    - gatk4
+  files:
+    - path: output/gatk4/test.tsv
+      md5sum: d9a32039b7a84f5bb74e8382e5427670