diff --git a/modules/pmdtools/filter/functions.nf b/modules/pmdtools/filter/functions.nf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..85628ee0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/pmdtools/filter/functions.nf
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+//
+//  Utility functions used in nf-core DSL2 module files
+//
+
+//
+// Extract name of software tool from process name using $task.process
+//
+def getSoftwareName(task_process) {
+    return task_process.tokenize(':')[-1].tokenize('_')[0].toLowerCase()
+}
+
+//
+// Extract name of module from process name using $task.process
+//
+def getProcessName(task_process) {
+    return task_process.tokenize(':')[-1]
+}
+
+//
+// Function to initialise default values and to generate a Groovy Map of available options for nf-core modules
+//
+def initOptions(Map args) {
+    def Map options = [:]
+    options.args            = args.args ?: ''
+    options.args2           = args.args2 ?: ''
+    options.args3           = args.args3 ?: ''
+    options.publish_by_meta = args.publish_by_meta ?: []
+    options.publish_dir     = args.publish_dir ?: ''
+    options.publish_files   = args.publish_files
+    options.suffix          = args.suffix ?: ''
+    return options
+}
+
+//
+// Tidy up and join elements of a list to return a path string
+//
+def getPathFromList(path_list) {
+    def paths = path_list.findAll { item -> !item?.trim().isEmpty() }      // Remove empty entries
+    paths     = paths.collect { it.trim().replaceAll("^[/]+|[/]+\$", "") } // Trim whitespace and trailing slashes
+    return paths.join('/')
+}
+
+//
+// Function to save/publish module results
+//
+def saveFiles(Map args) {
+    def ioptions  = initOptions(args.options)
+    def path_list = [ ioptions.publish_dir ?: args.publish_dir ]
+
+    // Do not publish versions.yml unless running from pytest workflow
+    if (args.filename.equals('versions.yml') && !System.getenv("NF_CORE_MODULES_TEST")) {
+        return null
+    }
+    if (ioptions.publish_by_meta) {
+        def key_list = ioptions.publish_by_meta instanceof List ? ioptions.publish_by_meta : args.publish_by_meta
+        for (key in key_list) {
+            if (args.meta && key instanceof String) {
+                def path = key
+                if (args.meta.containsKey(key)) {
+                    path = args.meta[key] instanceof Boolean ? "${key}_${args.meta[key]}".toString() : args.meta[key]
+                }
+                path = path instanceof String ? path : ''
+                path_list.add(path)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    if (ioptions.publish_files instanceof Map) {
+        for (ext in ioptions.publish_files) {
+            if (args.filename.endsWith(ext.key)) {
+                def ext_list = path_list.collect()
+                ext_list.add(ext.value)
+                return "${getPathFromList(ext_list)}/$args.filename"
+            }
+        }
+    } else if (ioptions.publish_files == null) {
+        return "${getPathFromList(path_list)}/$args.filename"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/modules/pmdtools/filter/main.nf b/modules/pmdtools/filter/main.nf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e363a9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/pmdtools/filter/main.nf
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// Import generic module functions
+include { initOptions; saveFiles; getSoftwareName; getProcessName } from './functions'
+
+params.options = [:]
+options        = initOptions(params.options)
+
+process PMDTOOLS_FILTER {
+    tag "$meta.id"
+    label 'process_medium'
+    publishDir "${params.outdir}",
+        mode: params.publish_dir_mode,
+        saveAs: { filename -> saveFiles(filename:filename, options:params.options, publish_dir:getSoftwareName(task.process), meta:meta, publish_by_meta:['id']) }
+
+    conda (params.enable_conda ? "bioconda::pmdtools=0.60" : null)
+    if (workflow.containerEngine == 'singularity' && !params.singularity_pull_docker_container) {
+        container "https://depot.galaxyproject.org/singularity/pmdtools:0.60--hdfd78af_5"
+    } else {
+        container "quay.io/biocontainers/pmdtools:0.60--hdfd78af_5"
+    }
+
+    input:
+    tuple val(meta), path(bam), path (bai)
+    val(threshold)
+    path(reference)
+
+    output:
+    tuple val(meta), path("*.bam"), emit: bam
+    path "versions.yml"               , emit: versions
+
+    script:
+    def split_cpus = Math.floor(task.cpus/2)
+    def prefix = options.suffix ? "${meta.id}${options.suffix}" : "${meta.id}"
+    if ("$bam" == "${prefix}.bam") error "[pmdtools/filter] Input and output names are the same, use the suffix option to disambiguate!"
+    //threshold and header flags activate filtering function of pmdtools
+    """
+    samtools \\
+        calmd \\
+        $bam \\
+        $reference \\
+        $options.args \\
+        -@ ${split_cpus} \\
+    | pmdtools \\
+        --threshold $threshold \\
+        --header \\
+        $options.args2 \\
+    | samtools \\
+        view \\
+        $options.args3 \\
+        -Sb \\
+        - \\
+        -@ ${split_cpus} \\
+        -o ${prefix}.bam
+
+    cat <<-END_VERSIONS > versions.yml
+    ${getProcessName(task.process)}:
+        pmdtools: \$( pmdtools --version | cut -f2 -d ' ' | sed 's/v//')
+        samtools: \$(echo \$(samtools --version 2>&1) | sed 's/^.*samtools //; s/Using.*\$//')
+    END_VERSIONS
+    """
+}
diff --git a/modules/pmdtools/filter/meta.yml b/modules/pmdtools/filter/meta.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72abbfdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/pmdtools/filter/meta.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+name: pmdtools_filter
+description: pmdtools command to filter ancient DNA molecules from others
+keywords:
+  - pmdtools
+  - aDNA
+  - filter
+  - damage
+tools:
+  - pmdtools:
+      description: Compute postmortem damage patterns and decontaminate ancient genomes
+      homepage: https://github.com/pontussk/PMDtools
+      documentation: https://github.com/pontussk/PMDtools
+      tool_dev_url: https://github.com/pontussk/PMDtools
+      doi: "10.1073/pnas.1318934111"
+      licence: ['GPL v3']
+
+input:
+  - meta:
+      type: map
+      description: |
+        Groovy Map containing sample information
+        e.g. [ id:'test', single_end:false ]
+  - bam:
+      type: file
+      description: BAM file
+      pattern: "*.bam"
+  - bai:
+      type: file
+      description: BAM index file
+      pattern: "*.bai"
+  - threshold:
+      type: value
+      description: Post-mortem damage score threshold
+  - reference:
+      type: file
+      description: FASTA file
+      pattern: "*.{fa,fasta}"
+
+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"
+  - bam:
+      type: file
+      description: Filtered BAM file
+      pattern: "*.bam"
+
+authors:
+  - "@alexandregilardet"
diff --git a/tests/config/pytest_modules.yml b/tests/config/pytest_modules.yml
index 8c169fcd..22a3edf5 100644
--- a/tests/config/pytest_modules.yml
+++ b/tests/config/pytest_modules.yml
@@ -956,6 +956,10 @@ plink/vcf:
   - modules/plink/vcf/**
   - tests/modules/plink/vcf/**
 
+pmdtools/filter:
+  - modules/pmdtools/filter/**
+  - tests/modules/pmdtools/filter/**
+
 porechop:
   - modules/porechop/**
   - tests/modules/porechop/**
diff --git a/tests/modules/pmdtools/filter/main.nf b/tests/modules/pmdtools/filter/main.nf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c4832bbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/pmdtools/filter/main.nf
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nextflow
+
+nextflow.enable.dsl = 2
+
+include { PMDTOOLS_FILTER } from '../../../../modules/pmdtools/filter/main.nf' addParams( options: [:] )
+
+workflow test_pmdtools_filter {
+    
+    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) ]]
+    threshold = 3
+    reference = [ file(params.test_data['homo_sapiens']['genome']['genome_fasta'], checkIfExists: true) ]
+    PMDTOOLS_FILTER ( input, threshold, reference )
+}
diff --git a/tests/modules/pmdtools/filter/test.yml b/tests/modules/pmdtools/filter/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9171b02e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/pmdtools/filter/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+- name: pmdtools filter
+  command: nextflow run ./tests/modules/pmdtools/filter -entry test_pmdtools_filter -c tests/config/nextflow.config
+  tags:
+    - pmdtools
+    - pmdtools/filter
+  files:
+    - path: output/pmdtools/test.bam
+      md5sum: 0fa64cb87d0439d4482938a4b6990b9d