diff --git a/PWGLF/TableProducer/Nuspex/ebyeMaker.cxx b/PWGLF/TableProducer/Nuspex/ebyeMaker.cxx
index 8c1c58e272a..c7f015fce80 100644
--- a/PWGLF/TableProducer/Nuspex/ebyeMaker.cxx
+++ b/PWGLF/TableProducer/Nuspex/ebyeMaker.cxx
@@ -158,6 +158,12 @@ enum PartTypes {
   kPhysPrim = BIT(22)
 };
 
+enum TracksCharge {
+  kAll = 0,
+  kNegative = 1,
+  kPositive = 2
+};
+
 struct EbyeMaker {
   Produces<aod::CollEbyeTable> collisionEbyeTable;
   Produces<aod::MiniCollTable> miniCollTable;
@@ -201,7 +207,7 @@ struct EbyeMaker {
   Configurable<float> etaMaxV0dau{"etaMaxV0dau", 0.8f, "maximum eta V0 daughters"};
   Configurable<float> outerPIDMin{"outerPIDMin", -4.f, "minimum outer PID"};
 
-  Configurable<bool> countOnlyNegTrk{"countOnlyNegTrk", false, "count only negative tracks in Ntracks"};
+  Configurable<uint8_t> countOnlyLSTrk{"countOnlyLSTrk", 0, "count only like sign tracks in Ntracks: 0 -> +ve and -ve; 1 -> -ve; 2 -> +ve"};
   Configurable<bool> useAllEvSel{"useAllEvSel", false, "use additional event selections fo run 3 analyses"};
   Configurable<uint8_t> triggerCut{"triggerCut", 0x0, "trigger cut to select"};
   Configurable<bool> kINT7Intervals{"kINT7Intervals", false, "toggle kINT7 trigger selection in the 10-30% and 50-90% centrality intervals (2018 Pb-Pb)"};
@@ -571,7 +577,7 @@ struct EbyeMaker {
         continue;
       }
       histos.fill(HIST("QA/tpcSignal"), track.tpcInnerParam(), track.tpcSignal());
-      if (trackPt > ptMin[0] && trackPt < ptMax[0] && ((track.sign() < 0 && countOnlyNegTrk) || !countOnlyNegTrk))
+      if (trackPt > ptMin[0] && trackPt < ptMax[0] && ((track.sign() < 0 && countOnlyLSTrk == TracksCharge::kNegative) || (track.sign() > 0 && countOnlyLSTrk == TracksCharge::kPositive) || (countOnlyLSTrk == TracksCharge::kAll)))
         nTracksColl++;
 
       for (int iP{0}; iP < kNpart; ++iP) {
@@ -856,7 +862,7 @@ struct EbyeMaker {
       auto genPt = std::hypot(mcPart.px(), mcPart.py());
       if ((std::abs(pdgCode) == PDG_t::kPiPlus || std::abs(pdgCode) == PDG_t::kElectron || std::abs(pdgCode) == PDG_t::kMuonMinus || std::abs(pdgCode) == PDG_t::kKPlus || std::abs(pdgCode) == PDG_t::kProton) && mcPart.isPhysicalPrimary() && genPt > ptMin[0] && genPt < ptMax[0]) {
         int ch = (pdgCode == PDG_t::kPiPlus || pdgCode == -PDG_t::kElectron || pdgCode == -PDG_t::kMuonMinus || pdgCode == PDG_t::kKPlus || pdgCode == PDG_t::kProton) ? 1 : -1;
-        if ((ch < 0 && countOnlyNegTrk) || !countOnlyNegTrk)
+        if ((ch < 0 && countOnlyLSTrk == TracksCharge::kNegative) || (ch > 0 && countOnlyLSTrk == TracksCharge::kPositive) || (countOnlyLSTrk == TracksCharge::kAll))
           nChPartGen++;
       }
       if (std::abs(pdgCode) == PDG_t::kLambda0) {