diff --git a/Modules/Filtering/Polarimetry/include/otbPolarimetryTags.h b/Modules/Filtering/Polarimetry/include/otbPolarimetryTags.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d38ca71ffac427b682fe0b2d8610720050ed2e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/Filtering/Polarimetry/include/otbPolarimetryTags.h
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2017 Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
+ *
+ * This file is part of Orfeo Toolbox
+ *
+ *     https://www.orfeo-toolbox.org/
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef otbPolarimetryTags_h
+#define otbPolarimetryTags_h
+
+namespace otb
+{
+  namespace polarimetry_tags
+  {
+    struct hh {};
+    struct hv {};
+    struct vh {};
+    struct vv {};
+  } // end namespace polarimetry_tags
+} // end namespace otb
+
+#endif
diff --git a/Modules/Filtering/Polarimetry/include/otbSinclairImageFilters.h b/Modules/Filtering/Polarimetry/include/otbSinclairImageFilters.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3ea2f8b620739f1876328f7af4924d02058f6cd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/Filtering/Polarimetry/include/otbSinclairImageFilters.h
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2017 Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
+ *
+ * This file is part of Orfeo Toolbox
+ *
+ *     https://www.orfeo-toolbox.org/
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef otbSinclairImageFilters_h
+#define otbSinclairImageFilters_h
+
+#include "otbPolarimetryTags.h"
+#include "otbFunctorImageFilter.h"
+#include "otbSinclairToCovarianceMatrixFunctor.h"
+
+namespace otb
+{
+  // This is the entire declaration of SinclairToCovarianceMatrixFilter
+template <typename TInputImage, typename TOutputImage>
+using SinclairToCovarianceMatrixFilter = FunctorImageFilter< Functor::SinclairToCovarianceMatrixFunctor <typename TInputImage::PixelType,typename TInputImage::PixelType,typename TInputImage::PixelType,typename TInputImage::PixelType,
+                                                                  typename TOutputImage::PixelType> ,
+                                                                  std::tuple<polarimetry_tags::hh,
+                                                                             polarimetry_tags::hv,
+                                                                             polarimetry_tags::vh,
+                                                                             polarimetry_tags::vv> >;
+
+
+} // end namespace otb
+
+#endif
diff --git a/Modules/Filtering/Polarimetry/otb-module.cmake b/Modules/Filtering/Polarimetry/otb-module.cmake
index 819bb964cfad2b0d711e57bde46f49d16bfddda8..5d44ff3adaba1c9857568a1bc3e1e1b5d0f2532e 100644
--- a/Modules/Filtering/Polarimetry/otb-module.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Filtering/Polarimetry/otb-module.cmake
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ otb_module(OTBPolarimetry
   DEPENDS
     OTBCommon
     OTBITK
+    OTBFunctor
 
   TEST_DEPENDS
     OTBImageBase