diff --git a/RTCP/Cobalt/InputProc/src/Station/PacketStream.h b/RTCP/Cobalt/InputProc/src/Station/PacketStream.h
index 4354c9521da55eb44b52c0d9973eba49d066e01a..d4a90dcc2a3f006249a8de43bfc6c91bd7b0f6a5 100644
--- a/RTCP/Cobalt/InputProc/src/Station/PacketStream.h
+++ b/RTCP/Cobalt/InputProc/src/Station/PacketStream.h
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ namespace LOFAR
         THROW(NotImplemented, "Writing to PacketStream is not supported");
       }
 
+      virtual std::string description() const {
+        //TODO: fill in all the packetstream details
+        return "PacketStream ";
+      }
+
     private:
       PacketFactory factory;