diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 56dc8f1..569643d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]
 
-dependencies = []
+dependencies = [
+    "deepdisc@git+https://github.com/lincc-frameworks/deepdisc.git",
+]
 
 # On a mac, install optional dependencies with `pip install '.[dev]'` (include the single quotes)
 [project.optional-dependencies]
diff --git a/src/rail/deepdisc/__init__.py b/src/rail/deepdisc/__init__.py
index 0588fc3..f9a0d32 100644
--- a/src/rail/deepdisc/__init__.py
+++ b/src/rail/deepdisc/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-from ._version import __version__
-
 from rail.estimation.algos.deepdisc import *
diff --git a/src/rail/estimation/algos/deepdisc.py b/src/rail/estimation/algos/deepdisc.py
index e69de29..9602309 100644
--- a/src/rail/estimation/algos/deepdisc.py
+++ b/src/rail/estimation/algos/deepdisc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+from rail.estimation.estimator import CatEstimator, CatInformer
+
+class DeepDiscInformer(CatInformer):
+    """Placeholder for informer stage class"""
+
+    name = "DeepDiscInformer"
+    config_options = CatInformer.config_options.copy()
+
+    def __init__(self, args, comm=None):
+        CatInformer.__init__(self, args, comm=comm)
+
+    def run(self):
+        pass
+
+
+class DeepDiscEstimator(CatEstimator):
+    name = "DeepDiscEstimator"
+    config_options = CatEstimator.config_options.copy()
+
+    def __init__(self, args, comm=None):
+        CatEstimator.__init__(self, args, comm=comm)
+
+    def _process_chunk(self, start, end, data, first):
+        pass
diff --git a/tests/deepdisc/test_placeholder.py b/tests/deepdisc/test_placeholder.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ada1ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/deepdisc/test_placeholder.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+def test_placeholder():
+    assert True