diff --git a/modules/EnsEMBL/Web/Component/Gene/ComparaParalogs.pm b/modules/EnsEMBL/Web/Component/Gene/ComparaParalogs.pm
index 2014edb335..77d5dee090 100644
--- a/modules/EnsEMBL/Web/Component/Gene/ComparaParalogs.pm
+++ b/modules/EnsEMBL/Web/Component/Gene/ComparaParalogs.pm
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ sub content {
     $button_set{'view'} = 1;
   }
  
+  $html .= $self->_show_unannotated_paralogs_info_panel($strain_url);
+
   $html .= $table->render;
  
   return $html;
@@ -258,5 +260,7 @@ sub species_tree_node_label {
     }
 }
 
+sub _show_unannotated_paralogs_info_panel {}  # stub method for use in plugins
+
 1;