diff --git a/R/compartments.R b/R/compartments.R
index 1a2c262..eb6eb5d 100644
--- a/R/compartments.R
+++ b/R/compartments.R
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 #'
 #' @param x A `HiCExperiment` object over a full genome
 #' @param resolution Which resolution to use to compute eigen vectors
-#' @param genome a BSgenome of DNAStringSet object associated with the Hi-C 
-#'   contact matrix. 
+#' @param genome a `BSgenome`, `DNAStringSet`, `TxDb` or `RleList` object
+#'   associated with the Hi-C contact matrix.
 #' @param chromosomes character or integer vector indicating which 
-#' @param neigens Numver of eigen vectors to extract
+#' @param neigens Number of eigen vectors to extract
 #' @param sort_eigens Can be FALSE or one of c('Spearman', 'Pearson')
 #' @param BPPARAM BiocParallel parallelization settings
 #' @return A `HiCExperiment` object with additional `eigens` metadata containing the
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ getCompartments <- function(
         }
         else if (is(genome, "RleList")) {
             ## -- Get average coverage per bin
+            cov <- genome
             gr$phasing <- BiocGenerics::mean(cov[gr])
         }
         else {
diff --git a/man/getCompartments.Rd b/man/getCompartments.Rd
index 614c375..ed5b82d 100644
--- a/man/getCompartments.Rd
+++ b/man/getCompartments.Rd
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ getCompartments(
 
 \item{resolution}{Which resolution to use to compute eigen vectors}
 
-\item{genome}{a BSgenome of DNAStringSet object associated with the Hi-C
-contact matrix.}
+\item{genome}{a \code{BSgenome}, \code{DNAStringSet}, \code{TxDb} or \code{RleList}
+object associated with the Hi-C contact matrix.}
 
 \item{chromosomes}{character or integer vector indicating which}
 
-\item{neigens}{Numver of eigen vectors to extract}
+\item{neigens}{Number of eigen vectors to extract}
 
 \item{sort_eigens}{Can be FALSE or one of c('Spearman', 'Pearson')}
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-comps-insulation-scalogram.R b/tests/testthat/test-comps-insulation-scalogram.R
index 6e50bea..ba17cc3 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-comps-insulation-scalogram.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-comps-insulation-scalogram.R
@@ -26,6 +26,36 @@ test_that("compartments works", {
     )
 })
 
+test_that("compartments can be phased with an RleList track", {
+    yeast_bsgenome <- BSgenome.Scerevisiae.UCSC.sacCer3::BSgenome.Scerevisiae.UCSC.sacCer3
+    GenomeInfoDb::seqlevelsStyle(yeast_bsgenome) <- "NCBI"
+    smooth_bin <- 100L
+    smooth_span <- smooth_bin - 1L
+    full_contacts_yeast <- HiCExperiment::contacts_yeast(full = TRUE)
+    chr_ids <- as.character(GenomeInfoDb::seqnames(GenomeInfoDb::seqinfo(full_contacts_yeast)))
+    gc_content <- lapply(Biostrings::getSeq(yeast_bsgenome, chr_ids), function(chr_seq) {
+        gc_sliding <- as.numeric(
+            Biostrings::letterFrequencyInSlidingView(chr_seq, smooth_bin, "GC")
+        ) / smooth_bin
+        left_pad <- floor(smooth_span / 2L)
+        right_pad <- ceiling(smooth_span / 2L)
+        gc_smoothed <- c(
+            rep(gc_sliding[1], left_pad),
+            gc_sliding,
+            rep(gc_sliding[length(gc_sliding)], right_pad)
+        )
+        S4Vectors::Rle(gc_smoothed)
+    })
+    cov_track <- IRanges::RleList(gc_content)
+    names(cov_track) <- chr_ids
+
+    expect_no_error(getCompartments(
+        full_contacts_yeast,
+        genome = cov_track,
+        chromosomes = "VI"
+    ))
+})
+
 test_that("insulation works", {
     hic <- HiCExperiment::contacts_yeast() |> 
         HiCExperiment::refocus('II:1-300000') |>