diff --git a/CMake/mitkMacroCreateExecutable.cmake b/CMake/mitkMacroCreateExecutable.cmake
index a4ef63d7bb..7a199728a9 100644
--- a/CMake/mitkMacroCreateExecutable.cmake
+++ b/CMake/mitkMacroCreateExecutable.cmake
@@ -1,90 +1,95 @@
 ##################################################################
 #
 # MITK_CREATE_EXECUTABLE
 #
 #! Creates an executable with MITK dependencies and batch files
 #! for proper application start-up.
 #!
 #! USAGE:
 #!
 #! \code
 #! MITK_CREATE_EXECUTABLE( <exectuableName>
 #!     [DEPENDS <modules we need>]
 #!     [PACKAGE_DEPENDS <packages we need, like ITK, VTK, QT>]
 #!     [INCLUDE_DIRS <list of additional include directories>]
 #!     [TARGET_DEPENDS <list of additional dependencies>
 #!     [WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS]
 #! \endcode
 #!
 #! \param EXECUTABLE_NAME The name for the new executable target
 ##################################################################
 macro(mitk_create_executable EXECUTABLE_NAME)
 
   set(_macro_params
       SUBPROJECTS            # list of CDash labels
       VERSION                # version number, e.g. "1.2.0"
       INCLUDE_DIRS           # additional include dirs
       DEPENDS                # list of modules this module depends on
       PACKAGE_DEPENDS        # list of "packages" this module depends on (e.g. Qt, VTK, etc.)
       TARGET_DEPENDS         # list of CMake targets this executable should depend on
       ADDITIONAL_LIBS        # list of additional libraries linked to this executable
       FILES_CMAKE            # file name of a CMake file setting source list variables
                              # (defaults to files.cmake)
       QT4_MODULES            # the executable depends on a given list of Qt 4 modules
       QT5_MODULES            # the executable depends on a given list of Qt 5 modules
      )
 
   set(_macro_options
       NO_INIT                # do not create CppMicroServices initialization code
       NO_BATCH_FILE          # do not create batch files on Windows
       WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS     # treat all compiler warnings as errors
      )
 
   MACRO_PARSE_ARGUMENTS(EXEC "${_macro_params}" "${_macro_options}" ${ARGN})
 
   set(EXEC_NAME ${EXECUTABLE_NAME})
 
   set(_EXEC_OPTIONS EXECUTABLE)
   if(EXEC_NO_INIT)
     list(APPEND _EXEC_OPTIONS NO_INIT)
   endif()
   if(EXEC_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS)
     list(APPEND _EXEC_OPTIONS WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS)
   endif()
 
   mitk_create_module(${EXEC_NAME}
                      SUBPROJECTS ${EXEC_SUBPROJECTS}
                      VERSION ${EXEC_VERSION}
                      INCLUDE_DIRS ${EXEC_INCLUDE_DIRS}
                      DEPENDS ${EXEC_DEPENDS}
                      PACKAGE_DEPENDS ${EXEC_PACKAGE_DEPENDS}
                      TARGET_DEPENDS ${EXEC_TARGET_DEPENDS}
                      ADDITIONAL_LIBS ${EXEC_ADDITIONAL_LIBS}
                      FILES_CMAKE ${EXEC_FILES_CMAKE}
                      QT4_MODULES ${EXEC_QT4_MODULES}
                      QT5_MODULES ${EXEC_QT5_MODULES}
                      ${_EXEC_OPTIONS}
                     )
 
+  # Add meta dependencies (e.g. on auto-load modules from depending modules)
+  if(ALL_META_DEPENDENCIES)
+    add_dependencies(${EXEC_NAME} ${ALL_META_DEPENDENCIES})
+  endif()
+
   # Create batch files for Windows platforms
   if(WIN32)
     set(_batch_file_in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${EXEC_NAME}.bat.in")
     if(NOT EXISTS "${_batch_file_in}")
       set(_batch_file_in "${MITK_CMAKE_DIR}/StartApp.bat.in")
     endif()
     if(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
       set(_batch_file_out_dir "${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}")
     else()
       set(_batch_file_out_dir "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}")
     endif()
     if(NOT EXEC_NO_BATCH_FILE)
       foreach(BUILD_TYPE debug release)
         mitkFunctionCreateWindowsBatchScript(
             ${_batch_file_in} ${_batch_file_out_dir}/${EXEC_NAME}_${BUILD_TYPE}.bat
             ${BUILD_TYPE}
            )
       endforeach()
     endif()
   endif()
 
 endmacro()