diff --git a/CMakeExternals/DCMTK.cmake b/CMakeExternals/DCMTK.cmake
index 2cb0358e7c..7d49652e0a 100644
--- a/CMakeExternals/DCMTK.cmake
+++ b/CMakeExternals/DCMTK.cmake
@@ -1,46 +1,52 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # DCMTK
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 IF(MITK_USE_DCMTK)
 
   # Sanity checks
   IF(DEFINED DCMTK_DIR AND NOT EXISTS ${DCMTK_DIR})
     MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "DCMTK_DIR variable is defined but corresponds to non-existing directory")
   ENDIF()
   
   SET(proj DCMTK)
   SET(proj_DEPENDENCIES )
   SET(DCMTK_DEPENDS ${proj})
 
   IF(NOT DEFINED DCMTK_DIR)
     IF(UNIX)
       SET(DCMTK_CXX_FLAGS "-fPIC")
       SET(DCMTK_C_FLAGS "-fPIC")
     ENDIF(UNIX)
     IF(DCMTK_DICOM_ROOT_ID)
       SET(DCMTK_CXX_FLAGS "${DCMTK_CXX_FLAGS} -DSITE_UID_ROOT=\\\"${DCMTK_DICOM_ROOT_ID}\\\"")
       SET(DCMTK_C_FLAGS "${DCMTK_CXX_FLAGS} -DSITE_UID_ROOT=\\\"${DCMTK_DICOM_ROOT_ID}\\\"")
     ENDIF()
     ExternalProject_Add(${proj}
       URL http://mitk.org/download/thirdparty/dcmtk-3.6.0.tar.gz
       INSTALL_DIR ${proj}-install
       PATCH_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DTEMPLATE_FILE:FILEPATH=${MITK_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeExternals/EmptyFileForPatching.dummy -P ${MITK_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeExternals/PatchDCMTK.cmake 
       CMAKE_GENERATOR ${gen}
       CMAKE_ARGS
          ${ep_common_args}
          -DDCMTK_OVERWRITE_WIN32_COMPILER_FLAGS:BOOL=OFF
          -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=OFF
          "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING=${ep_common_CXX_FLAGS} ${DCMTK_CXX_FLAGS}"
          "-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING=${ep_common_C_FLAGS} ${DCMTK_C_FLAGS}"
          -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-install
+         -DDCMTK_WITH_ZLIB:BOOL=OFF # see bug #9894
+         -DDCMTK_WITH_OPENSSL:BOOL=OFF # see bug #9894
+         -DDCMTK_WITH_PNG:BOOL=OFF # see bug #9894
+         -DDCMTK_WITH_TIFF:BOOL=OFF  # see bug #9894
+         -DDCMTK_WITH_XML:BOOL=OFF  # see bug #9894
+         -DDCMTK_FORCE_FPIC_ON_UNIX:BOOL=ON
       DEPENDS ${proj_DEPENDENCIES}
       )
     SET(DCMTK_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-install)
     
   ELSE()
   
     mitkMacroEmptyExternalProject(${proj} "${proj_DEPENDENCIES}")
   
   ENDIF()
 ENDIF()