diff --git a/CMakeExternals/DCMTK.cmake b/CMakeExternals/DCMTK.cmake
index 79661aa4c2..457287a9ff 100644
--- a/CMakeExternals/DCMTK.cmake
+++ b/CMakeExternals/DCMTK.cmake
@@ -1,56 +1,57 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # 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}
       SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-src
       BINARY_DIR ${proj}-build
       PREFIX ${proj}-cmake
       URL ${MITK_THIRDPARTY_DOWNLOAD_PREFIX_URL}/dcmtk-3.6.1_20120222.tar.gz
       URL_MD5 86fa9e0f91e4e0c6b44d513ea48391d6
       INSTALL_DIR ${proj}-install
       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_DOXYGEN:BOOL=OFF
          -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_WITH_ICONV: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()