diff --git a/CMake/mitkFunctionGetLibrarySearchPaths.cmake b/CMake/mitkFunctionGetLibrarySearchPaths.cmake
index 6a88653056..078c513b0d 100644
--- a/CMake/mitkFunctionGetLibrarySearchPaths.cmake
+++ b/CMake/mitkFunctionGetLibrarySearchPaths.cmake
@@ -1,79 +1,85 @@
 function(mitkFunctionGetLibrarySearchPaths search_path intermediate_dir)
 
   set(_dir_candidates ${MITK_VTK_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${MITK_ITK_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${QT_LIBRARY_DIR}
                       ${QT_LIBRARY_DIR}/../bin ${MITK_BINARY_DIR}/bin ${MITK_BINARY_DIR}/bin/plugins)
 
   get_property(_additional_paths GLOBAL PROPERTY MITK_ADDITIONAL_LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS)
   if(_additional_paths)
     list(APPEND _dir_candidates ${_additional_paths})
   endif()
 
   if(WIN32)
-    list(APPEND _dir_candidates "${ITK_DIR}/bin")
+    if(DCMTK_DIR)
+      list(APPEND _dir_candidates "${DCMTK_DIR}/bin")
+    endif()
+   list(APPEND _dir_candidates "${ITK_DIR}/bin")
   else()
+    if(DCMTK_DIR)
+      list(APPEND _dir_candidates "${DCMTK_DIR}/lib")
+    endif()
     list(APPEND _dir_candidates "${ITK_DIR}/lib")
   endif()
 
   if(MITK_USE_Python AND CTK_PYTHONQT_INSTALL_DIR)
     list(APPEND _dir_candidates ${CTK_PYTHONQT_INSTALL_DIR}/bin)
   endif()
   if(MITK_USE_Boost AND MITK_USE_Boost_LIBRARIES AND NOT MITK_USE_SYSTEM_Boost)
     list(APPEND _dir_candidates ${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS})
   endif()
   if(ACVD_DIR)
     list(APPEND _dir_candidates ${ACVD_DIR}/bin)
   endif()
   if(GDCM_DIR)
     list(APPEND _dir_candidates ${GDCM_DIR}/bin)
   endif()
   if(OpenCV_DIR)
     list(APPEND _dir_candidates ${OpenCV_DIR}/bin)
   endif()
   if(SOFA_DIR)
     list(APPEND _dir_candidates ${SOFA_DIR}/bin)
   endif()
   if(MITK_USE_TOF_PMDO3 OR MITK_USE_TOF_PMDCAMCUBE OR MITK_USE_TOF_PMDCAMBOARD)
     list(APPEND _dir_candidates ${MITK_PMD_SDK_DIR}/plugins)
   endif()
 
   if(MITK_USE_BLUEBERRY)
     list(APPEND _dir_candidates ${CTK_RUNTIME_LIBRARY_DIRS})
     if(DEFINED CTK_PLUGIN_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
       if(IS_ABSOLUTE "${CTK_PLUGIN_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}")
         list(APPEND _dir_candidates "${CTK_PLUGIN_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}")
       else()
         list(APPEND _dir_candidates "${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${CTK_PLUGIN_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}")
       endif()
     endif()
   endif()
 
   if(MITK_LIBRARY_DIRS)
     list(APPEND _dir_candidates ${MITK_LIBRARY_DIRS})
   endif()
 
   list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES _dir_candidates)
 
   set(_search_dirs )
   foreach(_dir ${_dir_candidates})
     if(EXISTS "${_dir}/${intermediate_dir}")
       list(APPEND _search_dirs "${_dir}/${intermediate_dir}")
     else()
       list(APPEND _search_dirs ${_dir})
     endif()
   endforeach()
 
   # Special handling for "internal" search dirs. The intermediate directory
   # might not have been created yet, so we can't check for its existence.
   # Hence we just add it for Windows without checking.
   set(_internal_search_dirs ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY} ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/plugins)
   if(WIN32)
     foreach(_dir ${_internal_search_dirs})
       set(_search_dirs ${_dir}/${intermediate_dir} ${_search_dirs})
     endforeach()
   else()
     set(_search_dirs ${_internal_search_dirs} ${_search_dirs})
   endif()
   list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES _search_dirs)
 
   set(${search_path} ${_search_dirs} PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()