diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.semanticrelations/files.cmake b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.semanticrelations/files.cmake
index dcff75cc03..8e961c0ceb 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.semanticrelations/files.cmake
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.semanticrelations/files.cmake
@@ -1,42 +1,43 @@
 set(INTERNAL_CPP_FILES
   mitkPluginActivator.cpp
+  QmitkAbstractSemanticRelationsAction.cpp
   QmitkDataNodeAddToSemanticRelationsAction.cpp
   QmitkDataNodeRemoveFromSemanticRelationsAction.cpp
   QmitkDataNodeUnlinkFromLesionAction.cpp
   QmitkDataNodeSetControlPointAction.cpp
   QmitkDataNodeSetInformationTypeAction.cpp
   QmitkLesionInfoWidget.cpp
   QmitkSemanticRelationsContextMenu.cpp
   QmitkSemanticRelationsNodeSelectionDialog.cpp
   QmitkSemanticRelationsView.cpp
 )
 
 set(UI_FILES
   src/internal/QmitkLesionInfoWidgetControls.ui
   src/internal/QmitkSemanticRelationsControls.ui
 )
 
 set(MOC_H_FILES
   src/internal/mitkPluginActivator.h
   src/internal/QmitkDataNodeAddToSemanticRelationsAction.h
   src/internal/QmitkDataNodeRemoveFromSemanticRelationsAction.h
   src/internal/QmitkDataNodeUnlinkFromLesionAction.h
   src/internal/QmitkDataNodeSetControlPointAction.h
   src/internal/QmitkDataNodeSetInformationTypeAction.h
   src/internal/QmitkLesionInfoWidget.h
   src/internal/QmitkSemanticRelationsContextMenu.h
   src/internal/QmitkSemanticRelationsNodeSelectionDialog.h
   src/internal/QmitkSemanticRelationsView.h
 )
 
 set(CACHED_RESOURCE_FILES
   resources/SemanticRelations_48.png
   plugin.xml
 )
 
 set(QRC_FILES 
 )
 
 foreach(file ${INTERNAL_CPP_FILES})
   set(CPP_FILES ${CPP_FILES} src/internal/${file})
 endforeach(file ${INTERNAL_CPP_FILES})
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.semanticrelations/src/internal/QmitkAbstractSemanticRelationsAction.cpp b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.semanticrelations/src/internal/QmitkAbstractSemanticRelationsAction.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dafd7c2a72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.semanticrelations/src/internal/QmitkAbstractSemanticRelationsAction.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
+Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+===================================================================*/
+
+// semantic relations plugin
+#include "QmitkAbstractSemanticRelationsAction.h"
+
+QmitkAbstractSemanticRelationsAction::QmitkAbstractSemanticRelationsAction(berry::IWorkbenchPartSite::Pointer workbenchPartSite)
+  : QmitkAbstractDataNodeAction(workbenchPartSite)
+{
+  m_SemanticRelationsIntegration = std::make_unique<mitk::SemanticRelationsIntegration>();
+}
+
+QmitkAbstractSemanticRelationsAction::QmitkAbstractSemanticRelationsAction(berry::IWorkbenchPartSite* workbenchPartSite)
+  : QmitkAbstractDataNodeAction(berry::IWorkbenchPartSite::Pointer(workbenchPartSite))
+{
+  // nothing here
+}
+
+QmitkAbstractSemanticRelationsAction::~QmitkAbstractSemanticRelationsAction()
+{
+  // nothing here
+}
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.semanticrelations/src/internal/QmitkAbstractSemanticRelationsAction.h b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.semanticrelations/src/internal/QmitkAbstractSemanticRelationsAction.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb2c57cdc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.semanticrelations/src/internal/QmitkAbstractSemanticRelationsAction.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
+Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+===================================================================*/
+
+#ifndef QMITKABSTRACTSEMANTICRELATIONSACTION_H
+#define QMITKABSTRACTSEMANTICRELATIONSACTION_H
+
+// mitk gui qt application plugin
+#include <QmitkAbstractDataNodeAction.h>
+
+// semantic relations module
+#include <mitkSemanticRelationsIntegration.h>
+
+class QmitkAbstractSemanticRelationsAction : public QmitkAbstractDataNodeAction
+{
+
+public:
+
+  QmitkAbstractSemanticRelationsAction(berry::IWorkbenchPartSite::Pointer workbenchPartSite);
+  QmitkAbstractSemanticRelationsAction(berry::IWorkbenchPartSite* workbenchPartSite);
+
+  virtual ~QmitkAbstractSemanticRelationsAction() override;
+
+protected:
+
+  std::unique_ptr<mitk::SemanticRelationsIntegration> m_SemanticRelationsIntegration;
+};
+
+#endif // QMITKABSTRACTSEMANTICRELATIONSACTION_H