diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagecropper/CMakeLists.txt b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagecropper/CMakeLists.txt
index 4d2a1eebde..c6772ccead 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagecropper/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagecropper/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 project(org_mitk_gui_qt_imagecropper)
 
 mitk_create_plugin(
   EXPORT_DIRECTIVE MITK_QT_IMAGECROPPER
   EXPORTED_INCLUDE_SUFFIXES src
-  MODULE_DEPENDS MitkQtWidgetsExt MitkBoundingShape MitkMultilabel
+  MODULE_DEPENDS MitkQtWidgetsExt MitkBoundingShape MitkMultilabel MitkROI
 )
 
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagecropper/files.cmake b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagecropper/files.cmake
index 59435c5859..58e89a3b01 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagecropper/files.cmake
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagecropper/files.cmake
@@ -1,32 +1,34 @@
 set(INTERNAL_CPP_FILES
   mitkPluginActivator.cpp
   QmitkImageCropperView.cpp
+  QmitkConvertGeometryDataToROIAction.cpp
 )
 
 set(UI_FILES
   src/internal/QmitkImageCropperViewControls.ui
 )
 
 set(MOC_H_FILES
   src/internal/mitkPluginActivator.h
   src/internal/QmitkImageCropperView.h
+  src/internal/QmitkConvertGeometryDataToROIAction.h
 )
 
 set(CACHED_RESOURCE_FILES
   resources/crop.svg
   plugin.xml
 )
 
 set(QRC_FILES
   resources/imagecropper.qrc
 )
 
 set(CPP_FILES)
 
 foreach(file ${SRC_CPP_FILES})
   set(CPP_FILES ${CPP_FILES} src/${file})
 endforeach(file ${SRC_CPP_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.imagecropper/manifest_headers.cmake b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagecropper/manifest_headers.cmake
index 8211a4fb19..dc360f2d35 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagecropper/manifest_headers.cmake
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagecropper/manifest_headers.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 set(Plugin-Name "MITK Image Cropper")
 set(Plugin-Version "1.0.0")
 set(Plugin-Vendor "German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)")
 set(Plugin-ContactAddress "https://www.mitk.org")
-set(Require-Plugin org.mitk.gui.qt.common)
+set(Require-Plugin org.mitk.gui.qt.common org.mitk.gui.qt.application)
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagecropper/plugin.xml b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagecropper/plugin.xml
index ccc04b49d1..3974b6148f 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagecropper/plugin.xml
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagecropper/plugin.xml
@@ -1,27 +1,31 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <?eclipse version="3.0"?>
 
 <plugin>
 
   <extension point="org.blueberry.ui.views">
     <view
       id="org.mitk.views.imagecropper"
       name="Image Cropper"
       category="General"
       icon="resources/crop.svg"
       class="QmitkImageCropperView" >
       <description>Crop images to a given size</description>
       <keywordReference id="org.mitk.views.imagecropper.ViewKeyword"/>
     </view>
   </extension>
 
+  <extension point="org.mitk.gui.qt.datamanager.contextMenuActions">
+    <contextMenuAction nodeDescriptorName="GeometryData" label="Convert to ROI" icon="" class="QmitkConvertGeometryDataToROIAction" />
+  </extension>
+
   <extension point="org.blueberry.ui.keywords">
     <keyword id="org.mitk.views.imagecropper.ViewKeyword" label="Size" />
     <keyword id="org.mitk.views.imagecropper.ViewKeyword" label="Match Size" />
     <keyword id="org.mitk.views.imagecropper.ViewKeyword" label="Resizing" />
     <keyword id="org.mitk.views.imagecropper.ViewKeyword" label="Changing Dimension" />
     <keyword id="org.mitk.views.imagecropper.ViewKeyword" label="Image Dimension" />
     <keyword id="org.mitk.views.imagecropper.ViewKeyword" label="Image cropping" />
   </extension>
 
 </plugin>
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagecropper/src/internal/QmitkConvertGeometryDataToROIAction.cpp b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagecropper/src/internal/QmitkConvertGeometryDataToROIAction.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50fcc3a3e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagecropper/src/internal/QmitkConvertGeometryDataToROIAction.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*============================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
+All rights reserved.
+
+Use of this source code is governed by a 3-clause BSD license that can be
+found in the LICENSE file.
+
+============================================================================*/
+
+#include "QmitkConvertGeometryDataToROIAction.h"
+
+#include <mitkGeometryData.h>
+#include <mitkImage.h>
+#include <mitkNodePredicateDataType.h>
+
+#include <QMessageBox>
+
+namespace
+{
+  void handleInvalidNodeSelection()
+  {
+    auto message = QStringLiteral("All selected bounding boxes must be child nodes of a single common reference image!");
+    MITK_ERROR << message;
+    QMessageBox::warning(nullptr, QStringLiteral("Convert to ROI"), message);
+  }
+
+  std::vector<const mitk::DataNode*> filterNodeSelection(const QList<mitk::DataNode::Pointer>& selectedNodes, const mitk::DataStorage* dataStorage)
+  {
+    std::vector<const mitk::DataNode*> result;
+
+    std::copy_if(selectedNodes.cbegin(), selectedNodes.cend(), std::back_inserter(result), [](const mitk::DataNode* node) {
+      return node != nullptr && dynamic_cast<mitk::GeometryData*>(node->GetData()) != nullptr;
+      });
+
+    const mitk::Image* referenceImage = nullptr;
+
+    for (auto node : result)
+    {
+      auto sources = dataStorage->GetSources(node, mitk::TNodePredicateDataType<mitk::Image>::New());
+
+      if (sources->size() != 1)
+        mitkThrow();
+
+      if (referenceImage == nullptr)
+      {
+        referenceImage = static_cast<mitk::Image*>(sources->front()->GetData());
+      }
+      else if (referenceImage != sources->front()->GetData())
+      {
+        mitkThrow();
+      }
+    }
+
+    return result;
+  }
+}
+
+QmitkConvertGeometryDataToROIAction::QmitkConvertGeometryDataToROIAction()
+{
+}
+
+QmitkConvertGeometryDataToROIAction::~QmitkConvertGeometryDataToROIAction()
+{
+}
+
+void QmitkConvertGeometryDataToROIAction::Run(const QList<mitk::DataNode::Pointer>& selectedNodes)
+{
+  try
+  {
+    auto nodes = filterNodeSelection(selectedNodes, m_DataStorage);
+  }
+  catch (const mitk::Exception&)
+  {
+    handleInvalidNodeSelection();
+  }
+}
+
+void QmitkConvertGeometryDataToROIAction::SetDataStorage(mitk::DataStorage* dataStorage)
+{
+  m_DataStorage = dataStorage;
+}
+
+void QmitkConvertGeometryDataToROIAction::SetFunctionality(berry::QtViewPart*)
+{
+}
+
+void QmitkConvertGeometryDataToROIAction::SetSmoothed(bool)
+{
+}
+
+void QmitkConvertGeometryDataToROIAction::SetDecimated(bool)
+{
+}
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagecropper/src/internal/QmitkConvertGeometryDataToROIAction.h b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagecropper/src/internal/QmitkConvertGeometryDataToROIAction.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8797841a76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagecropper/src/internal/QmitkConvertGeometryDataToROIAction.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*============================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
+All rights reserved.
+
+Use of this source code is governed by a 3-clause BSD license that can be
+found in the LICENSE file.
+
+============================================================================*/
+
+#ifndef QmitkConvertGeometryDataToROIAction_h
+#define QmitkConvertGeometryDataToROIAction_h
+
+#include <mitkIContextMenuAction.h>
+
+class QmitkConvertGeometryDataToROIAction : public QObject, public mitk::IContextMenuAction
+{
+  Q_OBJECT
+  Q_INTERFACES(mitk::IContextMenuAction)
+
+public:
+  QmitkConvertGeometryDataToROIAction();
+  ~QmitkConvertGeometryDataToROIAction() override;
+
+  void Run(const QList<mitk::DataNode::Pointer>& selectedNodes) override;
+  void SetDataStorage(mitk::DataStorage* dataStorage) override;
+  void SetFunctionality(berry::QtViewPart* functionality) override;
+  void SetSmoothed(bool smoothed) override;
+  void SetDecimated(bool decimated) override;
+
+private:
+  mitk::DataStorage::Pointer m_DataStorage;
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagecropper/src/internal/mitkPluginActivator.cpp b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagecropper/src/internal/mitkPluginActivator.cpp
index 0902061f1c..291f8f1849 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagecropper/src/internal/mitkPluginActivator.cpp
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.imagecropper/src/internal/mitkPluginActivator.cpp
@@ -1,26 +1,28 @@
 /*============================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
 All rights reserved.
 
 Use of this source code is governed by a 3-clause BSD license that can be
 found in the LICENSE file.
 
 ============================================================================*/
 
 #include <mitkBoundingShapeObjectFactory.h>
 
 #include "mitkPluginActivator.h"
 #include "QmitkImageCropperView.h"
+#include "QmitkConvertGeometryDataToROIAction.h"
 
 void mitk::mitkPluginActivator::start(ctkPluginContext* context)
 {
   RegisterBoundingShapeObjectFactory();
   BERRY_REGISTER_EXTENSION_CLASS(QmitkImageCropperView, context)
+  BERRY_REGISTER_EXTENSION_CLASS(QmitkConvertGeometryDataToROIAction, context)
 }
 
 void mitk::mitkPluginActivator::stop(ctkPluginContext*)
 {
 }