diff --git a/CMake/mitkMacroCreateCTKPlugin.cmake b/CMake/mitkMacroCreateCTKPlugin.cmake
index b8c4ca5ff9..3067118d3a 100644
--- a/CMake/mitkMacroCreateCTKPlugin.cmake
+++ b/CMake/mitkMacroCreateCTKPlugin.cmake
@@ -1,87 +1,90 @@
 macro(MACRO_CREATE_MITK_CTK_PLUGIN)
 
   MACRO_PARSE_ARGUMENTS(_PLUGIN "EXPORT_DIRECTIVE;EXPORTED_INCLUDE_SUFFIXES;MODULE_DEPENDENCIES;MODULE_DEPENDS;PACKAGE_DEPENDS;SUBPROJECTS" "TEST_PLUGIN;NO_INSTALL" ${ARGN})
 
   mitk_check_module_dependencies(MODULES MitkCore ${_PLUGIN_MODULE_DEPENDENCIES} ${_PLUGIN_MODULE_DEPENDS}
                                  PACKAGES ${_PLUGIN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS}
                                  MISSING_DEPENDENCIES_VAR _missing_deps
                                  MODULE_DEPENDENCIES_VAR _module_deps
                                  PACKAGE_DEPENDENCIES_VAR _package_deps)
 
   if(_PLUGIN_MODULE_DEPENDENCIES)
     message(WARNING "The MODULE_DEPENDENCIES argument is deprecated since 2014.03. Please use MODULE_DEPENDS instead.")
   endif()
 
   if(NOT _missing_deps)
 
     if(_PLUGIN_TEST_PLUGIN)
       set(is_test_plugin "TEST_PLUGIN")
       set(_PLUGIN_NO_INSTALL 1)
     else()
       set(is_test_plugin)
     endif()
 
     if(_PLUGIN_NO_INSTALL)
       set(plugin_no_install "NO_INSTALL")
     else()
       set(plugin_no_install)
     endif()
 
     _link_directories_for_packages(${_package_deps})
 
     MACRO_CREATE_CTK_PLUGIN(EXPORT_DIRECTIVE ${_PLUGIN_EXPORT_DIRECTIVE}
                             EXPORTED_INCLUDE_SUFFIXES ${_PLUGIN_EXPORTED_INCLUDE_SUFFIXES}
                             DOXYGEN_TAGFILES ${_PLUGIN_DOXYGEN_TAGFILES}
                             MOC_OPTIONS -DBOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION -DBOOST_TT_HAS_OPERATOR_HPP_INCLUDED
                             ${is_test_plugin} ${plugin_no_install})
 
     mitk_use_modules(TARGET ${PLUGIN_TARGET}
       MODULES MitkCore ${_PLUGIN_MODULE_DEPENDENCIES} ${_PLUGIN_MODULE_DEPENDS}
       PACKAGES ${_PLUGIN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS}
      )
 
+    set_property(TARGET ${PLUGIN_TARGET} APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_DEFINITIONS US_MODULE_NAME=${PLUGIN_TARGET})
+    set_property(TARGET ${PLUGIN_TARGET} PROPERTY US_MODULE_NAME ${PLUGIN_TARGET})
+
     if(ALL_META_DEPENDENCIES)
       add_dependencies(${PLUGIN_TARGET} ${ALL_META_DEPENDENCIES})
     endif()
 
     if(MITK_DEFAULT_SUBPROJECTS AND NOT MY_SUBPROJECTS)
       set(MY_SUBPROJECTS ${MITK_DEFAULT_SUBPROJECTS})
     endif()
 
     if(MY_SUBPROJECTS)
       set_property(TARGET ${PLUGIN_TARGET} PROPERTY LABELS ${MY_SUBPROJECTS})
       foreach(subproject ${MY_SUBPROJECTS})
         add_dependencies(${subproject} ${PLUGIN_TARGET})
       endforeach()
     endif()
 
     #------------------------------------------------------------#
     #------------------ Installer support -----------------------#
     if(NOT _PLUGIN_NO_INSTALL)
 
       set(_autoload_targets )
       foreach(_dependency ${_module_deps})
         get_target_property(_dep_autoloads ${_dependency} MITK_AUTOLOAD_TARGETS)
         if (_dep_autoloads)
           list(APPEND _autoload_targets ${_dep_autoloads})
         endif()
       endforeach()
 
       # The MITK_AUTOLOAD_TARGETS property is used in the mitkFunctionInstallAutoLoadModules
       # macro which expects a list of plug-in targets.
       if (_autoload_targets)
         list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES _autoload_targets)
         set_target_properties(${PLUGIN_TARGET} PROPERTIES MITK_AUTOLOAD_TARGETS "${_autoload_targets}")
       endif()
 
     endif()
 
   else()
     if(NOT MITK_BUILD_ALL_PLUGINS)
       message(SEND_ERROR "${PROJECT_NAME} is missing requirements and won't be built. Missing: ${_missing_deps}")
     else()
       message(STATUS "${PROJECT_NAME} is missing requirements and won't be built. Missing: ${_missing_deps}")
     endif()
   endif()
 endmacro()