diff --git a/Modules/Core/src/DataManagement/mitkGenericIDRelationRule.cpp b/Modules/Core/src/DataManagement/mitkGenericIDRelationRule.cpp
index 7e59adff41..85f88a2004 100644
--- a/Modules/Core/src/DataManagement/mitkGenericIDRelationRule.cpp
+++ b/Modules/Core/src/DataManagement/mitkGenericIDRelationRule.cpp
@@ -1,74 +1,81 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 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.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 #include "mitkGenericIDRelationRule.h"
 
 mitk::GenericIDRelationRule::RuleIDType mitk::GenericIDRelationRule::GetRuleID() const
 {
   return "IDRelation_" + m_RuleIDTag;
 };
 
 std::string mitk::GenericIDRelationRule::GetDisplayName() const
 {
   return m_DisplayName;
 };
 
 std::string mitk::GenericIDRelationRule::GetSourceRoleName() const
 {
   return m_SourceRole;
 };
 
 std::string mitk::GenericIDRelationRule::GetDestinationRoleName() const
 {
   return m_DestinationRole;
 };
 
 mitk::GenericIDRelationRule::GenericIDRelationRule(const RuleIDType &ruleIDTag)
   : GenericIDRelationRule(ruleIDTag, ruleIDTag + " relation"){};
 
 mitk::GenericIDRelationRule::GenericIDRelationRule(const RuleIDType &ruleIDTag, const std::string &displayName)
   : GenericIDRelationRule(
       ruleIDTag, displayName, "source of " + ruleIDTag + " relation", "destination of " + ruleIDTag + " relation"){};
 
 mitk::GenericIDRelationRule::GenericIDRelationRule(const RuleIDType &ruleIDTag,
                                                    const std::string &displayName,
                                                    const std::string &sourceRole,
                                                    const std::string &destinationRole)
   : m_RuleIDTag(ruleIDTag), m_DisplayName(displayName), m_SourceRole(sourceRole), m_DestinationRole(destinationRole){};
 
 mitk::GenericIDRelationRule::InstanceIDVectorType mitk::GenericIDRelationRule::GetInstanceID_datalayer(
   const IPropertyProvider *source, const IPropertyProvider *destination) const
 {
   // Data layer is not supported by the class. Therefor return empty vector.
   return InstanceIDVectorType();
 };
 
 bool mitk::GenericIDRelationRule::HasImplicitDataRelation(const IPropertyProvider *source,
                                                           const IPropertyProvider *destination) const
 {
   // Data layer is not supported by the class.
   return false;
 };
 
 void mitk::GenericIDRelationRule::Connect_datalayer(IPropertyOwner *source,
                                                     const IPropertyProvider *destination,
                                                     const InstanceIDType &instanceID) const {
   // Data layer is not supported by the class. => Do nothing
 };
 
 void mitk::GenericIDRelationRule::Disconnect_datalayer(IPropertyOwner *source, const InstanceIDType &instanceID) const {
   // Data layer is not supported by the class. => Do nothing
 };
+
+itk::LightObject::Pointer mitk::GenericIDRelationRule::InternalClone() const
+{
+  itk::LightObject::Pointer result = Self::New(this->m_RuleIDTag, this->m_DisplayName, this->m_SourceRole, this->m_DestinationRole);
+
+  return result;
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Modules/Core/test/files.cmake b/Modules/Core/test/files.cmake
index a66d2421b6..258a1d2183 100644
--- a/Modules/Core/test/files.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Core/test/files.cmake
@@ -1,202 +1,203 @@
 # tests with no extra command line parameter
 set(MODULE_TESTS
   # IMPORTANT: If you plan to deactivate / comment out a test please write a bug number to the commented out line of code.
   #
   #     Example: #mitkMyTest #this test is commented out because of bug 12345
   #
   # It is important that the bug is open and that the test will be activated again before the bug is closed. This assures that
   # no test is forgotten after it was commented out. If there is no bug for your current problem, please add a new one and
   # mark it as critical.
 
   ################## DISABLED TESTS #################################################
   #mitkAbstractTransformGeometryTest.cpp #seems as tested class mitkExternAbstractTransformGeometry doesnt exist any more
   #mitkStateMachineContainerTest.cpp #rewrite test, indirect since no longer exported Bug 14529
   #mitkRegistrationBaseTest.cpp #tested class  mitkRegistrationBase doesn't exist any more
   #mitkSegmentationInterpolationTest.cpp #file doesn't exist!
   #mitkPipelineSmartPointerCorrectnessTest.cpp #file doesn't exist!
   #mitkITKThreadingTest.cpp #test outdated because itk::Semaphore was removed from ITK
   #mitkAbstractTransformPlaneGeometryTest.cpp #mitkVtkAbstractTransformPlaneGeometry doesn't exist any more
   #mitkTestUtilSharedLibrary.cpp #Linker problem with this test...
   #mitkTextOverlay2DSymbolsRenderingTest.cpp #Implementation of the tested feature is not finished yet. Ask Christoph or see bug 15104 for details.
 
   ################# RUNNING TESTS ###################################################
   mitkAccessByItkTest.cpp
   mitkCoreObjectFactoryTest.cpp
   mitkDataNodeTest.cpp
   mitkMaterialTest.cpp
   mitkActionTest.cpp
   mitkDispatcherTest.cpp
   mitkEnumerationPropertyTest.cpp
   mitkFileReaderRegistryTest.cpp
   #mitkFileWriterRegistryTest.cpp
   mitkFloatToStringTest.cpp
   mitkGenericPropertyTest.cpp
   mitkGeometry3DTest.cpp
   mitkGeometry3DEqualTest.cpp
   mitkGeometryDataIOTest.cpp
   mitkGeometryDataToSurfaceFilterTest.cpp
   mitkImageCastTest.cpp
   mitkImageEqualTest.cpp
   mitkImageDataItemTest.cpp
   mitkImageGeneratorTest.cpp
   mitkIOUtilTest.cpp
   mitkBaseDataTest.cpp
   mitkImportItkImageTest.cpp
   mitkGrabItkImageMemoryTest.cpp
   mitkInstantiateAccessFunctionTest.cpp
   mitkLevelWindowTest.cpp
   mitkMessageTest.cpp
   mitkPixelTypeTest.cpp
   mitkPlaneGeometryTest.cpp
   mitkPointSetTest.cpp
   mitkPointSetEqualTest.cpp
   mitkPointSetFileIOTest.cpp
   mitkPointSetOnEmptyTest.cpp
   mitkPointSetLocaleTest.cpp
   mitkPointSetWriterTest.cpp
   mitkPointSetReaderTest.cpp
   mitkPointSetPointOperationsTest.cpp
   mitkProgressBarTest.cpp
   mitkPropertyTest.cpp
   mitkPropertyListTest.cpp
   mitkPropertyPersistenceTest.cpp
   mitkPropertyPersistenceInfoTest.cpp
   mitkPropertyRelationRuleBaseTest.cpp
   mitkSlicedGeometry3DTest.cpp
   mitkSliceNavigationControllerTest.cpp
   mitkSurfaceTest.cpp
   mitkSurfaceEqualTest.cpp
   mitkSurfaceToSurfaceFilterTest.cpp
   mitkTimeGeometryTest.cpp
   mitkProportionalTimeGeometryTest.cpp
   mitkUndoControllerTest.cpp
   mitkVtkWidgetRenderingTest.cpp
   mitkVerboseLimitedLinearUndoTest.cpp
   mitkWeakPointerTest.cpp
   mitkTransferFunctionTest.cpp
   mitkStepperTest.cpp
   mitkRenderingManagerTest.cpp
   mitkCompositePixelValueToStringTest.cpp
   vtkMitkThickSlicesFilterTest.cpp
   mitkNodePredicateSourceTest.cpp
   mitkNodePredicateDataPropertyTest.cpp
   mitkNodePredicateFunctionTest.cpp
   mitkVectorTest.cpp
   mitkClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculatorTest.cpp
   mitkExceptionTest.cpp
   mitkExtractSliceFilterTest.cpp
   mitkLogTest.cpp
   mitkImageDimensionConverterTest.cpp
   mitkLoggingAdapterTest.cpp
   mitkUIDGeneratorTest.cpp
   mitkPlanePositionManagerTest.cpp
   mitkAffineTransformBaseTest.cpp
   mitkPropertyAliasesTest.cpp
   mitkPropertyDescriptionsTest.cpp
   mitkPropertyExtensionsTest.cpp
   mitkPropertyFiltersTest.cpp
   mitkPropertyKeyPathTest.cpp
   mitkTinyXMLTest.cpp
   mitkRawImageFileReaderTest.cpp
   mitkInteractionEventTest.cpp
   mitkLookupTableTest.cpp
   mitkSTLFileReaderTest.cpp
   mitkPointTypeConversionTest.cpp
   mitkVectorTypeConversionTest.cpp
   mitkMatrixTypeConversionTest.cpp
   mitkArrayTypeConversionTest.cpp
   mitkSurfaceToImageFilterTest.cpp
   mitkBaseGeometryTest.cpp
   mitkImageToSurfaceFilterTest.cpp
   mitkEqualTest.cpp
   mitkLineTest.cpp
   mitkArbitraryTimeGeometryTest
   mitkItkImageIOTest.cpp
   mitkRotatedSlice4DTest.cpp
   mitkLevelWindowManagerCppUnitTest.cpp
   mitkVectorPropertyTest.cpp
   mitkTemporoSpatialStringPropertyTest.cpp
   mitkPropertyNameHelperTest.cpp
   mitkNodePredicateGeometryTest.cpp
   mitkPreferenceListReaderOptionsFunctorTest.cpp
+  mitkGenericIDRelationRuleTest.cpp
 )
 
 if(MITK_ENABLE_RENDERING_TESTING)
 set(MODULE_TESTS
   ${MODULE_TESTS}
   mitkPlaneGeometryDataMapper2DTest.cpp
   mitkPointSetDataInteractorTest.cpp #since mitkInteractionTestHelper is currently creating a vtkRenderWindow
   mitkSurfaceVtkMapper2DTest.cpp #new rendering test in CppUnit style
   mitkSurfaceVtkMapper2D3DTest.cpp # comparisons/consistency 2D/3D
 )
 endif()
 
 
 
 # test with image filename as an extra command line parameter
 set(MODULE_IMAGE_TESTS
   mitkImageTimeSelectorTest.cpp #only runs on images
   mitkImageAccessorTest.cpp #only runs on images
 )
 
 set(MODULE_SURFACE_TESTS
   mitkSurfaceVtkWriterTest.cpp #only runs on surfaces
 )
 
 # list of images for which the tests are run
 set(MODULE_TESTIMAGE
   US4DCyl.nrrd
   Pic3D.nrrd
   Pic2DplusT.nrrd
   BallBinary30x30x30.nrrd
   Png2D-bw.png
 )
 set(MODULE_TESTSURFACE
   binary.stl
   ball.stl
 )
 
 set(MODULE_CUSTOM_TESTS
     mitkDataStorageTest.cpp
     mitkDicomSeriesReaderTest.cpp
     mitkDICOMLocaleTest.cpp
     mitkDataNodeTest.cpp
     mitkEventConfigTest.cpp
     mitkPointSetLocaleTest.cpp
     mitkImageTest.cpp
     mitkImageVtkMapper2DTest.cpp
     mitkImageVtkMapper2DLevelWindowTest.cpp
     mitkImageVtkMapper2DOpacityTest.cpp
     mitkImageVtkMapper2DResliceInterpolationPropertyTest.cpp
     mitkImageVtkMapper2DColorTest.cpp
     mitkImageVtkMapper2DSwivelTest.cpp
     mitkImageVtkMapper2DTransferFunctionTest.cpp
     mitkImageVtkMapper2DOpacityTransferFunctionTest.cpp
     mitkImageVtkMapper2DLookupTableTest.cpp
     mitkSurfaceVtkMapper3DTest
     mitkSurfaceVtkMapper3DTexturedSphereTest.cpp
     mitkVolumeCalculatorTest.cpp
     mitkLevelWindowManagerTest.cpp
     mitkPointSetVtkMapper2DTest.cpp
     mitkPointSetVtkMapper2DImageTest.cpp
     mitkPointSetVtkMapper2DGlyphTypeTest.cpp
     mitkPointSetVtkMapper2DTransformedPointsTest.cpp
     mitkVTKRenderWindowSizeTest.cpp
     mitkMultiComponentImageDataComparisonFilterTest.cpp
     mitkImageToItkTest.cpp
     mitkImageSliceSelectorTest.cpp
     mitkSurfaceDepthPeelingTest.cpp
 )
 
 # Currently not working on windows because of a rendering timing issue
 # see bug 18083 for details
 if(NOT WIN32)
  set(MODULE_CUSTOM_TESTS ${MODULE_CUSTOM_TESTS} mitkSurfaceDepthSortingTest.cpp)
 endif()
 
 set(RESOURCE_FILES
   Interactions/AddAndRemovePoints.xml
   Interactions/globalConfig.xml
   Interactions/StatemachineTest.xml
   Interactions/StatemachineConfigTest.xml
 )
diff --git a/Modules/Core/test/mitkGenericIDRelationRuleTest.cpp b/Modules/Core/test/mitkGenericIDRelationRuleTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88da5c31f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/Core/test/mitkGenericIDRelationRuleTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+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.
+
+===================================================================*/
+
+#include "mitkGenericIDRelationRule.h"
+
+#include "mitkDataNode.h"
+#include "mitkStringProperty.h"
+
+#include "mitkTestFixture.h"
+#include "mitkTestingMacros.h"
+
+class mitkGenericIDRelationRuleTestSuite : public mitk::TestFixture
+{
+  CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE(mitkGenericIDRelationRuleTestSuite);
+
+  MITK_TEST(GetRuleID);
+  MITK_TEST(GetDisplayName);
+  MITK_TEST(GetSourceRoleName);
+  MITK_TEST(GetDestinationRoleName);
+  MITK_TEST(Clone);
+
+  CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_END();
+
+private:
+  mitk::GenericIDRelationRule::Pointer rule_new1;
+  mitk::GenericIDRelationRule::Pointer rule_new2;
+  mitk::GenericIDRelationRule::Pointer rule_new4;
+
+public:
+  void setUp() override
+  {
+    rule_new1 = mitk::GenericIDRelationRule::New("TestID");
+    rule_new2 = mitk::GenericIDRelationRule::New("TestID2", "display name");
+    rule_new4 = mitk::GenericIDRelationRule::New("TestID4", "display name 4", "srole", "drole");
+  }
+
+  void tearDown() override {}
+
+  void GetRuleID()
+  {
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(rule_new1->GetRuleID() == "IDRelation_TestID");
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(rule_new2->GetRuleID() == "IDRelation_TestID2");
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(rule_new4->GetRuleID() == "IDRelation_TestID4");
+  }
+
+  void GetDisplayName()
+  {
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(rule_new1->GetDisplayName() == "TestID relation");
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(rule_new2->GetDisplayName() == "display name");
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(rule_new4->GetDisplayName() == "display name 4");
+  }
+
+  void GetSourceRoleName()
+  {
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(rule_new1->GetSourceRoleName() == "source of TestID relation");
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(rule_new2->GetSourceRoleName() == "source of TestID2 relation");
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(rule_new4->GetSourceRoleName() == "srole");
+  }
+
+  void GetDestinationRoleName()
+  {
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(rule_new1->GetDestinationRoleName() == "destination of TestID relation");
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(rule_new2->GetDestinationRoleName() == "destination of TestID2 relation");
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(rule_new4->GetDestinationRoleName() == "drole");
+  }
+
+  void Clone()
+  {
+    auto clone = rule_new4->Clone();
+
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(clone->GetRuleID() == "IDRelation_TestID4");
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(clone->GetDisplayName() == "display name 4");
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(clone->GetSourceRoleName() == "srole");
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(clone->GetDestinationRoleName() == "drole");
+  }
+
+};
+
+MITK_TEST_SUITE_REGISTRATION(mitkGenericIDRelationRule)