diff --git a/CMakeExternals/SimpleITK.cmake b/CMakeExternals/SimpleITK.cmake
index 61244502e5..d9b89e825c 100644
--- a/CMakeExternals/SimpleITK.cmake
+++ b/CMakeExternals/SimpleITK.cmake
@@ -1,74 +1,75 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # SimpleITK
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 if(MITK_USE_SimpleITK)
 
   # Sanity checks
   if(DEFINED SimpleITK_DIR AND NOT EXISTS ${SimpleITK_DIR})
     message(FATAL_ERROR "SimpleITK_DIR variable is defined but corresponds to non-existing directory")
   endif()
 
   set(proj SimpleITK)
   set(proj_DEPENDENCIES ITK GDCM)
 
   if(MITK_USE_OpenCV)
     list(APPEND proj_DEPENDENCIES OpenCV)
   endif()
 
   set(SimpleITK_DEPENDS ${proj})
 
   if(NOT DEFINED SimpleITK_DIR)
 
     set(additional_cmake_args )
 
     list(APPEND additional_cmake_args
          -DWRAP_CSHARP:BOOL=OFF
          -DWRAP_TCL:BOOL=OFF
          -DWRAP_LUA:BOOL=OFF
          -DWRAP_PYTHON:BOOL=OFF
         )
 
     if(MITK_USE_Python)
       list(APPEND additional_cmake_args
         -DWRAP_PYTHON:BOOL=ON
           )
     endif(MITK_USE_Python)
 
     if(MITK_USE_OpenCV)
       list(APPEND additional_cmake_args
            -DOpenCV_DIR:PATH=${OpenCV_DIR}
           )
     endif()
 
     set(SimpleITK_PATCH_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DTEMPLATE_FILE:FILEPATH=${MITK_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeExternals/EmptyFileForPatching.dummy -P ${MITK_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeExternals/PatchSimpleITK.cmake)
 
     ExternalProject_Add(${proj}
        SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-src
        BINARY_DIR ${proj}-build
        PREFIX ${proj}-cmake
        GIT_REPOSITORY "http://itk.org/SimpleITK.git"
        GIT_TAG "493f15f5cfc620413d0aa7bb705ffe6d038a41b5"
        INSTALL_COMMAND ""
        PATCH_COMMAND ${SimpleITK_PATCH_COMMAND}
        CMAKE_GENERATOR ${gen}
        CMAKE_ARGS
          ${ep_common_args}
          ${additional_cmake_args}
          -DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=OFF
          -DBUILD_EXAMPLES:BOOL=OFF
          -DGDCM_DIR:PATH=${GDCM_DIR}
          -DITK_DIR:PATH=${ITK_DIR}
+         -DSWIG_DIR:PATH=${ITK_DIR}/Wrapping/Generators/SwigInterface/swig/share/swig/2.0.4
        DEPENDS ${proj_DEPENDENCIES}
       )
 
     set(SimpleITK_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-build)
 
   else()
 
     mitkMacroEmptyExternalProject(${proj} "${proj_DEPENDENCIES}")
 
   endif()
 
 endif()