diff --git a/CMakeExternals/ITK.cmake b/CMakeExternals/ITK.cmake
index cd49f4cad0..f0b5cde7ba 100644
--- a/CMakeExternals/ITK.cmake
+++ b/CMakeExternals/ITK.cmake
@@ -1,92 +1,92 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # ITK
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Sanity checks
 if(DEFINED ITK_DIR AND NOT EXISTS ${ITK_DIR})
   message(FATAL_ERROR "ITK_DIR variable is defined but corresponds to non-existing directory")
 endif()
 
 set(proj ITK)
 set(proj_DEPENDENCIES GDCM)
 
 if(MITK_USE_OpenCV)
   list(APPEND proj_DEPENDENCIES OpenCV)
 endif()
 
 if(MITK_USE_HDF5)
   list(APPEND proj_DEPENDENCIES HDF5)
 endif()
 
 set(ITK_DEPENDS ${proj})
 
 if(NOT DEFINED ITK_DIR)
 
   set(additional_cmake_args )
   if(MINGW)
     set(additional_cmake_args
         -DCMAKE_USE_WIN32_THREADS:BOOL=ON
         -DCMAKE_USE_PTHREADS:BOOL=OFF)
   endif()
 
   list(APPEND additional_cmake_args
        -DUSE_WRAP_ITK:BOOL=OFF
       )
 
   if(MITK_USE_OpenCV)
     list(APPEND additional_cmake_args
          -DModule_ITKVideoBridgeOpenCV:BOOL=ON
          -DOpenCV_DIR:PATH=${OpenCV_DIR}
         )
   endif()
 
   # Keep the behaviour of ITK 4.3 which by default turned on ITK Review
   # see MITK bug #17338
   list(APPEND additional_cmake_args
     -DModule_ITKReview:BOOL=ON
   # for 4.7, the OpenJPEG is needed by review but the variable must be set
     -DModule_ITKOpenJPEG:BOOL=ON
   )
 
   if(CTEST_USE_LAUNCHERS)
     list(APPEND additional_cmake_args
       "-DCMAKE_PROJECT_${proj}_INCLUDE:FILEPATH=${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/CTestUseLaunchers.cmake"
     )
   endif()
 
   set(vcl_constexpr_patch)
-  if(GCC_VERSION VERSION_LESS 4.7 AND GCC_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 4)
+  if(GCC_VERSION VERSION_LESS 4.8 AND GCC_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 4)
     set(vcl_constexpr_patch
       COMMAND ${PATCH_COMMAND} -N -p1 -i ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/ITK-4.7.1-gcc-4.6.patch
     )
   endif()
 
   ExternalProject_Add(${proj}
      LIST_SEPARATOR ${sep}
      URL ${MITK_THIRDPARTY_DOWNLOAD_PREFIX_URL}/InsightToolkit-4.7.1-20c0592.tar.gz
      URL_MD5 f778a5f0e297c06dc629c33ec45733dc
      # work with external GDCM
      PATCH_COMMAND ${PATCH_COMMAND} -N -p1 -i ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/ITK-4.7.1.patch
                    ${vcl_constexpr_patch}
      CMAKE_GENERATOR ${gen}
      CMAKE_ARGS
        ${ep_common_args}
        ${additional_cmake_args}
        -DBUILD_EXAMPLES:BOOL=OFF
        -DITK_USE_SYSTEM_GDCM:BOOL=ON
        -DGDCM_DIR:PATH=${GDCM_DIR}
      CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS
        ${ep_common_cache_args}
      CMAKE_CACHE_DEFAULT_ARGS
        ${ep_common_cache_default_args}
      DEPENDS ${proj_DEPENDENCIES}
     )
 
   set(ITK_DIR ${ep_prefix})
   mitkFunctionInstallExternalCMakeProject(${proj})
 
 else()
 
   mitkMacroEmptyExternalProject(${proj} "${proj_DEPENDENCIES}")
 
 endif()