diff --git a/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_Eigen_Config.cmake b/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_Eigen_Config.cmake
index dfd8299dd7..44e9afee23 100644
--- a/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_Eigen_Config.cmake
+++ b/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_Eigen_Config.cmake
@@ -1 +1 @@
-list(APPEND ALL_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${Eigen_DIR}/include/eigen3)
+list(APPEND ALL_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${Eigen_DIR})
diff --git a/CMakeExternals/Eigen.cmake b/CMakeExternals/Eigen.cmake
index 6f50d23e0f..42066b96fc 100644
--- a/CMakeExternals/Eigen.cmake
+++ b/CMakeExternals/Eigen.cmake
@@ -1,31 +1,32 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Eigen
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Sanity checks
 if(DEFINED Eigen_DIR AND NOT EXISTS ${Eigen_DIR})
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Eigen_DIR variable is defined but corresponds to non-existing directory")
 endif()
 
 set(proj Eigen)
 set(proj_DEPENDENCIES )
 set(Eigen_DEPENDS ${proj})
 
 if(NOT DEFINED Eigen_DIR)
 
   ExternalProject_Add(${proj}
      SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-src
      BINARY_DIR ${proj}-cmake
-     URL ${MITK_THIRDPARTY_DOWNLOAD_PREFIX_URL}/Eigen-3.2.2.tar.gz
-     URL_MD5 2809c6a623ef48e7ab3d6a2630b94a29
+     URL ${MITK_THIRDPARTY_DOWNLOAD_PREFIX_URL}/Eigen-3.2.2-headers-only.tar.gz
+     URL_MD5 d0a7fe82ab7bd39bf577afebe287aa20
      CMAKE_ARGS
        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-install
+     INSTALL_DIR ${proj}-install
     )
 
   set(Eigen_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-install)
 
 else()
 
   mitkMacroEmptyExternalProject(${proj} "${proj_DEPENDENCIES}")
 
 endif()