diff --git a/Modules/XNAT/CMakeLists.txt b/Modules/XNAT/CMakeLists.txt
index 2b036eacb5..7ebf7a6c6a 100644
--- a/Modules/XNAT/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Modules/XNAT/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 MITK_CREATE_MODULE(
+  DEPENDS MitkCore MitkQtWidgets
   PACKAGE_DEPENDS
     PUBLIC CTK|CTKXNATCore
     PRIVATE Qt4|QtGui Qt5|UiTools+XmlPatterns
 )
diff --git a/Modules/XNAT/include/QmitkXnatTreeModel.h b/Modules/XNAT/include/QmitkXnatTreeModel.h
index 2bc7ad596b..ad4ab5fd47 100644
--- a/Modules/XNAT/include/QmitkXnatTreeModel.h
+++ b/Modules/XNAT/include/QmitkXnatTreeModel.h
@@ -1,37 +1,51 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 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.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 #ifndef QMITKXNATTREEMODEL_H
 #define QMITKXNATTREEMODEL_H
 
 // CTK includes
 #include <ctkXnatTreeModel.h>
 
 // MITK includes
 #include "MitkXNATExports.h"
 
+namespace mitk {
+class DataNode;
+}
+
 class MITKXNAT_EXPORT QmitkXnatTreeModel : public ctkXnatTreeModel
 {
   Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
   QmitkXnatTreeModel();
 
   virtual QVariant data(const QModelIndex& index, int role) const;
 
+  virtual bool dropMimeData(const QMimeData *data, Qt::DropAction action, int row, int column, const QModelIndex &parent);
+
+  using QAbstractItemModel::supportedDropActions;
+  virtual Qt::DropActions supportedDropActions();
+
+  virtual Qt::ItemFlags flags(const QModelIndex &index) const;
+
+  signals:
+  void ResourceDropped(const QList<mitk::DataNode*>&, ctkXnatObject*);
+
 };
 
 #endif // QMITKXNATTREEMODEL_H
diff --git a/Modules/XNAT/src/QmitkXnatTreeModel.cpp b/Modules/XNAT/src/QmitkXnatTreeModel.cpp
index fa6da20b34..64703ceed4 100644
--- a/Modules/XNAT/src/QmitkXnatTreeModel.cpp
+++ b/Modules/XNAT/src/QmitkXnatTreeModel.cpp
@@ -1,63 +1,111 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 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 "QmitkXnatTreeModel.h"
 
+#include <QmitkMimeTypes.h>
+
 #include <QIcon>
 
 #include <ctkXnatDataModel.h>
 #include <ctkXnatProject.h>
 #include <ctkXnatSubject.h>
 #include <ctkXnatExperiment.h>
 
 QmitkXnatTreeModel::QmitkXnatTreeModel ()
   : ctkXnatTreeModel()
 {
 
 }
 
 QVariant QmitkXnatTreeModel::data(const QModelIndex& index, int role) const
 {
   if (!index.isValid())
   {
     return QVariant();
   }
 
   if (role == Qt::DecorationRole)
   {
     ctkXnatObject* xnatObject = this->xnatObject(index);
     QString path;
 
     if(dynamic_cast<ctkXnatDataModel*>(xnatObject))
     {
       path = ":/xnat/server.ico";
     }
     else if(dynamic_cast<ctkXnatProject*>(xnatObject))
     {
       path = ":/xnat/project.ico";
     }
     else if(dynamic_cast<ctkXnatSubject*>(xnatObject))
     {
       path = ":/xnat/subject.ico";
     }
     else if(dynamic_cast<ctkXnatExperiment*>(xnatObject))
     {
       path = ":/xnat/experiment.ico";
     }
     return QIcon(path);
   }
   return ctkXnatTreeModel::data(index, role);
 }
+
+bool QmitkXnatTreeModel::dropMimeData(const QMimeData *data, Qt::DropAction action, int /*row*/, int /*column*/, const QModelIndex &parent)
+{
+  if (action == Qt::IgnoreAction)
+    return true;
+
+  // Return true if data can be handled
+  bool returnVal (false);
+
+  if (data->hasFormat(QmitkMimeTypes::DataNodePtrs))
+  {
+    returnVal = true;
+    QList<mitk::DataNode*> droppedNodes = QmitkMimeTypes::ToDataNodePtrList(data);
+    ctkXnatObject* parentObj = this->xnatObject(parent);
+    emit ResourceDropped(droppedNodes, parentObj);
+  }
+  return returnVal;
+}
+
+Qt::DropActions QmitkXnatTreeModel::supportedDropActions()
+{
+  return Qt::CopyAction;
+}
+
+Qt::ItemFlags QmitkXnatTreeModel::flags(const QModelIndex &index) const
+{
+  Qt::ItemFlags defaultFlags = ctkXnatTreeModel::flags(index);
+
+
+  if (index.isValid())
+  {
+    ctkXnatProject* xnatProj = dynamic_cast<ctkXnatProject*>(this->xnatObject(index));
+
+    // No dropping at project level allowed
+    if (xnatProj == NULL)
+    {
+      return Qt::ItemIsDropEnabled | defaultFlags;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      return defaultFlags;
+    }
+  }
+  else
+    return defaultFlags;
+}