diff --git a/CMakeExternals/GLUT.cmake b/CMakeExternals/GLUT.cmake
index e0a8036028..9d6c51a7a2 100644
--- a/CMakeExternals/GLUT.cmake
+++ b/CMakeExternals/GLUT.cmake
@@ -1,49 +1,49 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # freeglut
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 if(MITK_USE_GLUT)
   # Sanity checks
   if(DEFINED GLUT_DIR AND NOT EXISTS ${GLUT_DIR})
     message(FATAL_ERROR "GLUT_DIR variable is defined but corresponds to non-existing directory")
   endif()
 
   set(proj GLUT)
   set(proj_DEPENDENCIES )
   set(${proj}_DEPENDS ${proj})
 
   if(NOT DEFINED GLUT_DIR)
 
     if(APPLE)
       find_library(GLUT_LIBRARY GLUT)
       # add_library(GLUT SHARED IMPORTED)
       # set_property(TARGET GLUT PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${GLUT_LIBRARY})
       mitkMacroEmptyExternalProject(${proj} "${proj_DEPENDENCIES}")
       get_filename_component(GLUT_DIR ${GLUT_LIBRARY} PATH)
     else()
-      set(patch_cmd ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -Dproj:STRING=${proj} -Dproj_target:STRING=GLUT -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/GenerateDefaultCMakeBuildSystem.cmake)
+      set(patch_cmd ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -Dproj:STRING=${proj} -Dproj_target:STRING=freeglut -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/GenerateDefaultCMakeBuildSystem.cmake)
 
       ExternalProject_Add(${proj}
          SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-src
          BINARY_DIR ${proj}-build
          PREFIX ${proj}-cmake
          URL http://mitk.org/download/thirdparty/freeglut-2.8.1.tar.gz
          URL_MD5 918ffbddcffbac83c218bc52355b6d5a
          PATCH_COMMAND ${patch_cmd}
          INSTALL_COMMAND ""
          CMAKE_GENERATOR ${gen}
          CMAKE_ARGS
            ${ep_common_args}
          DEPENDS ${proj_DEPENDENCIES}
         )
 
       set(GLUT_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-build)
     endif()
 
   else()
 
     mitkMacroEmptyExternalProject(${proj} "${proj_DEPENDENCIES}")
 
   endif()
 
 endif()