diff --git a/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_ITK_Config.cmake b/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_ITK_Config.cmake
index 04f5844e63..e5fd53358f 100644
--- a/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_ITK_Config.cmake
+++ b/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_ITK_Config.cmake
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 find_package(ITK REQUIRED)
 #
 # for some reason this does not work on windows, probably an ITK bug
 # ITK_BUILD_SHARED is OFF even in shared library builds
 #
 #if(ITK_FOUND AND NOT ITK_BUILD_SHARED)
 #  message(FATAL_ERROR "MITK only supports a ITK which was built with shared libraries. Turn on BUILD_SHARED_LIBS in your ITK config.")
 #endif(ITK_FOUND AND NOT ITK_BUILD_SHARED)
 
+set(ITK_NO_IO_FACTORY_REGISTER_MANAGER 1)
+
 include(${ITK_USE_FILE})
 list(APPEND ALL_LIBRARIES ${ITK_LIBRARIES})
 list(APPEND ALL_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${ITK_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 find_package(GDCM PATHS ${ITK_GDCM_DIR} REQUIRED)
 list(APPEND ALL_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${GDCM_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 list(APPEND ALL_LIBRARIES ${GDCM_LIBRARIES})
 include(${GDCM_USE_FILE})