diff --git a/Modules/DICOMTesting/test/CMakeLists.txt b/Modules/DICOMTesting/test/CMakeLists.txt
index d7b1e5b53b..5912e42626 100644
--- a/Modules/DICOMTesting/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Modules/DICOMTesting/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,83 +1,89 @@
 MITK_CREATE_MODULE_TESTS()
 
 # verify minimum expectations:
 #   files are recognized as DICOM
 #   loading files results in a given number of images
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkDICOMTestingSanityTest_NoFiles mitkDICOMTestingSanityTest 0)
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkDICOMTestingSanityTest_CTImage mitkDICOMTestingSanityTest 1 ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/spacing-ok-ct.dcm)
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkDICOMTestingSanityTest_MRImage mitkDICOMTestingSanityTest 1 ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/spacing-ok-mr.dcm)
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkDICOMTestingSanityTest_SCImage mitkDICOMTestingSanityTest 1 ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/spacing-ok-sc.dcm)
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkDICOMTestingSanityTest_NoImagePositionPatient mitkDICOMTestingSanityTest 1 ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/spacing-ok-sc-no2032.dcm)
 
 # verifies that the loader can also be used to just scan for tags and provide them in mitk::Properties (parameter preLoadedVolume)
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkDICOMPreloadedVolumeTest_Slice mitkDICOMPreloadedVolumeTest ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/spacing-ok-ct.dcm)
 
 set(VERIFY_DUMP_CMD  ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/VerifyDICOMMitkImageDump)
 
 set(CT_ABDOMEN_DIR ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/TinyCTAbdomen_DICOMReader)
 set(MR_HEART_DIR ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/3D+t-Heart)
 set(CT_TILT_HEAD_DIR ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/TiltHead)
 set(CT_TILT_DIR ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/TiltedData)
 set(SOP_CLASSES_DIR ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/DICOMReader)
 
 
 # these variables could be passed as parameters to a generic test creation function
 set(TESTS_DIR Tests)
 set(INPUT_LISTNAME input)
 set(EXPECTED_DUMP expected.dump)
 
 function(AddDicomTestsFromDataRepository CURRENT_DATASET_DIR TESTS_DIR INPUT_LISTNAME EXPECTED_DUMP)
 
   # find all test input lists
   file(GLOB_RECURSE allInputs ${CURRENT_DATASET_DIR}/${TESTS_DIR}/*/${INPUT_LISTNAME})
 
   function(expectFileExists filename)
     if(NOT EXISTS ${filename})
       message(SEND_ERROR "Test case expected file ${filename} which does not exist! Please fix your CMake code or file layout.")
     endif(NOT EXISTS ${filename})
   endfunction(expectFileExists)
 
   foreach(input ${allInputs})
 
     # extract only the name of the directory of this very test case
     string(REGEX REPLACE ".*${TESTS_DIR}/([^/]+)/.*" "\\1" input ${input})
     set(inputfilelist "${CURRENT_DATASET_DIR}/${TESTS_DIR}/${input}/${INPUT_LISTNAME}")
     set(expecteddump "${CURRENT_DATASET_DIR}/${TESTS_DIR}/${input}/${EXPECTED_DUMP}")
-    set(testname "DICOM_Load_${input}")
+    set(test_name "DICOM_Load_${input}")
 
     #message(STATUS "DICOM loading test case '${input}'")
     expectFileExists(${inputfilelist})
     expectFileExists(${expecteddump})
 
     # TODO provide error messages if input not valid
 
     set(dicomFiles) # clear list
     # read list of file names from file "input"
     file(STRINGS ${inputfilelist} rawDicomFiles)
     foreach(raw ${rawDicomFiles})
       # prepend each file with an abosolute path
       set(fileWithFullPath ${CURRENT_DATASET_DIR}/${raw})
       list(APPEND dicomFiles ${fileWithFullPath})
     endforeach(raw ${rawDicomFiles})
 
     #message(STATUS "  Load ${dicomFiles}")
-    add_test(${testname}
-             ${VERIFY_DUMP_CMD} ${expecteddump} ${dicomFiles})
+    add_test(${test_name} ${VERIFY_DUMP_CMD} ${expecteddump} ${dicomFiles})
+    mitkFunctionGetLibrarySearchPaths(MITK_RUNTIME_PATH_RELEASE release RELEASE)
+    mitkFunctionGetLibrarySearchPaths(MITK_RUNTIME_PATH_DEBUG debug DEBUG)
+    set(test_env_path ${MITK_RUNTIME_PATH_RELEASE} ${MITK_RUNTIME_PATH_DEBUG} $ENV{PATH})
+    list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES test_env_path)
+    string (REGEX REPLACE "\;" "\\\;" test_env_path "${test_env_path}")
+    set_property(TEST ${test_name} PROPERTY ENVIRONMENT "PATH=${test_env_path}" APPEND)
+    set_property(TEST ${test_name} PROPERTY SKIP_RETURN_CODE 77)
 
   endforeach(input allInputs)
 
 endfunction(AddDicomTestsFromDataRepository CURRENT_DATASET_DIR TESTS_DIR INPUT_LISTNAME EXPECTED_DUMP)
 
 
 AddDicomTestsFromDataRepository(${CT_ABDOMEN_DIR} ${TESTS_DIR} ${INPUT_LISTNAME} ${EXPECTED_DUMP})
 AddDicomTestsFromDataRepository(${CT_TILT_HEAD_DIR} ${TESTS_DIR} ${INPUT_LISTNAME} ${EXPECTED_DUMP})
 AddDicomTestsFromDataRepository(${CT_TILT_DIR} ${TESTS_DIR} ${INPUT_LISTNAME} ${EXPECTED_DUMP})
 AddDicomTestsFromDataRepository(${MR_HEART_DIR} ${TESTS_DIR} ${INPUT_LISTNAME} ${EXPECTED_DUMP})
 
 AddDicomTestsFromDataRepository(${SOP_CLASSES_DIR} ${TESTS_DIR} ${INPUT_LISTNAME} ${EXPECTED_DUMP})
 
 # use one more realistic series for testing property lists
 file(GLOB_RECURSE abdomenImages ${CT_ABDOMEN_DIR}/14?) # this is just one small volume
 mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkDICOMPreloadedVolumeTest_Abdomen mitkDICOMPreloadedVolumeTest ${abdomenImages})