diff --git a/CMakeExternals/Poco.cmake b/CMakeExternals/Poco.cmake
index 6d82b4b5be..8b8920b547 100644
--- a/CMakeExternals/Poco.cmake
+++ b/CMakeExternals/Poco.cmake
@@ -1,44 +1,45 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Poco
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 if(MITK_USE_Poco)
 
   # Sanity checks
   if(DEFINED Poco_DIR AND NOT EXISTS ${Poco_DIR})
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Poco_DIR variable is defined but corresponds to non-existing directory")
   endif()
 
   set(proj Poco)
   set(proj_DEPENDENCIES )
   set(${proj}_DEPENDS ${proj})
 
   if(NOT DEFINED ${proj}_DIR)
 
     set(patch_cmd ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/PatchPoco-1.5.2-rc3.cmake)
 
     ExternalProject_Add(${proj}
       SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-src
       BINARY_DIR ${proj}-build
       PREFIX ${proj}-cmake
       URL ${MITK_THIRDPARTY_DOWNLOAD_PREFIX_URL}/poco-1.5.2-rc3.tar.gz
       URL_MD5 3651530070a6fce1db0e9ba17ff6c01e
       INSTALL_DIR ${proj}-install
       PATCH_COMMAND ${patch_cmd}
       CMAKE_GENERATOR ${gen}
       CMAKE_ARGS
         ${ep_common_args}
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=<INSTALL_DIR>
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_NAME_DIR:STRING=<INSTALL_DIR>/lib
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH:STRING=<INSTALL_DIR>/lib
       DEPENDS ${proj_DEPENDENCIES}
      )
 
     set(${proj}_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-install)
 
   else()
 
     mitkMacroEmptyExternalProject(${proj} "${proj_DEPENDENCIES}")
 
   endif()
 
 endif()