diff --git a/CMake/FindNumpy.cmake b/CMake/FindNumpy.cmake
index f488c4f614..006ca7ce9a 100644
--- a/CMake/FindNumpy.cmake
+++ b/CMake/FindNumpy.cmake
@@ -1,25 +1,29 @@
 #  Variables set by this script
 #  NUMPY_FOUND
 #  NUMPY_INCLUDE_DIR
 find_package(PackageHandleStandardArgs)
 
-set(_python ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE})
-if(UNIX)
-  STRING(REPLACE " " "\ " _python ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE})
-endif()
+if(DEFINED Numpy_DIR AND EXISTS ${Numpy_DIR})
+  set(NUMPY_INCLUDE_DIR ${Numpy_DIR}/core/include
+else()
+  set(_python ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE})
+  if(UNIX)
+    STRING(REPLACE " " "\ " _python ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE})
+  endif()
 
-execute_process (
-   COMMAND ${_python} -c "import os; os.environ['DISTUTILS_USE_SDK']='1'; import numpy.distutils; print numpy.distutils.misc_util.get_numpy_include_dirs()[0]"
-   OUTPUT_VARIABLE output
-   OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-)
+  execute_process (
+     COMMAND ${_python} -c "import os; os.environ['DISTUTILS_USE_SDK']='1'; import numpy.distutils; print numpy.distutils.misc_util.get_numpy_include_dirs()[0]"
+     OUTPUT_VARIABLE output
+     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+  )
 
-if(DEFINED output AND EXISTS ${output} )
-  set (NUMPY_INCLUDE_DIR ${output})
+  if(DEFINED output AND EXISTS ${output} )
+    set (NUMPY_INCLUDE_DIR ${output})
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(Numpy DEFAULT_MSG NUMPY_INCLUDE_DIR)
 
 MARK_AS_ADVANCED (
   NUMPY_INCLUDE_DIR
 )
diff --git a/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_Numpy_Config.cmake b/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_Numpy_Config.cmake
index c3e1db29d7..2e2e10da27 100644
--- a/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_Numpy_Config.cmake
+++ b/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_Numpy_Config.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 if(MITK_USE_Python)
   find_package(Numpy REQUIRED)
   list(APPEND ALL_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${NUMPY_INCLUDE_DIR})
   MESSAGE("NUMPY_INCLUDE_DIR: " ${NUMPY_INCLUDE_DIR})
+  MESSAGE("PYTHON_EXECUTABLE: " ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE})
 endif()