diff --git a/Modules/Persistence/CMakeLists.txt b/Modules/Persistence/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f2e5e9d7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/Persistence/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+MITK_CREATE_MODULE( Persistence
+  INCLUDE_DIRS
+  DEPENDS Mitk
+)
+add_subdirectory(Testing)
diff --git a/Modules/Persistence/Testing/CMakeLists.txt b/Modules/Persistence/Testing/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..153cd81e2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/Persistence/Testing/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+MITK_CREATE_MODULE_TESTS()
diff --git a/Modules/Persistence/Testing/files.cmake b/Modules/Persistence/Testing/files.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dbb46bd12b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/Persistence/Testing/files.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+set(MODULE_TESTS
+)
diff --git a/Modules/Persistence/files.cmake b/Modules/Persistence/files.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b7b177e34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/Persistence/files.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+set(CPP_FILES
+)