diff --git a/Modules/OpenCL/mitkOpenCL.h b/Modules/OpenCL/mitkOpenCL.h
index a0147b238b..d2131a3455 100644
--- a/Modules/OpenCL/mitkOpenCL.h
+++ b/Modules/OpenCL/mitkOpenCL.h
@@ -1,26 +1,27 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
 Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 #ifndef MITKOPENCL_H_HEADER_INCLUDED
 #define MITKOPENCL_H_HEADER_INCLUDED
 
 #if defined (__APPLE__) || defined(MACOSX)
 #include <OpenCL/cl.h>
 #else
+#define CL_USE_DEPRECATED_OPENCL_1_2_APIS
 #include <CL/cl.h>
 #endif
 
 #endif /* MITKOPENCL_H_HEADER_INCLUDED */