diff --git a/CMake/mitkFunctionAddCustomModuleTest.cmake b/CMake/mitkFunctionAddCustomModuleTest.cmake
index 1d7bd363cf..f30e754773 100644
--- a/CMake/mitkFunctionAddCustomModuleTest.cmake
+++ b/CMake/mitkFunctionAddCustomModuleTest.cmake
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 #!
 #! \brief Add a custom test for MITK module
 #!
 #! \param test_name Unique identifier for the test
 #! \param test_function Name of the test function (the one with the argc,argv signature)
 #!
 #! Additional parameters will be passed as command line parameters to the test.
 #!
 function(mitkAddCustomModuleTest test_name test_function)
-  add_test(${test_name} ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${TESTDRIVER} ${test_function} ${ARGN})
-  set_property(TEST ${test_name} PROPERTY LABELS ${MODULE_SUBPROJECTS} MITK)
+
+  if (BUILD_TESTING AND NOT ${MODULE_NAME}_IS_ENABLED)
+    add_test(${test_name} ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${TESTDRIVER} ${test_function} ${ARGN})
+    set_property(TEST ${test_name} PROPERTY LABELS ${MODULE_SUBPROJECTS} MITK)
+  endif()
+
 endfunction()