diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.cmdlinemodules/CMakeLists.txt b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.cmdlinemodules/CMakeLists.txt
index 270a5a45e8..e0a70d97db 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.cmdlinemodules/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.cmdlinemodules/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,36 @@
 project(org_mitk_gui_qt_cmdlinemodules)
 
 mitk_create_plugin(
   EXPORT_DIRECTIVE CLI_EXPORT
   EXPORTED_INCLUDE_SUFFIXES src
   MODULE_DEPENDS MitkQtWidgetsExt
   PACKAGE_DEPENDS
     PUBLIC  CTK|CTKWidgets
     PRIVATE CTK|CTKCommandLineModulesFrontendQtGui+CTKCommandLineModulesBackendLocalProcess Qt4|QtUiTools Qt5|UiTools+XmlPatterns
 )
+
+# Copy CTK Qt (designer) plugins to a Qt default path in the MITK bin
+# this has been implemented as a fix for bug 19379
+# The Qt plugins provided by CTK were not found in the plugin paths
+# when running in the build tree
+if(MITK_USE_CTK)
+  if(EXISTS ${CTK_QTDESIGNERPLUGINS_DIR})
+
+    if(MACOSX_BUNDLE_NAMES)
+      set(_bindir ${MITK_BINARY_DIR}/bin/MitkWorkbench.app/Contents/MacOS/)
+    else()
+      set(_bindir ${MITK_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
+    endif()
+
+    set(_releasedir)
+    set(_debugdir)
+    if(NOT CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR STREQUAL ".")
+      set(_releasedir "Release/")
+      set(_debugdir "Debug/")
+    endif()
+
+    file(COPY "${CTK_QTDESIGNERPLUGINS_DIR}/designer/${_releasedir}" DESTINATION ${_bindir}/${_releasedir}designer/)
+    file(COPY "${CTK_QTDESIGNERPLUGINS_DIR}/designer/${_debugdir}" DESTINATION ${_bindir}/${_debugdir}designer/)
+
+  endif()
+endif()