diff --git a/CMake/mitkFunctionAddTestLabel.cmake b/CMake/mitkFunctionAddTestLabel.cmake
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+#
+# Use to attach a CTest/CDash label to a test (already added via ADD_TEST)
+#
+# Call with or without an explicit second parameter. If no second parameter is given, 
+# ${MITK_DEFAULT_SUBPROJECTS} will be used as standard label
+#
+function(mitkFunctionAddTestLabel test_name)
+  set(label ${MITK_DEFAULT_SUBPROJECTS})
+  if (ARGN)
+    set(label ${ARGN})
+  endif()
+  set_property(TEST ${test_name} APPEND PROPERTY LABELS ${label})
+endfunction(add_test_label)
+
+