diff --git a/CMakeExternals/PatchQwt-6.1.0.cmake b/CMakeExternals/PatchQwt-6.1.0.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1d4bee0c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeExternals/PatchQwt-6.1.0.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+set(path "src/qwt_transform.h")
+file(STRINGS ${path} contents NEWLINE_CONSUME)
+string(REPLACE "QT_STATIC_CONST" "static const" contents ${contents})
+set(CONTENTS ${contents})
+configure_file(${TEMPLATE_FILE} ${path} @ONLY)
+
+set(path "src/qwt_transform.cpp")
+file(STRINGS ${path} contents NEWLINE_CONSUME)
+string(REPLACE "QT_STATIC_CONST_IMPL" "const" contents ${contents})
+set(CONTENTS ${contents})
+configure_file(${TEMPLATE_FILE} ${path} @ONLY)
diff --git a/CMakeExternals/Qwt.cmake b/CMakeExternals/Qwt.cmake
index 83bf05ef75..2af4db7c02 100644
--- a/CMakeExternals/Qwt.cmake
+++ b/CMakeExternals/Qwt.cmake
@@ -1,43 +1,52 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Qwt
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 if(MITK_USE_Qwt)
 
 # Sanity checks
 if(DEFINED Qwt_DIR AND NOT EXISTS ${Qwt_DIR})
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Qwt_DIR variable is defined but corresponds to non-existing directory")
 endif()
 
 set(proj Qwt)
 set(proj_DEPENDENCIES )
 set(${proj}_DEPENDS ${proj})
 
 if(NOT DEFINED ${proj}_DIR)
 
   set(patch_cmd ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -Dproj:STRING=${proj} -Dproj_target:STRING=qwt -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/GenerateDefaultCMakeBuildSystem.cmake)
+  set(qt54patch_cmd ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DTEMPLATE_FILE:FILEPATH=${MITK_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeExternals/EmptyFileForPatching.dummy -P ${MITK_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeExternals/PatchQwt-6.1.0.cmake)
 
   ExternalProject_Add(${proj}
      SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-src
      BINARY_DIR ${proj}-build
      PREFIX ${proj}-cmake
      URL ${MITK_THIRDPARTY_DOWNLOAD_PREFIX_URL}/qwt-6.1.0.tar.bz2
      URL_MD5 aef0437b37f191067a6a9dc01c30ba64
      PATCH_COMMAND ${patch_cmd}
      INSTALL_COMMAND ""
      CMAKE_GENERATOR ${gen}
      CMAKE_ARGS
        ${ep_common_args}
        ${qt_project_args}
      DEPENDS ${proj_DEPENDENCIES}
     )
 
+    ExternalProject_Add_Step(${proj} qt54patch
+      COMMAND ${qt54patch_cmd}
+      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${proj}-src
+      DEPENDEES patch
+      DEPENDERS configure
+      LOG 1
+    )
+
   set(${proj}_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-build)
 
 else()
 
   mitkMacroEmptyExternalProject(${proj} "${proj_DEPENDENCIES}")
 
 endif()
 
 endif()