diff --git a/Modules/DICOMReader/files.cmake b/Modules/DICOMReader/files.cmake
index 4c2aee0fef..d92bbc61ce 100644
--- a/Modules/DICOMReader/files.cmake
+++ b/Modules/DICOMReader/files.cmake
@@ -1,30 +1,32 @@
 set(H_FILES
   mitkDICOMFileReader.h
   mitkDICOMImageFrameInfo.h
   mitkDICOMImageBlockDescriptor.h
   mitkDICOMGDCMImageFrameInfo.h
   mitkDICOMITKSeriesGDCMReader.h
   mitkDICOMDatasetSorter.h
   mitkDICOMFilenameSorter.h
   mitkDICOMEnums.h
   mitkDICOMTagBasedSorter.h
   mitkDICOMSortCriterion.h
   mitkDICOMSortByTag.h
   mitkEquiDistantBlocksSorter.h
+  mitkClassicDICOMSeriesReader.h
 )
 
 set(CPP_FILES
   mitkDICOMFileReader.cpp
   mitkDICOMImageBlockDescriptor.cpp
   mitkDICOMITKSeriesGDCMReader.cpp
   mitkDICOMDatasetSorter.cpp
   mitkDICOMFilenameSorter.cpp
   mitkDICOMTagBasedSorter.cpp
   mitkDICOMGDCMImageFrameInfo.cpp
   mitkDICOMImageFrameInfo.cpp
   mitkDICOMSortCriterion.cpp
   mitkDICOMSortByTag.cpp
   mitkITKDICOMSeriesReaderHelper.cpp
   mitkEquiDistantBlocksSorter.cpp
   mitkGantryTiltInformation.cpp
+  mitkClassicDICOMSeriesReader.cpp
 )
diff --git a/Modules/DICOMReader/mitkClassicDICOMSeriesReader.cpp b/Modules/DICOMReader/mitkClassicDICOMSeriesReader.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11c5d64281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/DICOMReader/mitkClassicDICOMSeriesReader.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+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.
+
+===================================================================*/
+
+#include "mitkClassicDICOMSeriesReader.h"
+
+#include "mitkDICOMTagBasedSorter.h"
+#include "mitkDICOMSortByTag.h"
+
+
+mitk::ClassicDICOMSeriesReader
+::ClassicDICOMSeriesReader()
+:DICOMITKSeriesGDCMReader()
+{
+  mitk::DICOMTagBasedSorter::Pointer tagSorter = mitk::DICOMTagBasedSorter::New();
+
+  // all the things that split by tag in mitk::DicomSeriesReader
+  tagSorter->AddDistinguishingTag( std::make_pair(0x0028, 0x0010) ); // Number of Rows
+  tagSorter->AddDistinguishingTag( std::make_pair(0x0028, 0x0011) ); // Number of Columns
+  tagSorter->AddDistinguishingTag( std::make_pair(0x0028, 0x0030) ); // Pixel Spacing
+  tagSorter->AddDistinguishingTag( std::make_pair(0x0018, 0x1164) ); // Imager Pixel Spacing
+  tagSorter->AddDistinguishingTag( std::make_pair(0x0020, 0x0037) ); // Image Orientation (Patient)
+  tagSorter->AddDistinguishingTag( std::make_pair(0x0020, 0x000e) ); // Series Instance UID
+  tagSorter->AddDistinguishingTag( std::make_pair(0x0018, 0x0050) ); // Slice Thickness
+  tagSorter->AddDistinguishingTag( std::make_pair(0x0028, 0x0008) ); // Number of Frames
+  tagSorter->AddDistinguishingTag( std::make_pair(0x0020, 0x0052) ); // Frame of Reference UID
+
+  // a sorter...
+  // TODO ugly syntax, improve..
+  mitk::DICOMSortCriterion::ConstPointer sorting =
+    mitk::DICOMSortByTag::New( std::make_pair(0x0020, 0x0013), // instance number
+      mitk::DICOMSortByTag::New( std::make_pair(0x0020, 0x0012), // aqcuisition number
+        mitk::DICOMSortByTag::New( std::make_pair(0x0008, 0x0032), // aqcuisition time
+          mitk::DICOMSortByTag::New( std::make_pair(0x0018, 0x1060), // trigger time
+            mitk::DICOMSortByTag::New( std::make_pair(0x0008, 0x0018) // SOP instance UID (last resort, not really meaningful but decides clearly)
+            ).GetPointer()
+          ).GetPointer()
+        ).GetPointer()
+      ).GetPointer()
+    ).GetPointer();
+  tagSorter->SetSortCriterion( sorting );
+
+  // define above sorting for this class
+  this->AddSortingElement( tagSorter );
+}
+
+mitk::ClassicDICOMSeriesReader
+::ClassicDICOMSeriesReader(const ClassicDICOMSeriesReader& other )
+:DICOMITKSeriesGDCMReader(other)
+{
+}
+
+mitk::ClassicDICOMSeriesReader
+::~ClassicDICOMSeriesReader()
+{
+}
+
+mitk::ClassicDICOMSeriesReader&
+mitk::ClassicDICOMSeriesReader
+::operator=(const ClassicDICOMSeriesReader& other)
+{
+  if (this != &other)
+  {
+    DICOMITKSeriesGDCMReader::operator=(other);
+  }
+  return *this;
+}
diff --git a/Modules/DICOMReader/mitkClassicDICOMSeriesReader.h b/Modules/DICOMReader/mitkClassicDICOMSeriesReader.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6011dda63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/DICOMReader/mitkClassicDICOMSeriesReader.h
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+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 mitkClassicDICOMSeriesReader_h
+#define mitkClassicDICOMSeriesReader_h
+
+#include "mitkDICOMITKSeriesGDCMReader.h"
+
+#include "DICOMReaderExports.h"
+
+namespace mitk
+{
+
+/*
+   \brief Sorting and grouping like mitk::DicomSeriesReader until 2013.
+*/
+class DICOMReader_EXPORT ClassicDICOMSeriesReader : public DICOMITKSeriesGDCMReader
+{
+  public:
+
+    mitkClassMacro( ClassicDICOMSeriesReader, DICOMITKSeriesGDCMReader );
+    mitkCloneMacro( ClassicDICOMSeriesReader );
+    itkNewMacro( ClassicDICOMSeriesReader );
+
+  protected:
+
+    ClassicDICOMSeriesReader();
+    virtual ~ClassicDICOMSeriesReader();
+
+    ClassicDICOMSeriesReader(const ClassicDICOMSeriesReader& other);
+    ClassicDICOMSeriesReader& operator=(const ClassicDICOMSeriesReader& other);
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif
+