diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.aicpregistration/src/internal/org_mitk_gui_qt_aicpregistration_Activator.cpp b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.aicpregistration/src/internal/org_mitk_gui_qt_aicpregistration_Activator.cpp
index 2b02c4d3b7..8c44139ca9 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.aicpregistration/src/internal/org_mitk_gui_qt_aicpregistration_Activator.cpp
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.aicpregistration/src/internal/org_mitk_gui_qt_aicpregistration_Activator.cpp
@@ -1,38 +1,40 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 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 "org_mitk_gui_qt_aicpregistration_Activator.h"
 
 #include <QtPlugin>
 
 #include "QmitkAICPRegistrationView.h"
 
 namespace mitk {
 
 void org_mitk_gui_qt_aicpregistration_Activator::start(ctkPluginContext* context)
 {
   BERRY_REGISTER_EXTENSION_CLASS(QmitkAICPRegistrationView, context)
 }
 
 void org_mitk_gui_qt_aicpregistration_Activator::stop(ctkPluginContext* context)
 {
   Q_UNUSED(context)
 }
 
 }
 
-Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN2(org_mitk_gui_qt_aicpregistration, mitk::org_mitk_gui_qt_aicpregistration_Activator)
+#if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 0, 0)
+  Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN2(org_mitk_gui_qt_aicpregistration, mitk::org_mitk_gui_qt_aicpregistration_Activator)
+#endif
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.aicpregistration/src/internal/org_mitk_gui_qt_aicpregistration_Activator.h b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.aicpregistration/src/internal/org_mitk_gui_qt_aicpregistration_Activator.h
index c2d13fe144..7488795e83 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.aicpregistration/src/internal/org_mitk_gui_qt_aicpregistration_Activator.h
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.aicpregistration/src/internal/org_mitk_gui_qt_aicpregistration_Activator.h
@@ -1,40 +1,43 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 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 org_mitk_gui_qt_aicpregistration_Activator_h
 #define org_mitk_gui_qt_aicpregistration_Activator_h
 
 #include <ctkPluginActivator.h>
 
 namespace mitk {
 
 class org_mitk_gui_qt_aicpregistration_Activator :
   public QObject, public ctkPluginActivator
 {
   Q_OBJECT
+#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 0, 0)
+  Q_PLUGIN_METADATA(IID "org_mitk_gui_qt_aicpregistration")
+#endif
   Q_INTERFACES(ctkPluginActivator)
 
 public:
 
   void start(ctkPluginContext* context);
   void stop(ctkPluginContext* context);
 
 }; // org_mitk_gui_qt_surfaceregistration_Activator
 
 }
 
 #endif // org_mitk_gui_qt_surfaceregistration_Activator_h