diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.cmdlinemodules/CMakeLists.txt b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.cmdlinemodules/CMakeLists.txt
index e0a70d97db..7ae1d86fb8 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.cmdlinemodules/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.cmdlinemodules/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,36 +1,40 @@
 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/)
+    if(EXISTS ${CTK_QTDESIGNERPLUGINS_DIR}/designer/${_releasedir})
+      file(COPY "${CTK_QTDESIGNERPLUGINS_DIR}/designer/${_releasedir}" DESTINATION ${_bindir}/${_releasedir}designer/)
+    endif()
+    if(EXISTS ${CTK_QTDESIGNERPLUGINS_DIR}/designer/${_debugdir})
+      file(COPY "${CTK_QTDESIGNERPLUGINS_DIR}/designer/${_debugdir}" DESTINATION ${_bindir}/${_debugdir}designer/)
+    endif()
 
   endif()
 endif()