diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.python/src/internal/mitkPluginActivator.cpp b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.python/src/internal/mitkPluginActivator.cpp
index e59a8e8108..eca9c442f4 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.python/src/internal/mitkPluginActivator.cpp
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.python/src/internal/mitkPluginActivator.cpp
@@ -1,38 +1,41 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 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 "mitkPluginActivator.h"
 #include <QtPlugin>
 #include "QmitkPythonView.h"
 
 namespace mitk
 {
     QString PluginActivator::m_XmlFilePath;
 
     void PluginActivator::start(ctkPluginContext* context)
     {
       m_XmlFilePath = context->getDataFile("PythonSnippets.xml").absoluteFilePath();
 
       BERRY_REGISTER_EXTENSION_CLASS(QmitkPythonView, context)
     }
 
     void PluginActivator::stop(ctkPluginContext* context)
     {
         Q_UNUSED(context)
     }
 
 }
 
-Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN2(org_mitk_gui_qt_python, mitk::PluginActivator)
+#if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 0, 0)
+  Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN2(org_mitk_gui_qt_python, mitk::PluginActivator)
+#endif
+
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.python/src/internal/mitkPluginActivator.h b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.python/src/internal/mitkPluginActivator.h
index 9a32e11e62..7c46ee5ea2 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.python/src/internal/mitkPluginActivator.h
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.python/src/internal/mitkPluginActivator.h
@@ -1,39 +1,42 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 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 MITKPLUGINACTIVATOR_H
 #define MITKPLUGINACTIVATOR_H
 
 #include <ctkPluginActivator.h>
 #include <mitkExportMacros.h>
 
 namespace mitk {
 
 class MITK_LOCAL PluginActivator :
   public QObject, public ctkPluginActivator
 {
   Q_OBJECT
+#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 0, 0)
+  Q_PLUGIN_METADATA(IID "org_mitk_gui_qt_python")
+#endif
   Q_INTERFACES(ctkPluginActivator)
 
 public:
   void start(ctkPluginContext* context);
   void stop(ctkPluginContext* context);
 
   static QString m_XmlFilePath;
 }; // PluginActivator
 
 }
 
 #endif // MITKPLUGINACTIVATOR_H