diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.common/src/internal/org_mitk_gui_common_Activator.cpp b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.common/src/internal/org_mitk_gui_common_Activator.cpp
index d305cbe832..8ab0cd3681 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.common/src/internal/org_mitk_gui_common_Activator.cpp
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.common/src/internal/org_mitk_gui_common_Activator.cpp
@@ -1,35 +1,39 @@
 /*============================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
 All rights reserved.
 
 Use of this source code is governed by a 3-clause BSD license that can be
 found in the LICENSE file.
 
 ============================================================================*/
 
 #include "org_mitk_gui_common_Activator.h"
 
+#include <usModuleInitialization.h>
+
+US_INITIALIZE_MODULE
+
 namespace mitk {
 
 ctkPluginContext* org_mitk_gui_common_Activator::m_Context = nullptr;
 
 void org_mitk_gui_common_Activator::start(ctkPluginContext* context)
 {
   m_Context = context;
 }
 
 void org_mitk_gui_common_Activator::stop(ctkPluginContext* context)
 {
   Q_UNUSED(context)
   m_Context = nullptr;
 }
 
 ctkPluginContext *org_mitk_gui_common_Activator::GetContext()
 {
   return m_Context;
 }
 
 }