diff --git a/SuperBuild.cmake b/SuperBuild.cmake
index 66570871b0..f4fe7f55de 100644
--- a/SuperBuild.cmake
+++ b/SuperBuild.cmake
@@ -1,234 +1,239 @@
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Convenient macro allowing to download a file
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 MACRO(downloadFile url dest)
   FILE(DOWNLOAD ${url} ${dest} STATUS status)
   LIST(GET status 0 error_code)
   LIST(GET status 1 error_msg)
   IF(error_code)
     MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "error: Failed to download ${url} - ${error_msg}")
   ENDIF()
 ENDMACRO()
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # MITK Prerequisites
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #----------------------------- Qt ---------------------------
 if(MITK_USE_QT)
   find_package(Qt4 REQUIRED)
   set(vtk_QT_ARGS
       -DDESIRED_QT_VERSION:STRING=4
       -DVTK_USE_GUISUPPORT:BOOL=ON
       -DVTK_USE_QVTK_QTOPENGL:BOOL=ON
       -DVTK_USE_QT:BOOL=ON
       -DQT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=${QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE}
      )
 endif()
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # External project settings
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 INCLUDE(ExternalProject)
 
 SET(ep_base "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeExternals")
 SET_PROPERTY(DIRECTORY PROPERTY EP_BASE ${ep_base})
 
 SET(ep_install_dir ${ep_base}/Install)
 #SET(ep_build_dir ${ep_base}/Build)
 SET(ep_source_dir ${ep_base}/Source)
 #SET(ep_parallelism_level)
 SET(ep_build_shared_libs ON)
 SET(ep_build_testing OFF)
 
 # Compute -G arg for configuring external projects with the same CMake generator:
 IF(CMAKE_EXTRA_GENERATOR)
   SET(gen "${CMAKE_EXTRA_GENERATOR} - ${CMAKE_GENERATOR}")
 ELSE()
   SET(gen "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}")
 ENDIF()
 
 # Use this value where semi-colons are needed in ep_add args:
 set(sep "^^")
 
 ##
 
 IF(MSVC90 OR MSVC10)
   SET(ep_common_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} /bigobj /MP")
   SET(ep_common_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /bigobj /MP")
 ELSE()
   SET(ep_common_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -DLINUX_EXTRA")
   SET(ep_common_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DLINUX_EXTRA")
 ENDIF()
 
 SET(ep_common_args 
   -DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=${ep_build_testing}
   -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${ep_install_dir}
   -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON
   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
   -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER:FILEPATH=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
   -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:FILEPATH=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
   -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING=${ep_common_C_FLAGS}
   -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING=${ep_common_CXX_FLAGS}
   #debug flags
   -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG:STRING=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG}
   -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG:STRING=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG}
   #release flags
   -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE:STRING=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE}
   -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE:STRING=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE}
   #relwithdebinfo
   -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO:STRING=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO}
   -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO:STRING=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO}
 )
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # ExternalProjects 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 SET(external_projects
   VTK
   GDCM
   ITK
   Boost
   DCMTK
   CTK
   OpenCV
   MITKData
   )
   
 # Include external projects
 FOREACH(p ${external_projects})
   INCLUDE(CMakeExternals/${p}.cmake)
 ENDFOREACH()
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Set superbuild boolean args
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 SET(mitk_cmake_boolean_args
   BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
   WITH_COVERAGE
   BUILD_TESTING
   
   MITK_USE_QT
   MITK_INSTALL_RPATH_RELATIVE
   MITK_BUILD_ALL_PLUGINS
   MITK_BUILD_TUTORIAL
   MITK_USE_Boost
   MITK_USE_GDCMIO
   MITK_USE_BLUEBERRY
   MITK_USE_CTK
   MITK_USE_DCMTK
   MITK_USE_OPEN_CV
   )
   
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Generate cmake variable names for MITK bundles
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 INCLUDE(mitkSuperBuildPlugins)
 FOREACH(plugin ${MITK_SUPERBUILD_PLUGINS})
   LIST(APPEND mitk_cmake_boolean_args MITK_BUILD_${plugin})
   OPTION(MITK_BUILD_${plugin} "Build the MITK ${plugin} plugin" OFF)
 ENDFOREACH()
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Create the final variable containing superbuild boolean args
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 SET(mitk_superbuild_boolean_args)
 FOREACH(mitk_cmake_arg ${mitk_cmake_boolean_args})
   LIST(APPEND mitk_superbuild_boolean_args -D${mitk_cmake_arg}:BOOL=${${mitk_cmake_arg}})
 ENDFOREACH()
 
 IF(MITK_BUILD_ALL_PLUGINS)
   LIST(APPEND mitk_superbuild_boolean_args -DBLUEBERRY_BUILD_ALL_PLUGINS:BOOL=ON)
 ENDIF()
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # MITK Utilities
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 set(proj MITK-Utilities)
 ExternalProject_Add(${proj}
   DOWNLOAD_COMMAND ""
   CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
   BUILD_COMMAND ""
   INSTALL_COMMAND ""
   DEPENDS
     # Mandatory dependencies
     ${VTK_DEPENDS}
     ${ITK_DEPENDS}
     # Optionnal dependencies
     ${Boost_DEPENDS}
     ${CTK_DEPENDS}
     ${DCMTK_DEPENDS}
     ${OpenCV_DEPENDS}
     ${MITK-Data_DEPENDS}
 )
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # MITK Configure
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+IF(MITK_INITIAL_CACHE_FILE)
+  SET(mitk_initial_cache_arg -C "${MITK_INITIAL_CACHE_FILE}")
+ENDIF()
+
 SET(proj MITK-Configure)
 
 ExternalProject_Add(${proj}
   DOWNLOAD_COMMAND ""
   CMAKE_GENERATOR ${gen}
   CMAKE_ARGS
     ${ep_common_args}
     ${mitk_superbuild_boolean_args}
     -DMITK_USE_SUPERBUILD:BOOL=OFF
     -DCTEST_USE_LAUNCHERS:BOOL=${CTEST_USE_LAUNCHERS}
     -DMITK_SUPERBUILD_BINARY_DIR:PATH=${MITK_BINARY_DIR}
     -DQT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=${QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE}
     -DMITK_KWSTYLE_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=${MITK_KWSTYLE_EXECUTABLE}
     -DCTK_DIR:PATH=${CTK_DIR} 
     -DDCMTK_DIR:PATH=${DCMTK_DIR}
     -DVTK_DIR:PATH=${VTK_DIR}     # FindVTK expects VTK_DIR
     -DITK_DIR:PATH=${ITK_DIR}     # FindITK expects ITK_DIR
     -DOpenCV_DIR:PATH=${OpenCV_DIR}
     -DGDCM_DIR:PATH=${GDCM_DIR}
     -DBOOST_ROOT:PATH=${BOOST_ROOT}
     -DMITK_DATA_DIR:PATH=${MITK_DATA_DIR}
+    ${mitk_initial_cache_arg}
 
   SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
   BINARY_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/MITK-build
   BUILD_COMMAND ""
   INSTALL_COMMAND ""
   DEPENDS
     MITK-Utilities
   )
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # MITK
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #MESSAGE(STATUS SUPERBUILD_EXCLUDE_MITKBUILD_TARGET:${SUPERBUILD_EXCLUDE_MITKBUILD_TARGET})
 IF(NOT DEFINED SUPERBUILD_EXCLUDE_MITKBUILD_TARGET OR NOT SUPERBUILD_EXCLUDE_MITKBUILD_TARGET)
   SET(proj MITK-build)
   ExternalProject_Add(${proj}
     DOWNLOAD_COMMAND ""
     CMAKE_GENERATOR ${gen}
     SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
     BINARY_DIR MITK-build
     INSTALL_COMMAND ""
     DEPENDS
       "MITK-Configure"
     )
 ENDIF()
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Custom target allowing to drive the build of MITK project itself
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(MITK
   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/MITK-build
   WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/MITK-build
 )