diff --git a/CMake/mitkFunctionCompileSnippets.cmake b/CMake/mitkFunctionCompileSnippets.cmake
index e65d3036d9..c0ea9dae33 100644
--- a/CMake/mitkFunctionCompileSnippets.cmake
+++ b/CMake/mitkFunctionCompileSnippets.cmake
@@ -1,38 +1,40 @@
 function(mitkFunctionCompileSnippets snippet_path)
 
   # get all files called "main.cpp"
   file(GLOB_RECURSE main_cpp_list "${snippet_path}/main.cpp")
 
   foreach(main_cpp_file ${main_cpp_list})
     # get the directory containing the main.cpp file
     get_filename_component(main_cpp_dir "${main_cpp_file}" PATH)
     
     set(snippet_src_files )
     
     # If there exists a "files.cmake" file in the snippet directory,
     # include it and assume it sets the variable "snippet_src_files"
     # to a list of source files for the snippet.
     if(EXISTS "${main_cpp_dir}/files.cmake")
       include("${main_cpp_dir}/files.cmake")
     else()
       # glob all files in the directory and add them to the snippet src list
       file(GLOB_RECURSE snippet_src_files "${main_cpp_dir}/*")
     endif()
     
     # Uset the top-level directory name as the executable name
     string(REPLACE "/" ";" main_cpp_dir_tokens "${main_cpp_dir}")
     list(GET main_cpp_dir_tokens -1 snippet_exec_name)
-    set(snippet_target_name "Snippet/${snippet_exec_name}")
+    set(snippet_target_name "Snippet-${snippet_exec_name}")
     add_executable(${snippet_target_name} ${snippet_src_files})
     if(ARGN)
       target_link_libraries(${snippet_target_name} ${ARGN})
     endif()
     set_target_properties(${snippet_target_name} PROPERTIES
       LABELS Documentation
       RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/snippets"
+      ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/snippets"
+      LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/snippets"
       OUTPUT_NAME ${snippet_exec_name}
     )
     
   endforeach()
 
 endfunction()