diff --git a/CMake/mitkFunctionGetLibrarySearchPaths.cmake b/CMake/mitkFunctionGetLibrarySearchPaths.cmake
index 672a2d5509..8a3b718be3 100644
--- a/CMake/mitkFunctionGetLibrarySearchPaths.cmake
+++ b/CMake/mitkFunctionGetLibrarySearchPaths.cmake
@@ -1,121 +1,137 @@
 function(mitkFunctionGetLibrarySearchPaths search_path intermediate_dir)
 
   set(_dir_candidates
       "${MITK_CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}"
       "${MITK_CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/plugins"
       "${MITK_CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}"
       "${MITK_CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/plugins"
      )
   if(MITK_EXTERNAL_PROJECT_PREFIX)
     list(APPEND _dir_candidates
          "${MITK_EXTERNAL_PROJECT_PREFIX}/bin"
          "${MITK_EXTERNAL_PROJECT_PREFIX}/lib"
         )
   endif()
 
   # Determine the Qt4/5 library installation prefix
   set(_qmake_location )
   if(MITK_USE_Qt4)
     set(_qmake_location ${QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE})
   elseif(MITK_USE_Qt5 AND TARGET ${Qt5Core_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE})
     get_property(_qmake_location TARGET ${Qt5Core_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE}
                  PROPERTY IMPORT_LOCATION)
   endif()
   if(_qmake_location)
     if(NOT _qt_install_libs)
       if(WIN32)
         execute_process(COMMAND ${_qmake_location} -query QT_INSTALL_BINS
                         OUTPUT_VARIABLE _qt_install_libs
                         OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
       else()
         execute_process(COMMAND ${_qmake_location} -query QT_INSTALL_LIBS
                         OUTPUT_VARIABLE _qt_install_libs
                         OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
       endif()
       file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${_qt_install_libs}" _qt_install_libs)
       set(_qt_install_libs ${_qt_install_libs} CACHE INTERNAL "Qt library installation prefix" FORCE)
     endif()
     if(_qt_install_libs)
       list(APPEND _dir_candidates ${_qt_install_libs})
     endif()
   elseif(MITK_USE_QT)
     message(WARNING "The qmake executable could not be found.")
   endif()
 
   get_property(_additional_paths GLOBAL PROPERTY MITK_ADDITIONAL_LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS)
   if(_additional_paths)
     list(APPEND _dir_candidates ${_additional_paths})
   endif()
 
   # The code below is sub-optimal. It makes assumptions about
   # the structure of the build directories, pointed to by
   # the *_DIR variables. Instead, we should rely on package
   # specific "LIBRARY_DIRS" variables, if they exist.
 
   if(WIN32)
     if(SOFA_DIR)
       list(APPEND _dir_candidates "${SOFA_DIR}/bin")
     endif()
   else()
     if(SOFA_DIR)
       list(APPEND _dir_candidates "${SOFA_DIR}/lib")
     endif()
   endif()
 
+  if(OpenCV_DIR)
+    set(_opencv_link_directories
+      "${OpenCV_LIB_DIR_DBG}"
+      "${OpenCV_LIB_DIR_OPT}"
+      "${OpenCV_3RDPARTY_LIB_DIR_DBG}"
+      "${OpenCV_3RDPARTY_LIB_DIR_OPT}")
+    list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES _opencv_link_directories)
+    if(WIN32)
+      foreach(_opencv_link_directory ${_opencv_link_directories})
+        list(APPEND _dir_candidates "${_opencv_link_directory}/../bin")
+      endforeach()
+    else()
+      list(APPEND _dir_candidates ${_opencv_link_directories})
+    endif()
+  endif()
+
   if(MITK_USE_Python AND CTK_PYTHONQT_INSTALL_DIR)
     list(APPEND _dir_candidates "${CTK_PYTHONQT_INSTALL_DIR}/bin")
   endif()
 
   if(MITK_USE_TOF_PMDO3 OR MITK_USE_TOF_PMDCAMCUBE OR MITK_USE_TOF_PMDCAMBOARD)
     list(APPEND _dir_candidates "${MITK_PMD_SDK_DIR}/plugins" "${MITK_PMD_SDK_DIR}/bin")
   endif()
 
   if(MITK_USE_CTK)
     list(APPEND _dir_candidates "${CTK_LIBRARY_DIRS}")
     foreach(_ctk_library ${CTK_LIBRARIES})
       if(${_ctk_library}_LIBRARY_DIRS)
         list(APPEND _dir_candidates "${${_ctk_library}_LIBRARY_DIRS}")
       endif()
     endforeach()
   endif()
 
   if(MITK_USE_BLUEBERRY)
     if(DEFINED CTK_PLUGIN_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
       if(IS_ABSOLUTE "${CTK_PLUGIN_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}")
         list(APPEND _dir_candidates "${CTK_PLUGIN_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}")
       else()
         list(APPEND _dir_candidates "${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${CTK_PLUGIN_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}")
       endif()
     endif()
   endif()
 
   if(MITK_LIBRARY_DIRS)
     list(APPEND _dir_candidates ${MITK_LIBRARY_DIRS})
   endif()
 
   list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES _dir_candidates)
 
   set(_search_dirs )
   foreach(_dir ${_dir_candidates})
     if(EXISTS "${_dir}/${intermediate_dir}")
       list(APPEND _search_dirs "${_dir}/${intermediate_dir}")
     else()
       list(APPEND _search_dirs "${_dir}")
     endif()
   endforeach()
 
   # Special handling for "internal" search dirs. The intermediate directory
   # might not have been created yet, so we can't check for its existence.
   # Hence we just add it for Windows without checking.
   set(_internal_search_dirs "${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}" "${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/plugins")
   if(WIN32)
     foreach(_dir ${_internal_search_dirs})
       set(_search_dirs "${_dir}/${intermediate_dir}" ${_search_dirs})
     endforeach()
   else()
     set(_search_dirs ${_internal_search_dirs} ${_search_dirs})
   endif()
   list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES _search_dirs)
 
   set(${search_path} ${_search_dirs} PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()