diff --git a/src/modules/openIGTLink/CMakeLists.txt b/src/modules/openIGTLink/CMakeLists.txt
index b7d655a1a461b14e087c5398f1339408820b11dd..c92a3eb35258555a31e4fe3c53bfe3eafe05747a 100644
--- a/src/modules/openIGTLink/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/modules/openIGTLink/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ Find_Package( OpenIGTLink QUIET )
 
 IF( OpenIGTLink_FOUND )
     # 2: INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( ${LIBYOUNEED_INCLUDE_DIR} )
-    INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( ${OpenIGTLink_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
+    # Use system include to suppress warnings (during compilation) caused by the faulty OpenIGTLink header file
+    INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( SYSTEM ${OpenIGTLink_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
 
     # 3: LINK_DIRECTORIES( ${LIBYOUNEED_LIBRARY_DIRS} )
     LINK_DIRECTORIES( ${OpenIGTLink_LIBRARY_DIRS} )