diff --git a/cmake/toolchain/heptools-experimental.cmake b/cmake/toolchain/heptools-experimental.cmake
index 9bca1871826b29c361b8dd8de3a77bde41477550..59f96ec0e0116c20afcc2870dd3adbfec5186b95 100644
--- a/cmake/toolchain/heptools-experimental.cmake
+++ b/cmake/toolchain/heptools-experimental.cmake
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ LCG_external_package(h5py              2.6.0
 LCG_external_package(html5lib          0.999999999                              )
 LCG_external_package(idna              2.6                                      )
 LCG_external_package(ipython           5.4.1                                    )
+LCG_external_package(imagemagick       7.0.8-7                                  )
 LCG_external_package(ipython_genutils  0.1.0                                    )
 LCG_external_package(ipykernel         4.6.1                                    )
 LCG_external_package(ipywidgets        5.2.2                                    )
diff --git a/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index 80da011f24dbfa6132b3c97af0c2e70d46ba9bbd..025588084c09e62499386f3b98816ada4eb0459a 100644
--- a/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,6 +69,16 @@ LCGPackage_Add(
           COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy <INSTALL_DIR>/include/xapian.h <INSTALL_DIR>/include/xapian/.
   BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
 )
+#---imagemagick-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+LCGPackage_Add(
+  imagemagick
+  URL ${GenURL}/ImageMagick-${imagemagick_native_version}.tar.gz
+  CONFIGURE_COMMAND ./configure --prefix=<INSTALL_DIR>
+  BUILD_COMMAND ${MAKE}
+  INSTALL_COMMAND ${MAKE} install
+  BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
+)
+
 #---png-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 LCGPackage_Add(
   png