diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b81c8e437..8f94be237 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ include_directories("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src")
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources/cmake/")
 
 
+include(ExternalProject)
 #############################################################
 ##
 ##	CMake options of StoRM
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ message(STATUS "StoRM - Using Compiler Configuration: ${STORM_COMPILED_BY}")
 #############################################################
 
 
+add_subdirectory(resources/3rdparty)
 # Add the version of GMM in the repository to the include pathes
 set(GMMXX_INCLUDE_DIR "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources/3rdparty/gmm-5.0/include")
 include_directories(${GMMXX_INCLUDE_DIR})
@@ -434,6 +436,9 @@ endif()
 ##
 #############################################################
 
+message("${CUDD3_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+include_directories(${CUDD3_INCLUDE_DIR})
+list(APPEND STORM_LINK_LIBRARIES ${CUDD3_STATIC_LIBRARIES})
 
 #############################################################
 ##
@@ -529,7 +534,7 @@ endif()
 ##	Sylvan
 ##
 #############################################################
-include(ExternalProject)
+
 set(STORM_SYLVAN_ROOT "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources/3rdparty/sylvan")
 ExternalProject_Add(
     sylvan
@@ -714,7 +719,6 @@ set(STORM_GENERATED_SOURCES "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/src/utility/storm-version.cpp
 # Add the binary dir include directory for storm-config.h
 include_directories("${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/include")
 
-add_subdirectory(resources/3rdparty)
 add_subdirectory(src)
 add_subdirectory(test)
 
diff --git a/resources/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt b/resources/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
index 61115991b..e1a33ba4d 100644
--- a/resources/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/resources/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 add_custom_target(resources) 
 add_custom_target(test-resources)
 
+
 if(STORM_SUPPORT_XML_FORMATS)
-    include(ExternalProject)
     ExternalProject_Add(
             xercesc
             SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/xercesc-3.1.2
@@ -38,13 +38,18 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
     DOWNLOAD_COMMAND ""
     SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cudd-3.0.0
     PREFIX ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cudd-3.0.0
-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cudd-3.0.0/configure  --enable-shared --prefix=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cudd-3.0.0 --libdir=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cudd-3.0.0/lib CC=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} CXX=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
+    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cudd-3.0.0/configure  --enable-shared   --enable-obj --prefix=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cudd-3.0.0 --libdir=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cudd-3.0.0/lib CC=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} CXX=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
     BUILD_COMMAND make "CFLAGS=-O2 -w"
     INSTALL_COMMAND make install
     BUILD_IN_SOURCE 0
 )
 add_dependencies(resources cudd3)
 
+ExternalProject_Get_Property(cudd3 binary_dir)
+set(CUDD3_INCLUDE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cudd-3.0.0/include PARENT_SCOPE)
+
+set(CUDD3_SHARED_LIBRARIES ${binary_dir}/libcudd${DYNAMIC_EXT} PARENT_SCOPE)
+set(CUDD3_STATIC_LIBRARIES ${binary_dir}/libcudd${STATIC_EXT} PARENT_SCOPE)
 
 ExternalProject_Add(
         googletest