diff --git a/Tests/Contracts/VTK/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/Contracts/VTK/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b19f016c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Contracts/VTK/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# The VTK external project for CMake
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
+project(VTK)
+include(ExternalProject)
+
+# find "HOME".  VTK will be downloaded & built within a subdirectory.
+if(NOT DEFINED HOME)
+  if(DEFINED ENV{CTEST_REAL_HOME})
+    set(HOME "$ENV{CTEST_REAL_HOME}")
+  else()
+    set(HOME "$ENV{HOME}")
+  endif()
+
+  if(NOT HOME AND WIN32)
+    # Try for USERPROFILE as HOME equivalent:
+    string(REPLACE "\\" "/" HOME "$ENV{USERPROFILE}")
+
+    # But just use root of SystemDrive if USERPROFILE contains any spaces:
+    # (Default on XP and earlier...)
+    if(HOME MATCHES " ")
+      string(REPLACE "\\" "/" HOME "$ENV{SystemDrive}")
+    endif()
+  endif()
+endif()
+
+set(base_dir "${HOME}/.cmake/Contracts/VTK")
+set(stamp_dir "${base_dir}/stamp")
+
+if(NOT DEFINED SITE)
+  site_name(SITE)
+endif()
+
+# configure our dashboard script
+configure_file(
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Dashboard.cmake.in
+  ${base_dir}/Dashboard.cmake
+  @ONLY)
+
+# build & test VTK's release branch
+ExternalProject_Add(${PROJECT_NAME}
+  GIT_REPOSITORY "git://vtk.org/VTK.git"
+  GIT_TAG "release"
+  STAMP_DIR ${stamp_dir}
+  CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
+  BUILD_COMMAND ${CMAKE_CTEST_COMMAND} -S "${base_dir}/Dashboard.cmake"
+  INSTALL_COMMAND ""
+)
diff --git a/Tests/Contracts/VTK/Dashboard.cmake.in b/Tests/Contracts/VTK/Dashboard.cmake.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b10f3848c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Contracts/VTK/Dashboard.cmake.in
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+set(CTEST_SITE "@SITE@")
+set(CTEST_BUILD_NAME "Contracts.VTK")
+set(CTEST_DASHBOARD_ROOT "@base_dir@")
+set(CTEST_SOURCE_DIRECTORY "${CTEST_DASHBOARD_ROOT}/VTK")
+set(CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY "${CTEST_DASHBOARD_ROOT}/VTK-build")
+
+set(CTEST_CMAKE_GENERATOR "@CMAKE_GENERATOR@")
+set(CTEST_CONFIGURATION_TYPE Debug)
+
+# Assume a Linux build, with a make that supports -j9. Modify this script if
+# assumption is ever invalid.
+#
+set(CTEST_BUILD_COMMAND "@CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM@ -j9 -i")
+
+ctest_empty_binary_directory(${CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY})
+
+file(WRITE "${CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY}/CMakeCache.txt" "
+  BUILD_EXAMPLES:BOOL=ON
+  BUILD_TESTING:BOOL=ON
+  VTK_WRAP_PYTHON:BOOL=ON
+  ExternalData_OBJECT_STORES:FILEPATH=@base_dir@/ExternalData
+")
+
+ctest_start(Nightly)
+ctest_configure(BUILD "${CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY}")
+ctest_build(BUILD "${CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY}")
+ctest_TEST(BUILD "${CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY}" INCLUDE "PythonSmoke")
+ctest_submit(BUILD "${CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY}")
diff --git a/Tests/Contracts/VTK/RunTest.cmake b/Tests/Contracts/VTK/RunTest.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65285cf77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Contracts/VTK/RunTest.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+set(exe "$ENV{HOME}/.cmake/Contracts/VTK/VTK-build/bin/vtkCommonCoreCxxTests")
+set(args otherArrays)
+set(VTK_RUN_TEST ${exe} ${args})
diff --git a/Tests/Contracts/vtk542/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/Contracts/vtk542/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index cfb8b1600..000000000
--- a/Tests/Contracts/vtk542/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# The VTK external project for CMake
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
-project(vtk542)
-include(ExternalProject)
-
-
-set(vtk_source "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/VTK-source")
-set(vtk_binary "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/VTK-build")
-
-ExternalProject_Add(VTK
-  DOWNLOAD_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
-  URL "http://www.vtk.org/files/release/5.4/vtk-5.4.2.tar.gz"
-  URL_MD5 c2c797091d4b2128d9a1bd32c4b78227
-  SOURCE_DIR ${vtk_source}
-  BINARY_DIR ${vtk_binary}
-  CMAKE_GENERATOR  "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}"
-  CMAKE_ARGS
-  -DBUILD_EXAMPLES:BOOL=ON
-  -DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=ON
-  INSTALL_COMMAND ""
-  )
-# make it so that each build will run make in the VTK build tree
-ExternalProject_Add_Step(VTK forcebuild
-  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
-  -E remove ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BUILD_DIR}/VTK-prefix/src/VTK-stamp/VTK-build
-  DEPENDEES configure
-  DEPENDERS build
-  ALWAYS 1
-  )
diff --git a/Tests/Contracts/vtk542/RunTest.cmake b/Tests/Contracts/vtk542/RunTest.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index b4bd5b087..000000000
--- a/Tests/Contracts/vtk542/RunTest.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-set(vtk542_RUN_TEST VTK-build/bin/CommonCxxTests otherArrays)