diff --git a/modules/ts/include/opencv2/ts.hpp b/modules/ts/include/opencv2/ts.hpp
index b0416daad1266cf46a7629979b45fa3d16ea55f9..2cd07767953d893f37b935819978dfdfa1005a4a 100644
--- a/modules/ts/include/opencv2/ts.hpp
+++ b/modules/ts/include/opencv2/ts.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 #include "opencv2/core/cvdef.h"
 #include <stdarg.h> // for va_list
 
+#include "cvconfig.h"
+
+#ifndef GTEST_CREATE_SHARED_LIBRARY
+#ifdef BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
+#define GTEST_LINKED_AS_SHARED_LIBRARY 1
+#endif
+#endif
+
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #pragma warning( disable: 4127 )
 #endif
diff --git a/modules/ts/include/opencv2/ts/ts_gtest.h b/modules/ts/include/opencv2/ts/ts_gtest.h
index 4bce30848f37b26d8d42f0a030e32d85600d3fa4..3ccf48584a9c2a8e508d2fe16041a6f4f506dbcc 100644
--- a/modules/ts/include/opencv2/ts/ts_gtest.h
+++ b/modules/ts/include/opencv2/ts/ts_gtest.h
@@ -1912,7 +1912,19 @@ using ::std::tuple_size;
 
 #endif  // GTEST_HAS_SEH
 
-#define GTEST_API_ CV_EXPORTS
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+
+# if GTEST_LINKED_AS_SHARED_LIBRARY
+#  define GTEST_API_ __declspec(dllimport)
+# elif GTEST_CREATE_SHARED_LIBRARY
+#  define GTEST_API_ __declspec(dllexport)
+# endif
+
+#endif  // _MSC_VER
+
+#ifndef GTEST_API_
+# define GTEST_API_ CV_EXPORTS
+#endif
 
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 // Ask the compiler to never inline a given function.
diff --git a/modules/ts/include/opencv2/ts/ts_perf.hpp b/modules/ts/include/opencv2/ts/ts_perf.hpp
index 93e5d28656890809c56564dfb0928e73b14069c8..2f555767005d8957d3f4dfbc82d7d0b0d278c1f0 100644
--- a/modules/ts/include/opencv2/ts/ts_perf.hpp
+++ b/modules/ts/include/opencv2/ts/ts_perf.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 #ifndef __OPENCV_TS_PERF_HPP__
 #define __OPENCV_TS_PERF_HPP__
 
+#include "cvconfig.h"
+
+#ifndef GTEST_CREATE_SHARED_LIBRARY
+#  ifdef BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
+#    define GTEST_LINKED_AS_SHARED_LIBRARY 1
+#  endif
+#endif
+
 #include "opencv2/core.hpp"
 #include "ts_gtest.h"