diff --git a/modules/features2d/include/opencv2/features2d/features2d.hpp b/modules/features2d/include/opencv2/features2d/features2d.hpp
index 30ac40ec04169c2d9369f58148214e3b7c5b934e..16d7e80ba9d77dea0335b5056f827e8fee5e0a6c 100644
--- a/modules/features2d/include/opencv2/features2d/features2d.hpp
+++ b/modules/features2d/include/opencv2/features2d/features2d.hpp
@@ -1919,7 +1919,7 @@ protected:
  * - if you know the integral image, use setIntegralImage so that it is not recomputed. This calls
  * setStepSize automatically
  */
-class OrbDescriptorExtractor : public cv::DescriptorExtractor
+class CV_EXPORTS OrbDescriptorExtractor : public cv::DescriptorExtractor
 {
 public:
   /** default constructor