diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsPerf.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsPerf.cmake
index 4c12304687c18918ab9a9e8a7d4483f94c2b360c..6772c79b875eaa090ea74c3a5a5d5da69cb51839 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsPerf.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsPerf.cmake
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ endif(WITH_CUDA)
 # --- Eigen ---
 if(WITH_EIGEN)
   find_path(EIGEN_INCLUDE_PATH "Eigen/Core"
-            PATHS /usr/local /opt /usr ENV ProgramFiles ENV ProgramW6432
+            PATHS /usr/local /opt /usr $ENV{EIGEN_ROOT}/include ENV ProgramFiles ENV ProgramW6432 
             PATH_SUFFIXES include/eigen3 include/eigen2 Eigen/include/eigen3 Eigen/include/eigen2
             DOC "The path to Eigen3/Eigen2 headers"
             CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_BOTH)