diff --git a/modules/gpu/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/gpu/CMakeLists.txt
index 13c5e5e814597e039faa84ce7d211bc278f93677..114fc810b1f78ff81dbf54e6cd4a1791e97fb42e 100644
--- a/modules/gpu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/gpu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ if(ENABLE_SOLUTION_FOLDERS)
 	set_target_properties(${the_target} PROPERTIES FOLDER "modules")
 endif()	
 	
-if (OPENCV_BUILD_SHARED_LIB) 
+if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 	if (MSVC)
 		set_target_properties(${the_target} PROPERTIES DEFINE_SYMBOL CVAPI_EXPORTS)
 	else()