diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 68fb1084238f48dfad10fd328a4fd27feb5534ee..7d044583bd5c9f27e9036364664eab311c896188 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ if(POLICY CMP0051)
   cmake_policy(SET CMP0051 NEW)
 endif()
 
+if(POLICY CMP0056)
+  cmake_policy(SET CMP0056 NEW)
+endif()
+
 include(cmake/OpenCVUtils.cmake)
 
 # must go before the project command
diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVCompilerOptions.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVCompilerOptions.cmake
index 0eb68b656e59fe7ac66ce39697b8aba79c45013c..1656840441b3e4afbb1d831c00eafb112baee599 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVCompilerOptions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVCompilerOptions.cmake
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
   if(ENABLE_COVERAGE)
     set(OPENCV_EXTRA_C_FLAGS "${OPENCV_EXTRA_C_FLAGS} --coverage")
     set(OPENCV_EXTRA_CXX_FLAGS "${OPENCV_EXTRA_CXX_FLAGS} --coverage")
+    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} --coverage")
   endif()
 
   if(ENABLE_INSTRUMENTATION)
diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVUtils.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVUtils.cmake
index 935bfc2a01c405848280f118ea6358931968d085..4c065d66f45b7d99c9680e38565dc4609c229ee8 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVUtils.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVUtils.cmake
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ MACRO(ocv_check_compiler_flag LANG FLAG RESULT)
       TRY_COMPILE(${RESULT}
         "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
         "${_fname}"
+        CMAKE_FLAGS "-DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS}"   # CMP0056 do this on new CMake
         COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "${FLAG}"
         OUTPUT_VARIABLE OUTPUT)