diff --git a/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
index 0d63d42fea564be56cf95079c7159b690a8d31f2..a7fdfc8b67ae23bbf0ecce1490324b374ff8b55f 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -275,6 +275,10 @@ if(OPENCV_HIGHGUI_BUILTIN_BACKEND STREQUAL "WIN32UI" AND HAVE_OPENGL AND OPENGL_
   ocv_target_link_libraries(${the_module} PRIVATE "${OPENGL_LIBRARIES}")
 endif()
 
+if(OPENCV_HIGHGUI_BUILTIN_BACKEND MATCHES "^QT" AND HAVE_OPENGL AND OPENGL_LIBRARIES)
+  ocv_target_link_libraries(${the_module} PRIVATE "${OPENGL_LIBRARIES}")
+endif()
+
 if(MSVC AND NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS AND BUILD_WITH_STATIC_CRT)
   set_target_properties(${the_module} PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "/NODEFAULTLIB:atlthunk.lib /NODEFAULTLIB:atlsd.lib /NODEFAULTLIB:libcmt.lib /DEBUG")
 endif()