diff --git a/modules/photo/src/align.cpp b/modules/photo/src/align.cpp
index 0fce82b907..3c2ba266be 100644
--- a/modules/photo/src/align.cpp
+++ b/modules/photo/src/align.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 //
 //M*/
 
+#include "precomp.hpp"
 #include "opencv2/photo.hpp"
 #include "opencv2/imgproc.hpp"
 
@@ -163,4 +164,4 @@ Point getExpShift(InputArray _img0, InputArray _img1, int max_bits, int exclude_
 	}
 	return shift;
 }
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};