diff --git a/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
index 86d32ec8c4..dfa8240708 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ elseif(APPLE)
     list(APPEND HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES "-framework Carbon" "-framework QuickTime" "-framework CoreFoundation" "-framework QuartzCore")
   else()
     list(APPEND highgui_srcs src/cap_qtkit.mm)
-    list(APPEND HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES "-framework QTKit" "-framework QuartzCore")
+    list(APPEND HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES "-framework QTKit" "-framework QuartzCore" "-framework AppKit")
   endif()
 endif()