diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/private.cuda.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/private.cuda.hpp
index 4250f61033..c087ee8028 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/private.cuda.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/private.cuda.hpp
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #include "opencv2/core/base.hpp"
 
 #include "opencv2/core/cuda.hpp"
+#include "opencv2/core/private/cuda_stubs.hpp"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CUDA
 #  include <cuda.h>
@@ -101,16 +102,10 @@ namespace cv { namespace cuda {
     CV_EXPORTS void syncOutput(const GpuMat& dst, OutputArray _dst, Stream& stream);
 }}
 
-#ifndef HAVE_CUDA
-
-static inline CV_NORETURN void throw_no_cuda() { CV_Error(cv::Error::GpuNotSupported, "The library is compiled without CUDA support"); }
-
-#else // HAVE_CUDA
+#ifdef HAVE_CUDA
 
 #define nppSafeSetStream(oldStream, newStream) { if(oldStream != newStream) { cudaStreamSynchronize(oldStream); nppSetStream(newStream); } }
 
-static inline CV_NORETURN void throw_no_cuda() { CV_Error(cv::Error::StsNotImplemented, "The called functionality is disabled for current build or platform"); }
-
 namespace cv { namespace cuda
 {
     static inline void checkNppError(int code, const char* file, const int line, const char* func)
diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/private/cuda_stubs.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/private/cuda_stubs.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..478a9fdd20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/private/cuda_stubs.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// This file is part of OpenCV project.
+// It is subject to the license terms in the LICENSE file found in the top-level directory
+// of this distribution and at http://opencv.org/license.html.
+
+#ifndef OPENCV_CORE_PRIVATE_CUDA_STUBS_HPP
+#define OPENCV_CORE_PRIVATE_CUDA_STUBS_HPP
+
+#ifndef __OPENCV_BUILD
+#  error this is a private header which should not be used from outside of the OpenCV library
+#endif
+
+#include "opencv2/core/cvdef.h"
+#include "opencv2/core/base.hpp"
+
+#ifndef HAVE_CUDA
+static inline CV_NORETURN void throw_no_cuda() { CV_Error(cv::Error::GpuNotSupported, "The library is compiled without CUDA support"); }
+#else
+static inline CV_NORETURN void throw_no_cuda() { CV_Error(cv::Error::StsNotImplemented, "The called functionality is disabled for current build or platform"); }
+#endif
+
+#endif // OPENCV_CORE_PRIVATE_CUDA_STUBS_HPP
diff --git a/modules/photo/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/photo/CMakeLists.txt
index 34e3741601..f65cf9e678 100644
--- a/modules/photo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/photo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ if(HAVE_CUDA)
 endif()
 
 ocv_define_module(photo opencv_imgproc OPTIONAL opencv_cudaarithm opencv_cudaimgproc WRAP java objc python js)
+
+if(HAVE_CUDA AND ENABLE_CUDA_FIRST_CLASS_LANGUAGE AND HAVE_OPENCV_CUDAARITHM AND HAVE_OPENCV_CUDAIMGPROC)
+  ocv_target_link_libraries(${the_module} PUBLIC "CUDA::cudart${CUDA_LIB_EXT}")
+endif()
diff --git a/modules/photo/src/denoising.cuda.cpp b/modules/photo/src/denoising.cuda.cpp
index 7ea37f6951..d9e265cda9 100644
--- a/modules/photo/src/denoising.cuda.cpp
+++ b/modules/photo/src/denoising.cuda.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #include "precomp.hpp"
 
 #include "opencv2/photo/cuda.hpp"
-#include "opencv2/core/private.cuda.hpp"
 
 #include "opencv2/opencv_modules.hpp"
 
@@ -60,12 +59,15 @@ using namespace cv::cuda;
 
 #if !defined (HAVE_CUDA) || !defined(HAVE_OPENCV_CUDAARITHM) || !defined(HAVE_OPENCV_CUDAIMGPROC)
 
+#include "opencv2/core/private/cuda_stubs.hpp"
 void cv::cuda::nonLocalMeans(InputArray, OutputArray, float, int, int, int, Stream&) { throw_no_cuda(); }
 void cv::cuda::fastNlMeansDenoising(InputArray, OutputArray, float, int, int, Stream&) { throw_no_cuda(); }
 void cv::cuda::fastNlMeansDenoisingColored(InputArray, OutputArray, float, float, int, int, Stream&) { throw_no_cuda(); }
 
 #else
 
+#include "opencv2/core/private.cuda.hpp"
+
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //// Non Local Means Denosing (brute force)
 
diff --git a/modules/stitching/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/stitching/CMakeLists.txt
index 44f35eb59b..e488369de8 100644
--- a/modules/stitching/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/stitching/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ endif()
 ocv_define_module(stitching opencv_imgproc opencv_features2d opencv_calib3d opencv_flann
                   OPTIONAL opencv_cudaarithm opencv_cudawarping opencv_cudafeatures2d opencv_cudalegacy opencv_cudaimgproc ${STITCHING_CONTRIB_DEPS}
                   WRAP python)
+
+if(HAVE_CUDA AND ENABLE_CUDA_FIRST_CLASS_LANGUAGE)
+  ocv_target_link_libraries(${the_module} PUBLIC "CUDA::cudart${CUDA_LIB_EXT}")
+endif()